The high cost of free health care

  There are a lot of people out there dreaming of an Obama victory to provide all Americans with 'free' health care. Accordingto Obama, there are 47 million people in this country without health insurance. That's about 15% of the population. Put another way, over 85% of the population has insurance coverage now. With that coverage they get access to the best health care offered anywhere in the world. When the rich and powerful get sick, they come to America for treatment. The world's leaders, the rich and the royal, come here. That's the system that 85% of this country has access to. Now, that 47 million uninsured includes many illegal aliens, and when we have universal coverage we will have many more. The 85% enjoying top care now will have to become used to a lesser level of care so we can provide for the 15% not covered. Care will be rationed. Expensive 'gold standard' treatment and tests will be replaced with a cheaper substitute. Xrays will replace MRI's, teeth will be pulled instead of fillings and crowns. The wait time for treatment will increase. In the UK, a 6 month wait for angioplasty is not uncommon, here it is 24 hours. In addition, people over a certain age will be denied treatments deemed not cost effective, ie 'you are too old for it to be worthwhile' will become a common reply for the elderly seeking organ transplants or joint replacements. This is the case in other countries where gov'ts must decide how to spend their finite resources. This is what we can expect if we follow this path. 85% of the country will suffer with a reduced level of care so that the homeless and the illegal can have a higher level of care. If that makes sense to you, you must be a democrat.