Westport Physician Has RX for Health Care System

8 thoughts on “Westport Physician Has RX for Health Care System”

1. Bob is absolutey right!  A single payer system is the only logical way to reform our dysfunctional health care sydtem.

   A. Beasley, M.D.

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2. John,
   You wrote
   “One must ask, who does this benefit?, who is pushing for this and why?”

   One could also ask
   “Who doesn’t this benefit?, who isn’t pushing for this and why?”

   Time to start work today.

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3. Mr.McCarthy,

   It doesn’t benefit anyone who’s foolish enough to think Canada’s care is better. It doesn’t benefit small business’ who must give their employees health benefits or be fined (see Massachusetts). It doesn’t benefit anyone making over $250K who must pay a surtax.

   As far as who is pushing for this, well it’s the usual suspects; pandering Democratic party, ACORN, illegal aliens, virtually all of the mainstream media and other activist groups demanding that free health care is their right (even though their “free” cost me).

   As for the why, well I’ll let you ponder that for awhile.

   Let me ask you Mr. McCarthy, why do you think this will be a benefit to our current health care system or do you just have blind allegiance to our current government and everything they tell you, no questions asked.

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4. Here is the link I wanted to add in my above post:

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2jijuj1ysw&feature=fvst

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5. Thank god the American people have a much different opinion than you two.

   Many doctors are no longer taking Medicare patients DUE to the paper work and LOW payments from the government. Now the government wants to lower doctor’s fees from medicare even more to save money, at the same time 76 million baby boomers turn 60. Ask any doctor, or his administrator, how MUCH MORE DIFFICULT it is to get reimbursed from medicare. So I’m not sure how the government’s monopoly, as in a single payer system, will make administrative cost lower or easier.

   However, that’s not the reason(s) Americans are overwhelmingly against a government health care system. For starters, who would want a bureaucrat dictating what care you should receive? Americans know rationing and LESS care will be what they’ll get. Don’t take my word for it, look it up for yourself, check out Canada, England, France and other countries with a government health care system. By the way, Great Britain is trying to get off their single payer system and go with what we now have! Hmmm, I wonder why that is?  Both Canada and Great Britain have a huge doctor shortage and is one of the reasons Great Britain has so many foreign doctors who trained in India, Middle East, etc., if you’re lucky enough to finally get in to see one. Canada has what they call the “brain drain”, since it doesn’t pay to work in Canada as a doctor, they leave and usually head south. In spite of what Michael Moore says, our health care is the best in the world, just look at our survival rates of breast, prostate, skin, and most other cancers compared to Canada and England. When statistics show the U.S. having a much higher mortality rate than other industrial nations, it’s because of auto accidents and our murder rate. Take both those out of the equation and ours is much lower.

   I readily admit we can improve our health care system, but I for one do not want what the Democrats and their lobbyist are advocating. Yes, I don’t think an insurance company should cancel you once you have an illness. Yes, I believe you should be able to get coverage if you have a pre-existing condition. Yes, I believe children should get health care if their parents are unable to afford it. And by the way, we already have that, it’s called SCHIP. Yes, I believe you should have coverage if you loose your job and your insurance was tied to your employer. However, I think self employed persons should be able to get the same pre tax break that employer based persons benefit from. Or tax those employer health benefits (though I would prefer the former). So there are certainly ways to improve what we have, but why would we want to reinvent our system when 70 plus percent of Americans are very satisfied with their health care.

   One of the reasons our health care is expensive, is because it’s good! We do have the best health care in the world. Just ask yourself why do others travel from around the world to come here for their care? And I don’t see sick people from the U.S. leaving for Canada or Europe for treatment. Why is that? If there systems are so much better than ours! Nor will our politicians sign up for this “government plan” that they want to force on us. If it’s so good, let them be a part of it.

   One must ask, who does this benefit?, who is pushing for this and why?

   You don’t have to look too far or dig too deep to discover the short comings of government health care. Look right here in the U.S., look at Massachusetts (it’s bankrupting the state), look at Hawaii (they had it for 7 months before they realized they couldn’t afford it any longer).

   In the end if anyone in my family or myself needs health care I’m glad we have choices and, yes it may be expensive, but it’s worth it! I want that extra test if my specialist request it, I want that CT scan, I want those expensive drugs that pharmaceuticals invest in if it can help those in need, etc. It’s the American way! It’s freedom of choice!

   Also, the number of uninsured that is always thrown around by proponents of government care, those 47 million that was just rounded up to 50 million. But if you look into this large number, you’ll see that 15 million or more are illegals, another large percentage are young adults who can afford it, but don’t buy health insurance since they are young and invincible, the other group are people who are unemployed and in between health coverage (so it’s temporary, although the way this administration is running the economy it’s becoming long term).

   For the record, I’ve lived and worked in Canada for 4 years; I’ve seen there system first hand and my wife is a Canadian citizen who is in the health care industry.

   I also find it more than suspicious that tort reform is NEVER mentioned by the Dems when it comes to reducing health care cost.

   I would like to hear why in detail Dr. Beasley thinks our health care system is “dysfunctional” and why the government’s plan is the answer, when he or our own politicians don’t even know what’s in the bill since they haven’t read it.

   Here’s a good link to what to expect if we go the way of the Great White North:

   http://www.pjtv.com/video/Louder_With_Crowder/_PJTV_Undercover:_Steven_Crowder_Investigates_CanadaCareWill_ObamaCare_Be_Any_Better?/2153/;jsessionid=abcGxtVVxCtsXbatFzols

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6. My apologies for the above broken link, here try this:

   http://www.pjtv.com/video/Louder_With_Crowder/_PJTV_Undercover:_Steven_Crowder_Investigates_CanadaCareWill_ObamaCare_Be_Any_Better?/2153/;jsessionid=abcPa_nO-ad-u4i7xDols

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7. 2007 Infant Mortality:  United States – 6.4 (ranked 21st in the world)

   2007 Life Expectancy: United States – 78 (ranked 18th in the world)

   United States’ healthcare costs in 2006:  $6,657 per capita (15.9 pct of GDP; ranked #1)

   The data doesn

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8. The WHO judged a country

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