Frustration Over Healthcare Reform Didn't Begin With Healthcare
The frustrations that have been voiced recently over the proposed changes in our health care system have been brewing for a long while. The health care debate is tied closely to a host of other issues brought up by this current administration as well as the last. What are the major concerns for Christians regarding the current health care proposals?
Everyone agrees that our health care system needs to be reformed. Medical care costs have been skyrocketing and many have been left in dire financial situations due to medical expenses. However, what many disagree about is how we fix a broken system.
There are many solutions we should try first BEFORE embarking on a system that creates 1) a potentially devastating economic burden for our country and 2) numerous moral problems. The over regulation of the system is not working properly. Let's try to fix that as a first step. For example, we should be able to purchase medical insurance across state lines, similar to auto insurance.
We must ask ourselves: has government done a good job with large programs like social security, medicare and medicaid? All these, and other government run programs, are incredibly inefficient and are threatening to bankrupt the system. Do we want to take such a big leap towards government expansion and control?
Frustrations with expanding government control have been building and Americans have reached the breaking point. Whether it is a pork-laden "stimulus" bill projected to cost close to a trillion dollars (which many of our representatives didn't even have time to read), a government takeover of GM, excessive government involvement in many financial institutions, forcing through unneeded so-called "hate crimes" legislation, or a host of other issues, more Americans are fed up and ready to take action in putting government in its proper place.
Read more from Family Research Council on our website in regards to some of the moral implications of the health care proposals.
Read Dr. Thomas Sowell's piece on the economic dangers of excessive government involvement.