Obama’s Universal Healthcare Disaster

Sure…universal healthcare can be a good thing - in theory, but at what cost and who’s cost? My mom works at Anaheim Memorial and we had a conversation recently about the influx of patients she sees everyday. Some people come in dressed up with Gucci bags and designer clothing and talk on brand new iPhones and Palm Pres, but don't have jobs, have 4 kids (and they keep coming), live in section 8 housing and shop with food stamps. Even more disturbing, their babies are 3 months premature and in desperate need of medical attention – expensive medical attention and it’s all neatly paid for by you and me taxpayer. We even pay for their cab rides to and from the hospital.

This isn’t a one-off occurrence mind you – it happens every day in every city, county and state.

And now we want to come up with a plan to make the same healthcare availabe to everyone including those who continue to do nothing but free-load off my tax dollars...bastards.

Moving on...

Obama's plan is a minefield of things gone wrong. Feel free to pick and choose.

1. Never trust the government to run effectively and efficiently. That’s rule #1. Stick to rule #1 and you immediately have to rule out universal health care.

2. Stupidity isn't worth believing. Defenders of Obama’s plan say that the government is more efficient than the private sector.

Whoa. Stop. Rewind. Say again?

“The government is more efficient than the private sector”

Enter Bureaucracy. Enter reality check. Enter Medicaid, Medicare, Dept of Transportation, Social Security, Welfare, Immigration, IRS, Education, Agriculture, and so on and so and so on….get the picture?

3. Your government is opting out! Obama wants to institute this great, cheap socialized healthcare plan. He and his dorkies say how great for all of you it’s going to be, but wait, they’re going to exempt themselves from the plan! Why -because they want their families to have the best quality care. Clue-in people! *maybe this should move up to #2*

4. One option only never worked. How much cheaper will the public option be? So much cheaper that businesses dump their private insurers in favor of the public option at which point private insurers go out of business. Then, the only thing we’ll have left is socialized healthcare and no longer “one more option.” Correction.. we'll be stuck with Obama's rationed healthcare plan while all of Congress of course get to keep their plush private insurers.

5. Reality hurts. Not everyone deserves equal coverage for healthcare. Sorry.

6. Another bailout. First, we can't afford the cheaper public option as it is now which means we'll be paying for it in higher taxes. Ultimately, the public option probably won't be nearly "as cheap" as was originally packaged. Second, because our health care system doesn't focus on preventative care, a ridiculous amount of money goes towards catastrophic claims and high risk patients. Public option insurers will still have to accept these patients of course. If the public option isn't much cheaper than private insurers then, do the math, public option insurers are going to lose money and I foresee a bailout on the horizon. Who else do you think that is going to hurt down the road…hmmm.

7. I decide the care I get. If the government is watching and choosing the type of treatment you get, who’s hurting here? The government or me the patient? I don’t want Obama and his dorkies deciding my patient rights. If he can decide that he wants the absolute best care for his kids, damn skippy I want the best care for me and my future kids. That’s a choice I make with my doctor; not me, my doctor and the Obama medical administration.

All said…wake up people. Obama’s personality approval rating his higher than his policy rating. The fact is: Healthcare reform is a MUST, but stupid healthcare reform is DETRIMENTAL. And pushing through bad decisions just for the sake of making deadlines is always the course of immaturity and bad management. Obama’s Healthcare plan is just plain stupid.

Meetings, Meetings, Meetings

It amazes me how some meetings are entirely productive, some a painful waste of time, and others a verbal fist-fight with multiple knock-out rounds. Occasionally I even get to attend the ‘let’s make nice” meeting where everyone comes to discuss their feelings and concerns so at the end we can all silently chant “I love you man.”

Here’s a list of signs to help you determine which one of these meetings you’re in (so you can proudly attend or accidentally delete the next invite).

'Therapy' Meeting.

• The meeting coordinator opens up the conversation with, “What are you worried about? This is what I’m worried about. Let’s explore our feelings”
• You walk out with a sudden urge to go home and watch Beaches.
• You ended the meeting with more friends than you had at the start of the meeting.
• The first thing you do after the meeting is cancel your weekly appointment with your therapist. You're cured.
• You walk in and customer service is there. You may walk out feeling like a schmuck but at least now you feel emotionally in-tune to the needs of others.

'Useless and Unproductive' Meeting.

• You go in with questions and problems. You come out with more questions and more problems – totally unrelated.
• You walk in and see detail-oriented on the right, high-level strategy on the left, and no mediator.
• You’re not entirely sure what was discussed but you noticed Bob’s haircut and Betty’s new shoes.
• Oonly 3 of 10 invitees decided to come. Clue-in; it's a sign.
• You walk in and Finance is there

'Bring Down the Man' Meeting.

• You go into the meeting with questions, problems and comebacks pre-prepared.
• More people are in attendance than the total number of people invited. Prepare yourself; it's a sign.
• All the haters are unusually friendly. Prepare yourself; it's a sign.
• You walk in and Finance is there.

'Productive' Meeting.

• You go in with questions and problems, everyone discusses the issues, and you come out with answers and solutions. Pretty straightforward.
• You go in with questions and problems. You don’t come out with any answers or solutions but end up with a date for Friday night.
• Nothing was resolved and you gained no additional insight, but you got a free lunch - and a good thing too because you’re broke.
• You walk out knowing at least one thing: Finance got hosed.