More Common Sense.....cool!

I am totally against the government running more of our health care. I do believe that we need to have the programs we do have, as discussed in my earlier post. These are the safety nets that compassionate people believe in. It's unfortunate that the government cannot even get these programs correct.

The country cannot afford to pay for everybody's health care on the backs of the 10-15% of the population that actually pay most of the federal income tax. They are going to have to tax everyone....or cut services so bad that we will be going to Canada for their crappy benefits. If we want a safety net....fix and expand the ones we have.

With that being said....The one issue we do not have in this country is catastrophic health care insurance. It's not the 1-2k of expenses that may come up in a year that financially crush people. It's the 50-500k once in a lifetime issue that puts them in the poor house. We should add catastrophic health care.....let's say with a 3-5k deductible. This way, people who may not have the best plan, or may not have insurance do not get crushed when the worst happens.

This would help the middle class....the majority of the United States. Clean up and get Medicaid and Medicare right! That is the safety net. Add catastrophic health care...I am not sure how....but it has to be easier then starting a whole new program.