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There is a different problem in our healthcare system too. When I bought my first house, my first car, my first lawnmower, life was manageable. But what happens over time?

I buy another car, a bigger house, a tractor, more lawn accessories, more stuff, more hobbies, more friends, more involved work, more events, etc. I have a half dozen collector cars and I will probably die before I get to them. My father has over 30. I have a dozen R/C airplanes in disarray and I am not sure I will ever get back to them.

We have done the same thing as a society. Look at healthcare in the 1920’s compared to today. If you go in for stitches in 1920, you saw a doctor, he swabbed your arm with alcohol, but a belt in you mouth and put in a couple stitches. Today you get a 4hr wait, you meet a receptionist, fill out 30 minutes of paperwork, escorted to an emergency room, xray of hand, you work with as many as 8 or 10 people in the hospital, stitch kits costing several 100 dollars, with a bill close to $3,000 after spending 8 hours in a hospital.

Is this good care? Perhaps. But the care is like my car collection. It has gotten over done and difficult to manage.

The prime minister of Canada just came here for heart surgery because he can’t get the treatment in Canada. I cannot imagine the insurance process, the procedures, the amount of people involved, etc. The more healthcare becomes free for everyone, the more good care will become difficult to give and the more we will all loose options.

Should the people unwilling to contribute to society be given this same service when they won’t work, smoke, drink, live off government aid? Should we allow them to reduce the quality of healthcare for everyone and increase the cost for everyone? At the same time driving profits and industry from our country!