Where’s All The Confidence?

So, what’s the most disturbing part of our healthcare debate?

Maybe one of the following:

1. The number of Americans that are going without medical insurance
2. The fact insurance companies turn down so many people because of pre-existing conditions
3. The incredible rising prices sending families into bankruptcy
4. The brain washing of pundits and citizens that are made to attend town hall meetings
5. How the media increases panic through misinformation and flaring tempers
6. What little we know about where the money really goes

Well, all of those things are definitely disturbing, but the thing that stands out to me first and foremost is what Americans think of how the government runs most of their programs. They look at state run facilities such as unemployment, the DMV, and county/city hospitals and get struck with a certain amount of fear. Not only are conditions less than optimal, but upkeep on these facilities is not good, the workers can’t speak English in many places, and mortality rate in medical facilities is much higher. On the federal level, we have poignant examples like Social Security, the embassy offices, federal court, and the IRS. For the most part, the maintenance of these facilities is better, but the flow if information is horrible. The systems don’t speak to each other and it’s very easy to lose details. Many of us have first hand experiences along these lines.

Essentially, American citizens are afraid that healthcare will be dealt with in a similar fashion. Comparing our system to Europe or the already domestic VA just isn’t fair. The VA caters to a much smaller population with a much larger allocation of federal funding. It’s dedicated to the soldiers that risk their lives for our freedoms, and they deserve the best. European institutions are overall handled better than here and they have a better track record of launching public run programs.

The simple way to view it is the American people have given a vote of no confidence to our leaders. They don’t believe that the government can handle it without being greedy, giving way to corruption and payoffs, and leaving the American people last yet again. That’s very sad and an extremely powerful statement.

Maybe we should change to the focus to reallocating the funding of the current medical system and completely destroying insurance companies or replacing them with software. They are really not neccessary. Maybe with that as an option, insurance companies would be willing to be more helpful.