HEALTH CARE LIMITS

The problem is that nobody has any control over the HealthCare Industry. Not the government, surely not the sick who need it, not the Insurance Industry because they're PART of the HealthCare Industry. So the providers, the docs, the hospitals, the drug companies, all the servicers, are free to charge, in that old Wharton School adage "What the traffic will bear." And when you're sick, guess what - They gotcha. You'll do just about anything - ANYTHING - to get better, if that is a possibility, OR to bear pleasantly the illness that kills you.

If there were Government Universal HealthCare Insurance, competition would exist. Private employers, local and state governments, the federal government, wouldn't have to carry insurance for their workers with private companies; soon, Government would be, if not the ONLY provider, at least a competitor in the market. Ah, Free Coverage - an incentive to stay healthy because the Universal policy covering just basic stuff would be the policy of choice over the bloated policies of private insurers. Not a hard choice.

Think: HealthCare for free. Especially if you STAY healthy by eating right, staying in shape, exercising regularly. Because with an unhealthy lifestyle, you're gonna want that private cadillac coverage, because you're gonna NEED it, and you're gonna PAY bigtime.

So "To pay or not to pay" - That is the question. You'll pay less if it's Universal.

Henry Francisco
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