Where is common sense in the health care debate?
A letter writer recently asked, “Where is compassion in health care debate?” My response is that it was irrelevant emotions like compassion that led our government into being the overgrown behemoth that we have today. It was compassion and other "feelings" that gave us program after program as the downward spiral took us deeper and deeper into the clutches of tyranny. If the government is allowed to have this new control over our health care decisions then I fear that our country will have passed the point of no return and we will never again be the free nation that our founding fathers envisioned for us.
The answer to health care is not more government; it is less. Check out the healthcare reforms being proposed by Republicans in Congress where real change can happen without government control. The government has been involved in regulating and manipulating health care for decades. Government involvement is the primary reason for the problems we see today.
It is time for common sense. It is not the role of government to provide healthcare and the Constitution does not authorize it. If you are struggling and need help then ask your friends, family, and neighbors for assistence. Take control of your own life and stop surrendering your liberty to an overbearing government. Don't fall for the "compassion" argument being given by the self appointed wizards of morality. Government does not feel compassion. It simply lusts for more power.
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Tribune Letter Writer Responds
This was posted in the La Crosse Tribune:
Dr. Ted Peck: Muller’s compassion tirade was off base
By Dr. Ted Peck / La Crosse
Chris Muller, former chairman of the local Republican party, has recently written that compassion is an “irrelevant” emotion as we discuss the process of health care reform. This is an appallingly ignorant attitude. Compassion is, in fact, the most important emotion related to health care. It is compassion that has led most of us doctors and nurses (Republicans and Democrats) to chose our present professions. It is compassion for the poor and uninsured (Republicans and Democrats) that is a major impetus for present efforts for health care reform. It is compassion for dying people (Republicans and Democrats) that has led to the excellent option of advanced directives.
It is clear from his lack of compassion that Muller doesn’t have the faintest idea what medical care is all about. I can’t imagine that he speaks for most of the intelligent and compassionate Republicans I know. The rest of us (Republicans, Democrats and independents) will benefit from a slow, steady problem-solving process without the hype and nonsense from extremists on both sides.
Defending Myself
Here is the letter I just sent to defend myself. We'll have to wait and see if the Tribune prints it.
Dr. Ted Peck recently attacked my opinion that the government does not have compassion. He states that, “Compassion is, in fact, the most important emotion related to health care.” I have no doubt he is correct in that. My mother is a nurse and she is one of the most compassionate people I have ever known. But does that mean the government will be compassionate to us when they control our health care?
How compassionate will the government be when someone you love needs open heart surgery at the age of 85?
How compassionate will the government be when they must increase taxes on everyone in order to pay for this massive new program?
How compassionate will the government be when they deny a procedure that you need and eliminate all of your other choices so they become the final word in your options?
I apologize to Dr. Peck for not being more clear in my original letter. Compassion does exist in health care decisions but it will cease to exist if the government controls it which is why I originally called it irrelevant. It will become the domain of cold-hearted bureaucrats and bean counters. That is why I urge my fellow citizens to oppose the take over that is being debated and look to your friends, family, and neighbors instead of the government when you need assistance.
Meritorious or.....
Liberals say government run health care has merit to it. I'm going to say the 1000+ page bill floating around the House and Sen. Kennedy's bill in the Senate are meretricious.