Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas was recently named as Obama’s new nominee for the secretary of Health and Human Services. And not soonafter, Obama proclaimed his plans to provide universal health coverage, and many see Sebelius as a materialization of that desire.
From The Independent:
Kathleen Sebelius, the Governor of Kansas, has been asked by Barack Obama to take what is likely to be the most difficult job in his administration – delivering universal healthcare in a short space of time.
Nevertheless, there could be just a few problems along the way towards this utopia…
From The New York Times:
Mr. Obama is proposing a major expansion of the federal commitment to health care even though the government can barely afford the health insurance programs it has. The financial condition of Medicare is deteriorating because of the recession, according to new information from federal officials, and the Medicare trust fund could be depleted several years sooner than expected.
Well, there is much to be said on this subject. I for one think that Obama is being ridiculously naive to think that universal healthcare can be successfully implemented in an economic crisis like this. But hey, Jesus converted the water to wine, maybe Obama can convert a country’s broken economy and bloated debt into a happy, healthy, and prosperous utopia (with universal healthcare).
- Marc
The governments current insurance programs Medicad,Medicare,SCHIP are designed to cover the highest cost portions of the risk pool. These programs cover all the groups that are politically prudent to satisfy, “medicare” the old (biggest voter block), “SCHIP” the young(save the children), Medicad this covers a smatter misc of groups mostly those who would be uninsurable(aka special interest section).
The need for these programs is created by a overly employer based system where coverage is tied to your employment, And by insurance company’s pushing out everyone that isn’t healthy or is in a group that has a higher risk of becoming not healthy.
It is disingenuous to compare the current government insurance plans costs to the public plan propsed by the Democrats. Not that I support the public option, Having watched my dad’s insurance premium rise above the cost of his house payment has me considering just about anything that will reform the system.
In lue of of another option I would have to throw my support behind the Democrat plan.