The Myth Myth

I recently canceled my membership to AARP, but they still send that monthly Bulletin that reads like a DNC rag. Their feature story this month is about clearing up all the hype and lies about health care reform - myths such as private insurance disappearing, euthanasia and rationing. It’s bad enough that they miss many key issues, but their responses are all based on what lawmakers say today.
All this spin by the media and special interest groups is getting old, isn’t it?
The basic facts that AARP and other supporters of Obama-style health reform miss is that we can’t trust anything the government says when it comes to social programs. Go back and look at the promises made about Social Security back in the 1930s. Look at today’s catastrophe-waiting-to-happen level of unfunded liabilities for Medicare and Social Security. And the only Democrat plan for illegal immigration (and ensuring that more illegal’s don’t get free health care) is keeping unemployment high.
My biggest complaint about the health care debate is that proponents of reform talk about problems and not solutions. Of course there are issues needing attention, but the Pelosi-Reid-Obama plan just increases the government’s interference in our lives… at the expense of our freedoms.
If you want to bust some myths, ask your doctor what reforms we need. Or ask your employer’s HR department how many people don’t enroll in your company plan because they have other “priorities”.
I sure hope we wake up and stop rushing to a government solution for health care.