American Health Care Solutions

The fashionable thing to advocate, at least among Democrats, is universal health care. Sounds great doesn't it? Too bad it doesn't work. In my personal experience, only Americans think this is a good idea. Without exception, every foreigner that I have spoken with from a country that has universal health care has said nothing good about the system. In fact, last night I was speaking with a Hungarian who complained about the long waits, poor quality, and fraud in the Hungarian state heath care system. To get a good doctor, he told me, you need to offer a sizable bribe to get an appointment. He much preferred the American system. Well what about Canada, the UK, and Scandinavia you might say. Long waits, spotty quality, and poor customer service are hallmarks of all of these systems. In all of these places, anyone who can afford it elects to buy in to the private system if one is available. Really, it is quite simple. No competition equals poor quality.

Recently GOP front runner Rudy Giuliani had some intelligent things to say on the topic. In Massachusetts, GOP hopeful Mitt Romney has instituted an innovative program that will insure everyone in the state, but through the private system.

Some seem to think that world class health care is a God-given right. Just because one is born, are they really entitled to free medical care? Why should health care be like anything else. Lesson: Work hard, get a good job, and provide your family with health care. Like everything, you should get what you pay for.

-NT