Homer Simpson says Medicare and Universal Health Care is a disaster!
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Obama Plus Universal Health Care equals Disaster
Homer Simpson wanted to take Bart to see his family doctor. It seems that Bart had a few prolonged coughs and was feeling a bit nauseous. As Homer proceeded to the Dr. office, he realized, “Hey, I don’t have any health insurance. What am I going to do?”
Then he thought, “No Problem – I have Medicare!” …. then he read this,
Medicare does not pay enough for medical services and, as a result, more and more doctors have to decline to treat Medicare patients. Congress must approve increases in Medicare payments. Please contact your Senator and tell them you want Medicare payments to be increased.
Ha! Thought Homer, my Senator is an idiot! Then he thought, “wait a minute, maybe I’m the idiot!”
Then Homer asked these questions, “How many times have the healthcare reform proponents insisted that there will not be rationing of medical care? How many times have they denied the unsustainability of Medicare?” The doctors who opt out of providing service for Medicare patients are doing what anyone would do who needs to make a living: rationing care!
Fewer doctors participating means fewer doctors available for Medicare patients. If opting out were illegal with a public option or co-op or whatever, then the doctors would find some other way to effectively ration care – perhaps by spending less time with patients (if that’s possible!), not taking an interest in patient well-being, or numerous other possibilities. Economics demands that humans will react to central planning in this way. (The whole article can be found here – www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/034791.html)
Oh crap – thought Homer. What am I going to do? I have NO DOCTOR because Medicare isn’t paying the bills.
And that’s when Homer Simpson woke up and realized that Barack Obama and universal health care is a natural disaster!
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