Posted 11:30 pm Friday, March 02, 2012
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Health Care Reform, March 2
Our Constitution is a great instrument, applying even to things not yet in existence at its signing. The framers insightfully included interstate commerce in federal jurisdiction. I shudder to think of the Mississippi governor kicking around regulations to cover passenger planes flying over his state line or coordinating construction of an interstate highway with 18 other governors. Imagine 50 different states independently determining the effectiveness and safety of medicine allowed sold in America.
Modern medicine covered by insurance didn’t exist when the founding fathers authored the constitution.
Our efforts to access medical treatment today are flawed. It is too expensive for most. Access is afforded by paying for insurance premiums. Individuals not eligible for a group policy have to pay copious amounts of money for coverage. That’s not fair.
Modern medicine covered by insurance didn’t exist when the founding fathers authored the constitution.
Our efforts to access medical treatment today are flawed. It is too expensive for most. Access is afforded by paying for insurance premiums. Individuals not eligible for a group policy have to pay copious amounts of money for coverage. That’s not fair.
Some people can’t or won’t pay for insurance. If they or their children present at a hospital with serious medical conditions, they must be treated until stabilized. Very few American citizens would agree to a national policy that would allow someone seriously injured to lie on the sidewalk until he dies because he has no insurance. But the cost for such treatment can be astronomical and there is little chance it will be collected.
The hospital must increase the amount of other bills that will be paid by insurance to make up for loss of those unpaid. Insurance must raise their premiums paid by the insured to make up for the inflated bills by the hospital. It amounts to sloppy socialized medicine and a negative impact on interstate commerce.
The answer is a collective effort across state boundaries to address a common challenge — such as President Barack Obama’s health care reforms. Rather than arguing for retention of an antique, inadequate medical delivery system, we should be positively supporting and improving our new interstate health care.
Blake Bailey
Tyler
The hospital must increase the amount of other bills that will be paid by insurance to make up for loss of those unpaid. Insurance must raise their premiums paid by the insured to make up for the inflated bills by the hospital. It amounts to sloppy socialized medicine and a negative impact on interstate commerce.
The answer is a collective effort across state boundaries to address a common challenge — such as President Barack Obama’s health care reforms. Rather than arguing for retention of an antique, inadequate medical delivery system, we should be positively supporting and improving our new interstate health care.
Blake Bailey
Tyler
