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Originally Posted by Ted But doesn't the state have a duty to protect their citizen's? Isn't that why they pay for the armed forces too? Why is it looking after their citizen's basic health care needs so much different? And I am not talking about special medical things that cost billions! Just the rudimentary basic, so that someone doesn't go bankrupt when he has to spend a night in a hospital. Or worse; hospitals that refuse aid, because no one will pick up the bill. |
In away you could say the
State Governments might have that duty, but not the Federal Government.
The founding fathers never intended the US Federal Government to have "control" or influence over the daily lives of its citizens. So every time the Federal Government does anything to "take over" or administer anything for citizens it is a major point of contention. No matter how much it might benefit the citizens, it is a matter of the Federal Government entering areas it was not given explicit approval by it's citizens to do. The fear the "Government" is growing to big and controlling.
This is what makes health care or any other issue have so many different views.
The US Federal Government as originally constituted
did not have a mandate or duty to protect it citizens directly . It was to coordinate a United defense of the 13 Colonies. Governing and protecting the populous belonged to the original colonies that became the original states. (For Europeans they should consider the roll of the European Union to its member governments as roughly equivalent to the roll of the US Federal Governments to its states.)
While a National health care system does makes sense, who administers it and how brings up a lot of issues. People might not be able to choose their doctors, not a big deal to those currently without insurance or maybe in HMO but for people who pick their Dr's, it is defiantly a big deal.
Of course cost and who pays and how much is a big scary question. We all know it will get paid until it goes broke. With a government administered Postal System going broke, it makes you wonder if the government is capable of administering a health care system.
Problems with Medicare, Medicaid, and VA Healthcare do not instill confidence.