| Health Care reform has been a hot item starting | | | | the Health Insurance Carriers, then where should |
| prior to the most recent Presidential Election. The | | | | the blame go? Unfortunately, there is no one |
| Obama Administration, has now moved Health | | | | cause for the skyrocketing costs. Rather, there |
| Care Reform to the forefront of their agenda. | | | | are multitude of issues that have caused our |
| Regardless of your political affiliation, the obvious | | | | Health Care System to become the inefficient |
| facts are that costs have continually increased | | | | beast you see today. There is no one "magic" pill |
| over the last decade. How should the problem(s) | | | | that will fix our system. |
| be resolved? | | | | If you take a step back and analyze our system |
| The average person who favors government | | | | as whole, you have to concur that we have the |
| intervention believes that the reform needed is | | | | BEST Health Care Services in the world. If this |
| with Health Insurance. Be careful not to confuse | | | | were not the case, then why would the world's |
| Health Care Reform with Health Insurance | | | | wealthiest people fly around the world just to |
| Reform. The two issues should be completely | | | | have their medical needs taken care in the United |
| different, but it seems the Obama Administration | | | | States? The fact is, wealthy people who live in |
| has focused their energies in solving the Health | | | | countries with Nationalized Health Care Systems |
| Care Issue by focusing on Health Insurance. | | | | do not trust those Health Care Providers with |
| While there have been few specific plans for the | | | | routine procedures, much less the more complex |
| administration's reform, many experts believe that | | | | ones. |
| the reform will involve a major involvement from | | | | So if we can agree that the Health Care |
| the government. While there are factions in this | | | | Professionals and Facilities are the best in the |
| nation that favor a "Nationalized Health-care | | | | world, then you should further assume that those |
| System", there is equal opposition. Unfortunately, | | | | individuals providing that care are deserving of |
| the public divide seems to rest within the "class | | | | whatever money they make. For my part, I |
| system". A majority of those families and | | | | want the guy who is about to open my chest up |
| businesses in the upper-middle to upper class | | | | to perform heart surgery to be paid like a |
| oppose a nationalized system, while the | | | | surgeon, and not a garbage man. So how do we |
| lower-middle to lower class favor a Nationalized | | | | fix our system? |
| Plan. | | | | The first thing is to focus on the real problem. |
| I say to those that favor a Nationalized Plan, be | | | | The real problem is with the inefficiencies present |
| wary of what you wish for! The problem with the | | | | in the system, not with the Insurance Industry. |
| divide actually resides with education and | | | | There are cost savings available through the |
| communication. Too often, those in the lower | | | | efficiencies that can be made through the use of |
| portion of the class system have been | | | | technology. By gaining the cost savings within the |
| conditioned to believe the Insurance Companies | | | | system itself, Health Care Providers (not the |
| are the big, bad profit mongers that cause your | | | | actual Professionals) do not have to charge as |
| premiums to increase. Let's be frank, insurance | | | | much money. That means the Health Insurance |
| companies are in business to make money. | | | | Carriers do not have to pay as much to the |
| However, if you take a look the profit margins | | | | Providers. Guess what! That means the Health |
| within most Health Insurance Carriers, you will see | | | | Insurance Carriers do not have to charge as |
| that most are lucky to achieve a 10% profit. | | | | much in premium. Finally, Joe & Jackie Blow |
| If the problem with our the "System" is not with | | | | do not have to pay as much for Health Insurance! |