National Healthcare

We need to step back and analyze what is going on. The common sense solution would be to get the facts before acting. The current reform effort is being done with idealogical glasses on and without the data necessary to form a good solution.

First, we should have some basis for what the price of healthcare should be. Should it be less than what we are paying? Should it be more? We do not know because both parties are driving the healthcare debate based upon their idealogy instead of focusing on find a common sense solution to the problem. Insurance companies do not operate in a free market. They are some of the most regulated companies in the world.

Second, we need to understand the effects of immigration, poverty, obesity, smoking, etc, on the issue of healthcare. Healthcare does not exist in a vacuum but is influenced by a multitude of factors. If we can work to solve the other problems, will it alleviate or remove concerns about healthcare? We do not know.

What is happening now is like putting a bandaid over a gaping chest wound. Without spending the time and effort to truly survey the issue, the effects could be worse than if we did nothing at all. We will think that we would have solved the problem and move on, when in fact, the problem will grow.

Wouldn't it make sense to understand the problem before we spend $1 Trillion, or more, to fix it?