Healthcare - Originally Posted 03-22-10

Our current health insurance issue did not begin with yesterday's vote. It did not begin with the inauguration of President Obama. It did not begin with Hillary-Care. It did not begin when the leftist hippies were whining about socialized medicine in the 1960's and 1970's. It didn't begin with the labor unions demanding worker's comp for hangnails in the 1930's. No, I think it began where so many other problems in our society began, LAWYERS!
I believe it all began when the first sleazy, corrupt lawyer (SCL) sued the first sleazy, corrupt insurance company (SCICO) over their sleazy, corrupt business practices. (I am willing to be proven wrong at any time. Just reply to my note.) You see, SCICO was screwing its clients by either limiting or even denying their clients proper health care that the clients had been paying for. So injured client hired (SCL) to represent him. So, SCL won the case over SCICO in court. The idiotic jury awarded astronomical punitive damages to the client. Then, SCL proceeded to take almost all of that. Then, SCICO had to raise its rates to defend against other SCL's that were on their way.
Since sleazy, corrupt drug and medical equipment maker (SCDME) saw all the money SCL and SCICO were making, they decided to get into the act. They had the advantage of hiding their sleazy and corrupt ways by claiming they needed to recoup their research money. The sleazy, corrupt federal government was not giving them enough money.
Now, SCICO and SCDME realized the best way to get more was to go after the clients through the sleazy, corrupt hospital and doctors (SCHD). SCHD can now charge the patient $100 for an aspirin and $200 for a tongue depressor and SCICO will have to pay for it. Then pay SCDME whatever their prices are and pocket the difference. Meanwhile SCICO can charge the patient whatever they want for the premiums. Everyone with me, now?
After about 50 years of this, the people got upset and called upon their sleazy, corrupt politicians (SCP) to do something about it. Well they tried and tried. They had one scheme after another. They worked on this problem for decades. They invited SCICO and SCDME to help write it. Unfortunately, they just looked out for themselves. Then they brought in the SCHD and the SCL to help. They just made things worse. After more money and lives had been wasted, President Clinton's wife decided she had the answer. She didn't. Her plan was mostly from the SCICO, SCDME, and the SCHD with the help of the SCL. That just would have made a bad situation worse. The good people of America did not want to make it worse. We knew we had the best health care on earth. We did not want to mess with that. We knew we had a problem with health insurance. We also knew that health insurance was a necessary evil in this world since the SCICO, SCL, SCDME, SCHD, and SCP's were running all of it.
Then the American people elected a new president. He was supposed to bring hope and change to everyone. He made promise after promise. He was a great speaker and an intelligent thinker. He promised to solve the issue. Well, he did. He threw away the Constitution. He called all his leftist, communist, radical, America-hating friends to help him do it. They decided to punish the SCICO's, SCHD's, SCDME's and the American people. However, he left the SCP's and SCL's alone to continue what they were doing. He said it was perfectly ok with him if the SCICO's were restrained by law from participating in the free markets. He was also ok with the SCL's and SCP's running health care for people instead of SCHD's. On March 21, 2010, through the Democratically controlled House of Representatives, he got his wish. It did not matter the people did not like his plan. It did not matter he used sleazy and corrupt practices to convince the SCP's to vote for it. It did not matter the people would be paying higher taxes. It did not matter that our debt would climb over $2.24 trillion over it's current level and bankrupt the country. It did not matter that the law of the land had to be stomped on and broken to get this done. It did not matter there was a war in Iraq and Afghanistan, 10% unemployment and the economy was in the toilet while he was doing this. It did not matter he has ruined the greatest medical care system in the world. He did not care about all the jobs that would be lost as the SCICO went bankrupt. It did not matter he broke his promises off openness and transparency of the proceedings. It only mattered that his name would be attached to this scam.
Now, what have we learned? If you run a sleazy, corrupt business in a sleazy, corrupt industry and do not temper your greed, the sleazy, corrupt federal government will take it over and ruin you. So, keep your sleaze and corruption to a minimum and not draw too much attention to yourself.
Thank you for your time.