health care reform. a real solution we can all live with.

I have a solid solution to our health care problem.
Both houses of congress are butting heads about health care reform and can't seem to come to an agreement. The house plan calls for a cost of a trillion dollars and the senate plan costs a couple billion less and Barry O just wants it done. All involved in the decision making agree the insurance companies should remain in place and everyone, except the tax payers, want the tax payers to pay for it. Most tax payers don't want it because they already have insurance if they need it and don't want to pay more and those who don't have insurance don't have it by choice.

As I said, I have a solution.

If the federal government wants us to have health care, no matter what, why don't we have health care based on a model that works?

Congress has an excellent health care system. If they get sick or develop a polyp or need an operation or some kind of transplant or dental work they just go to the health care professional and get it done. They never receive a bill or get turned away and are treated by top notch professionals, experts in their field, the cream of the crop. Why not have a national health care system based on this model?

So, who pays for it?

Simple. The same people who pay for congresses health care bills... The federal government. If the feds insist on this nanny state they're shoving down our throats, let the nanny pay the bills.

Here's a scenario...

You get sick and go to your health care professional and whatever you have or how much it may cost is totally irrelevant. You simply get it fixed and the health care professional sends the bill to the federal government. It doesn't matter HOW it's paid. All that matters is it's paid and that, as we say, is that. If any problems arise, let the hospital deal with it. Let the hospital fight with the insurance companies and the feds but keep us out of the picture. We did our part by getting treated. It's up to someone else to worry about paying the bill.

Does congress worry about who pays for their health insurance? Hell no! In congress they spend money like water. If they can give trillions to any major corporation who asks for it they can surely pay for our drugs and hospital bills. It's chump change for the fed. Compared to the cost for starting a war every two years, health care costs are peanuts.

And while we're on the subject... Why don't we save even more worry and retire with the same system congress has? If you retire from congress you get an annual retirement rate equal to the pay you received as a working congressman for the rest of your life. The only way that pay check changes is when congress votes themselves another raise.

It's useless to expect congress to pay their own medical bills and provide for their own retirement because they have a great plan and won't change it for anything.

For once, I totally agree with congress.