Good 'deals' with the Pharmaceutical and Hospital companies equals bad 'deals for America, and am I going to have to drop my PPO for a Gov run HMO....

I have some very serious reservations about the deals that are being made by the Obama administration with the Pharmaceutical and Hospital companies. I guess the largest issue is that not one of people involved in putting this initiative together will give any details as to what is being proposed and how the average John Doe will navigate this new so called better health care system. To get the media off their backs they will tell you that there will be virtually no change than what you have today. You don't have to change your present plan, get to choose your own doctor, although they allude to the entire system being likened to the infamous HMO system which was a nightmare and the care in most cases was somewhere south of pathetic.

Once upon a time I was in an HMO when I had been out of work for a short time and was very po', I did some rather extensive research as to why there was such a gap between PPO (Preferred Provider Organization) and HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) because I couldn't understand why such a difference existed. In short the HMO approach is based on more patients and less service while the PPO approach is based on fewer patients and better service. The reason I bring this up is that our fine elected officials have on several occasions tried to convince us, America, that the HMO system can be more effective than what we presently have, if this monkey f_ _k manages to pass how many of our elected officials will get their health care from the government plan, my guess is none.

The system is supposed to be paid for by people making 200 thousand and up with adjustments for couples making more, but just a few months ago our elected officials were using a 250 thousand number. Even the most liberal Democrat will admit that the number will probably be considerably lower if the plan takes effect as the amount to make the program go is beyond the average persons wildest imagination.

Since no real details of the deals with the Pharmaceutical and Hospital companies are being made public I can only imagine how much money has either changed hands or will be over a set period of time. One thing I can say for sure and that is the Pharmaceutical and Hospital companies will not come out on the short end of the stick, the American taxpayers will.

Thanks for reading,

"A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away"

Barry Goldwater

1909 - 1998