the arizona strategy
Mesa Independent Examiner
Christina Wijfjes-Smit
Something funny happens to people when they believe they will receive something for nothing. They cast away any evidence that shows the contrary. They willingly put on blinders so as not to see the truth, that nothing is ever really free.
Such is the case with Universal Health Care. Those for it, see only that all citizens will receive coverage regardless of their economic situation or personal health status. They see no out of pocket expense, they see free. Those against it simply look to Medicare and Medicaid as an example of how poorly and costly government-run health care will be. They see a price that is too high.
Whatever side of the debate you are on, in 2010 Arizonans will be able to have their say on a Health-choice bill. House Concurrent Resolution
2014 is a bill that proposes to amend the state constitution by barring any rules or regulations that force Arizona to participate in a health care system, government-run or otherwise. This measure, approved by the House Health and Human Services Committee, would ensure that individuals retain the right to keep and pay for private health coverage.
As reported by Matthew Benson, of The Arizona Republic, House Speaker, Kirk Adams was quoted, in regard to the bill, as saying, “The key is to ensure patients remain the focal point, not the bureaucrats, not the government programs, not the insurance companies.” Representative Phil Lopes stated, in regard to the proposed bill, “What this effort is, is an attempt to protect the current system. This is an ideologically driven effort because they don’t like government, and they don’t want government running health care.”
Something for nothing is never true. If we do vote for government controlled health care, we can expect to be taxed up to sixty percent to pay for it .We can expect that a great many doctors and health care professionals will quit. We can expect to be put on endless waiting lists hoping that we get to see a doctor in time. If we elect to have the government control our heath care, there will indeed be a price, a hefty price. What we need to ask ourselves, is it a price we are willing and prepared to pay?
