Our health care here is so good precisely because it has not been controlled
by government.
Well, it has. Too much. But not to the degree Obama and others would like.
Writing in the Iraan News last week, The Freeman Editor
Sheldon Richman asked how “a handful of congressmen, most of whom have probably never even run a small business, [could] design an
entire market for medical services and insurance.”
Health care is only one system that has worked so well in the
“Markets are unbelievably complex and the details are beyond the grasp of any individual,” Richman
writes. “They consist of hundreds of millions of people making countless judgment calls, tradeoffs and transactions with respect to
a huge array of services and products.”
That is why the free enterprise system has created more wealth than the world had ever known
before.
Over history, top-down management has only resulted in poor performance, rationing and poverty.
Free enterprise has created
wealth like nothing before it ever has.
But now, the Obama bunch wants to return to top-down management.
And the result can only be
catastrophic.
And that is responsible for all
of the obfuscation about the subject.
They have “health care.” They just don’t have insurance, for whatever reason.
Anyone who needs
health care in this country can get it. Anyone.
The people without “health care” really are those who don’t have insurance. Yes, not
having insurance limits their ability to get the kind of care they might prefer.
And taxing our emergency rooms does create a cost
for society, something we do need to address. But the solutions being bandied about today will only result in increased cost, not
less.
The number of those without “health care” also includes those who could get insurance but have chosen not to for whatever reason.
About
the only one in this category we have heard described are those who “think they are immune” from health problems.
There is another
I have not heard anything about. What about the guy who has enough resources to take care of himself and chooses not to pay a premium
to someone else?
And what about the person who doesn’t have his own health insurance policy because he is covered in a spouse’s policy?
If
“health care” in this country were truly “broken,” why are people coming from other countries to have procedures here when they can’t
get them at home? Who in the
And if the proposed solution is so great, why is
It’s not about ‘health care’
As they say, the devil is in the details.
His reason for not wanting to know what’s in the proposals making their way
through Congress sounded reasonable. However, his very reticence allows him to be in favor of something that cannot possibly happen.
But one thing should be made clear right now. It is not about “health care.” It’s about how we pay for it.
Just about everybody “agrees”
we “have to do something” because the system is “broken.” I’m not sure I am in that class.
Yes, the cost is rising faster than inflation
and that’s driving a concern by just about everybody.
But we still have the best health care system in the world, boys and girls. If
it’s “broken,” it’s because of too much involvement of government and insurance. The way to “fix” it is not with more government and
insurance.
The Republicans have offered several plans aimed at the specific problems but, so far, the Democrats have refused to listen.
We keep hearing ad nauseam that there are 44
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About the only thing we learned about President Obama’s “plan” for heath care at his press conference last
week was that he is deliberately vague for a specific reason.
Clearly, it’s easy to promote something that will increase availability
and quality while, at the same time, bring down the cost.
What is hard is to make it happen. Mathematically, it
To the Editor,
How does one express the sadness seen a little girl’s eyes?
I held that little girl in my arms as she cried tears of
anguish for her brother.
She found him on the floor in an unending rest. She bravely said that she was glad it was cloudy today so
he would get to the gates of heaven faster and be with God.
What do you say in that time of grief? What do you tell a little girl
who lost someone so dear?
How do you tell her it will get easier? How do you say that he went instantly so he felt no pain?
I did
what I could do. I held that little girl in my arms and comforted her.
I prayed that God would take the pain from that little girl’s
heart and erase that awful sight from her mind’s eye.
I prayed to ease her family’s suffering and that he would take that young boy
into his arms and welcome him home.
Lord in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Bless this family and warm their hearts.
Keep his memory
strong in their lives and teach them how to go on.
Bless them Father with your unending love and ease their pain.
Bless the little
girl who lost her brother so young. We will miss you Travis.
With love and sadness,
Anna Marie LaFleur
Sanderson
A letter of real sorrow
LAMPASAS – Memorial Services were Monday at
Travis was born Feb. 10, 1995, to Jeff and Cressenda Sittner. He would have entered seventh grade
in the fall.
He was very active in hunting, fishing and school sports and was an all-star baseball and football player.
Travis’ favorite place to be was in Sanderson with grandparents Bill and Lea Hawn, and he spent many summers with them.
“He
came to know Christ as his Lord and Master four years ago this month,” Lea Hawn said. “He will be missed.”
He is survived
by his parents and grandparents and by his sister, Megan.
The family has requested monetary assistance in lieu of flowers for
help with funeral expenses.
To the Editor,
We would like to thank all the people from our church for being so generous with their contributions to make our noon
meal a great success during the St. James Festival last week.
It’s amazing the way people respond when they know they are needed.
To
all local and out-of-town people who attended, thank you so much and may God bless you always.
Romi Wiseman and helpers
Sanderson