It's health scare day in the US of A

Well what a journey this is.  Whichever side of "The Bill" you are on, I think you'll agree with me that the process has been long, arduous, vicious, confusing, and literally -- quite sickening.

What a shame.  In a country known for it's diversity of people and ideas coming together to make good things we are in a terrible time that seems to promise worse with each passing motion on Capitol Hill.  If it goes on, I fear for the Democratic Republic that I love.

Let's talk a little health care. Is it perfect? No, not by a long shot. Will this bill make things better? No, not by a long shot. Why? Because of three problems:

1) It refuses to address any of the laws currently in place that have caused many of our current problems with health care. Many of these laws cause Doctors, Nurses, and Health Care Institutions to spend more time and money practicing "Defensive Medicine" than taking care of that person in front of them. Medicine is a complex art, many disease entities that have like symptoms have vastly different treatments. Both the list of diseases and treatments available is growing at a pace almost akin to the national debt. Juries tend to look at doctors and the health care system as either incompetent, uncaring, greedy, or just plain unworthy of any slack. Truth is, most providers really do care, work long hours for little pay, and are doing the best they can do. It will never be good enough because medicine is so very complex. I would love to see those who can say nothing nice, pass med-school, Internship, Residency, and then enter into Practice. I wonder how many innocent mistakes they would make.
2) "The Bill" does not address laws that make it possible for small and independent groups of people to bind together to purchase insurance at the group rate. Large corporations, yes. Independent business men & women in a community, no. By default, unless you are part of a large entity, your insurance will be sky high and your co-pay's even higher. The current government attitude seems to be one of destroying those of us who are small business owners (over 90 percent of business' in America) and making the US Government the only corporation able to offer insurance. About 18 months ago I met and talked with a member of Sweden's Parliament who was visiting our country. One of the things we talked about was State Run Health Care. It's crippling their economy and driving politicians crazy trying to provide it. Their population is roughly the size of Wisconsin's. He could not fathom how it could be done here with any kind of efficiency. Neither can I.
3) The "Bill" being proposed is GARGANTUAN! It's cumbersome, it's poorly understood, and it's being RAMMED down peoples throats. People are naturally resistant to change, even if it's good. A good "Bill" should be simple and easy to follow. It should make sense. It should NOT make people wonder if the government is out to destroy the country.

Even if this "Bill" is good for the country, it is clouded in so much smoke, mirrors, pork, back room deals, etc; that it should be placed in a holding pattern and reworked so that "We the people..." will be comfortable and confident that it is a good thing for the country.

Lastly, I don't yet know the outcome. My Faith in the Almighty, who created Heaven and earth is absolute. If He allows this to be passed then I must accept that HE will use it to affect some greater good. If He prevents it passage, then I will just be grateful that this burden is one we will not have to bear.

About me

When I completely (and I do mean totally and off the deep end) turned my life over to JESUS THE MESSIAH in 1998, I didn't want religion...I had played that in the past and didn’t like it. I didn’t mean to play it…it just kind of worked out that way. I was a legalistic hypocrite (in my opinion) and was uncomfortable and unhappy. I wanted to live His Way and enjoy it. I didn't want to be frustrated by man-made rules and regulations.

A few years later, I prayed this very dangerous prayer...I wanted to be as much like Jesus as possible. Needless to say I had changes to make...I didn't know how to make them, where to start, what to do. He knew all of those things...all I could do was give Him permission to do what He wanted to do and ask forgiveness in advance for not being cooperative.

What a ride I was in for. Attitudes, jokes, my understanding of Bible story’s and verses transformed. Y’all have heard, “What would Jesus do”. I began to ask myself: “What exactly would Jesus think, what would He say, and how would He say it”. Searching those answers out messed up my life (in a good way).

As I write about my thoughts and feelings about life, liberty and the pursuit of sanity, I promise you I will be as open and honest as I can be at that particular moment. It is not my intent or place to judge or insult any person, people or groups…I’m simply offering what may be a vastly unique way of looking at things and ask you to think about them from a viewpoint that you haven’t before. (Just for a few minutes…think outside of your box.)

In His Love!