A Few Quick Thoughts...

... on the ongoing debate about the Health Care proposals by President Obama.

1. Presumably, any "Government Option" for insurance, would be available nationwide. Now, if that is good for a "government option", then why are the insurance companies not allowed to do the same? Each has to tailor its products for specific states, and somebody in, say, Ohio can't purchase insurance that is available in, say Idaho.

President Obama claims that a "Government Option" would compete with, not override, the private insurance options. But this question alone tells me it would be a very, very unfair competition at best, heavily weighted toward the "government option".

2. Currently, the arbitor when insured and insurer disagree is the government. A "government option" would mean the government becomes both the insurer and the arbitor. That is not a recipe for consumer protection, methinks.

3. So, President Obama has reached out to clergy, asking them to promote his Health Care initiatives from the pulpit. Can anyone imagine the uproar if President Bush had done this? Heck, I well remember the uproar from the liberal media and others that he was a man of religion, and used his faith to help make decisions!! Where are these bastions of defense of the "firewall" between church and state now? Buehler? Buehler?

4. I don't wish cancer or brain tumors or any serious illness on anyone. However, I find it ironic that if we all had to live under the mandate of Obamacare, then Senator Kennedy would not have been able to seek out the best medical options for his ailment... rather he would have had to submit to the decisions of a bureacrat. That is, if all of us are equal and the ruling class isn't given special dispensation.

I'm a Concerned Patriot. Very, very concerned.