A Tid Bit on Health Care

The Health Care system in the United States needs reform and that is no secret. I always like finding new articles pointing out something that I did not entertain on the debate of our health care system. Jacob Hacker of the Washington Post defends the idea of socialized medicine.

Hacker claims, "[Socialized medicine] is the bogeyman that just won't die. The epithet has been hurled at every national health plan since the New Deal -- even Medicare, which critics warned would strip Americans of their freedom." This is one of the strongest arguments against socialized medicine although it is not a legitimate claim but its influential to those that do not know any better.

The second argument although flawed is that we will all have to pay up the wazoo in taxes. Hacker adds, "How is it possible to cover everyone without driving up costs? The one-word answer is "government" -- specifically, government's ability to lower service prices, streamline administration and get a better deal on drugs, thus reducing medical inflation over time." Intresting enough . . . McCain who touts that any type of health care system run by the government is not acceptable reeks in the benefits of a government run health insurance plan offered to those political officials that serve our country. If he really did not like his coverage would he not opt for a private plan instead of using the one run by our government. What is it McCain? Government can not run an efficient health care system or you just do not want to share the wealth like Obama or Clinton?

On another note, if we did not have anything else to brag about . . . Ezra Klein briefly notes how we are 1 in 4 countries in the world that "doesn't require employers to provide paid maternity leave." Klein adds that, "We're also the only developed nation entitled to zero days of paid vacation and zero days of paid sick leave."