Senator McCain's Push to Privatize Healthcare

Let me start of by saying that I like the concept, and feel that it’s way past due. One of my biggest problems with the current healthcare system is that it’s mainly been a monopoly, from business to business.

Up to this point, the quality of my health care benefits depended upon only two things- whether a good insurance company with a good plan made the winning bid to the company that I became employed for; and/or whether I joined a good company that paid enough into the health care plan to make it one of quality for myself and my fam.

With privatized healthcare (the way that I see it), we wouldn’t have to be left to the luck of the draw.. hoping that the stars will align, and that we’ll be fortunate enough to have great (or at least good) healthcare with our places of employment.

With healthcare companies competing for our business, like all businesses should, this would not only drive down premiums.. but provide better packages for those premiums.

I like this prospect a lot better than that of a government run(down) healthcare system which mandates cookie cutter base coverage for everyone. I feel that this will drive up the price of healthcare. For some reason, the government seems to have the uncanny ability to end up paying far more for privately contracted services, than private citizens do. Of course the cost then gets passed back to the taxpayer.

I also feel that the kind of socialized healthcare plans that Senators Obama and Clinton suggest would drive down the quality of service. From what I’m hearing, similar systems exist in Europe and Canada, and aren’t faring very well in terms of preventive medicine, cutting edge treatment of existing conditions, and crisis response. I have yet to research this, statistically, but this is what I’ve read in general articles on the matter.

If we take a good look at our country’s wide-scale social programs and institutions, and give ourselves some honest criticism- we will see that our government isn’t the best at maintaining such things.. and you can’t pin that on one particular party or administration. It’s simply a fact, that this is not our government’s strongest suit.

You know what? That’s okay. Thank God we have a private sector, and in many instances, it can get things done better and alot more efficiently.

Give anyone a choice between a private hospital and a government run hospital (if any exist outsite of veteran institutions), and see which one people would chose every time!

In light of that fact, would we really want a government run healthcare system? Good Lord y’all!! LOL

Well I, for one, am looking forward to learning more about Senator McCain’s plan.. and if there will be any particular mandates contained within it to ensure that the underpriveledged aren’t left out entirely in a completely capitalist benefit system. However, as it appears to stand, privatized healthcare would be benefit a broad range of Americans.. the broadest range in my opinion.

What do you think?

-Micheal is a 36 year old IT guy living in Raleigh, NC. He does desktop support and Systems Administration. He officially switched affiliation from Democrat to Republican in 1997 during Clinton’s second term. Also he just had a son so say hi and welcome him to the blog!

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