Nationalized Health Care

Everyday, I hear about some politician or political platform touting the need for nationalized health care in the states. Let me tell you, that concept scares the daylights out of me. And it's not just because I started my life as a Brit. More than anything, it is because I have lived with the U.S. government controlling my health care for the past 8 years. Now if you are wondering how I managed to luck out with that one, it is because I served on Active Duty for 6 years and currently have the option of receiving care from the Veterans Administration as a result of those years of service to my government.

So, if you, my readers, are convinced that government health care is a good thing, let me tell you now to talk to any member of the armed forces currently serving on active duty. Ask them if they would trust the doctors on base for anything outside of trauma care (of which, they are by far the best). Most will tell you that they would prefer to go to a doctor off post who is a professional rather than go to a doctor or dentist on base who practices medicine.

Need more proof? If any of my readers remember the 1980s, they would remember the fact that during the 80's and 90's the VA medical system was the object of scandals that would make getting medical care in Cuba more desirable at that point in time.

Of course, if you want something that hits closer to home and is more recent, I have two words for you: WALTER REED.

Now, my question to my readers is this, if the government can't take care of its own defenders, what on earth makes you think it can take care of the rest of its own citizens? Our current medical system might be broken, but leave the government in charge and every day, you will wake up to Dr. SNAFU at BOHICA Medical Center and health care that would best be described as FUBAR.