We need more affordable health care not government funding

First, I believe that health care needs to be more affordable – Why is health care more expensive in the US than many other nations?  Three reasons basically – We are are richer than any country, Supply and demand for the best technology on earth, legislation and paperwork, and a litigious society

Instead of focusing on building the least efficient mechanism for providing health care – Government Mandate – focus on the cause.

There is no fundamental right to healthcare

The constitution clearly outlines in Article I Section 8 what the government is supposed to do and spend money on – No where in there is there anything about Social Security, Welfare, Medicaid, Medicare, or National Healthcare.

It says simply this:

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.

PERIOD.

To define “General Welfare” I referred to a dictionary written before the implementation of most government based welfare systems specifically my 1898 edition of The Century Cyclopedic Dictionary says: Welfare – A State or Condition of doing well; prosperous or satisfactory course or relation; exemption from evil; state with regard to well being; state with respect to well being such as the spiritual welfare of a society

In the context of the constitution this means to keep the economy of the US healthy and to keep the people happy in support of the union – NOT the health of individual people.

What rights do we have and what should the government provide as outlined in the constitution? Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and those guaranteed by 4501 words plus the 27 amendments.

No where in this document does it say that my pursuit of happiness should be infringed upon at the discretion of 537 people in suits in order to support those less fortunate than myself. This country was founded on Judeo-Christian ideals, that we as human beings should look out for each other not mandate taxes levied upon the masses.

Everyone should read it, but if you can’t spare 100 hours READ THIS

Have any of you read this convoluted health care bill? There are more than  1400 pages (this is fewer than the novel War and Peace). I’ve read every single one of them.  Here is the briefest reasonably accurate summary of the 100 or so primary mandates and stipulations of the Bill being signed into law Today March 23rd 2010.

I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore

Unfortunately, I’m beginning to believe that the time is near when once again a small group of people with altruistic ideals will gather and write powerful words with strong ideals such as these lesser known but powerful words from the US Declaration of Independence-

Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes;