Europeans, Health Care, and the Good Old Days

With the latest news of the European Union electing more 'conservative' members of government, one wonders what they know that we don't. Europeans are really upset about the money being printed and spent on their own "stimulus" and "bailout" debt. They can see what the future holds and they want to stop it because it is a bad future.

What is it about America today - that 'we' (not I) want to reward big failed companies, institute a dangerous health care system, and make sure unions are paid first while screwing the rest of us.

Americans have been warned by Canadians and British citizens of the danger of 'universal health care.' Stories of extremely lengthy wait times, lists of allowed medications and treatments, and patients dying for lack of care should be a wake-up call to Americans. Heck, everyone notices how the poor dental care affects most English folks' smiles.

This isn't politically correct to say but health care is not a right. Some want it to be a right of every person in America, legally or illegally here. And that begs the question "who pays for universal health care?"

We all know who will end up paying for everyone - Legal US middle-class citizens. The rich will be able to afford what they have now. The poor will never be able to afford what is available now. The lucky working folk have access to company plans but they still have to pay into it.

Universal Health Care as the current administration wants it is not good for America. But neither is the HMO or Managed health care system as it is now. I remember the days where a trip to the doctor was a walk down a couple streets, in a house, where you could smell that old 'doctor' smell. It's where my ears were pierced when I was 10 years old. Not at a mall counter with a piercing 'gun' but with a needle and cork. In a doctor's office. Our doctor also made house calls. He delivered my mother's children. He did everything and it didn't cost an arm & a leg.

Can we go back to those times? Well, where'd they go anyway? I'd like to go back to that time in my life. The '60s - Too young to protest in the streets, but old enough to join the boys in a pickup hockey game on the street. Just about the right time to hold on to my innocence and childhood.

Can we go back to those times?