What’s the deal with health care. Why is everyone opposed to changing it? I have been one of the fortunate that have had employer health care. I had to pay for a part of it. It was never free to me. And so it is to everyone. It has been varied. Sometimes it cost more and provided less. Sometimes it cost me less and provided more. So I have to say that the status quo has worked for me so far. However, I can see that this approach is not sustainable. I see companies struggling to provide this health care coverage. Each year they change the rules and give less for more. Prescription and office visit co-pays cost more. There is more bureaucracy as it becomes necessary to get approval for this or that. This is a pattern. It is getting worse. Something has to change. I guess not everyone sees this.

As I watch those who are opposed to changing health care express their views, it has become obvious to me that many of them are scared. Fear of change is normal. People fear the unknown. What they do not understand is that the current pattern is not workable in the long run. We MUST change.

The real truth is that no one really knows. We have some glimpses into the future. But no one can really predict the future accurately. Think back ten years. Have all the predictions that everyone made worked how they said. Despite all the expertise, no one even remotely predicted the financial crisis. No one predicted how the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq would go. Why would anyone believe now that any of the so called experts have any idea how things will work out?

In my mind, everyone who is saying that health care will be this or that are all wrong. All of them. From both sides. Changes to health care most likely will not result in a huge disaster that will destroy the country. Neither will changes to health care be the silver bullet that fixes everything. There will still be inequalities. There will still be things that do not work. There will still be those who have to die because some health insurance person decided that some procedure is not covered.

If you are scared, don’t be. Think about why you are scared. Did you believe some one who convinced you that health care changes will result in the end of life as you know it? Think about that.

The images below were taken recently in London, England.

Beheading and killing, that’s your religion?

So you can insult others, but intend to kill those who insult you.  Nice.

If Europe is the cancer, then go somewhere else.

If this is true, then that’s unfortunate.  Because all you seem to bring is death, destruction and misery.

Seems like you are exercising your freedom right now.

What’s the lesson to learn from 9/11?  That some people have no regard for innocent human life?  We already knew that.

Threatening to destroy life and property?  Nice to know.

Great! So you plan to kill us all.

Death and killing.  The new religion.

This is horrific.  Muslims are making a big mistake with this.  There are many non-muslims who want to support them.  But these sorts of activities make it much harder.  They are turning people off.  Taken to its ultimate end, this approach will lead to death, war, destruction, misery and pain.

This is one of the main things that make Republicans mad about Democrats.  The question I have is this really true?

Granted there are some people who game the system so that they get the maximum benefit to themselves with minimal effort.  But does that make them lazy?  I have no doubt that there are many individuals who get some form of government aid without doing squat.  However, I seriously doubt that they are in the majority.  Americans work.  That’s what they do.  Should we really be making decisions and setting policy based on a small percentage of the population.

I talk to many Democrats, Republicans, liberals, conservatives and everything in the middle.  And I have yet to find one who sits on their behind all day long and collect checks.  Granted, I’m not doing an official survey.  But I still think the perception is wrong.  Democrats I know want fairness, not a handout.  A reasonable job with reasonable pay.

Some Republicans seem to hold the view that a person should get to keep whatever they can get from someone else.  It’s all for me and none for you.  Democrats I know want to even out a little of that.  There is the idea that being part of the system itself brings some benefits.  Is the person who pays more property tax entitled to better Fire Dept protection than those who contribute less?

Are there losers out there who don’t want to work?  Sure.  But we should not be spending any time worrying about them.  No. They will always exist.  And they will find a way to game the system no matter what we do.