An article worth reading

It is no secret I have an extremely low opinion of Michael Moore. I think his manipulations pass the point of being outright lies. I have no intent of watching his latest attack on whoever and whatever fails to toe his personal view of how the world to be. I have, however, been watching the debate over his "documentary" and what effect it will have.

I put "documentary" in quotes because his work is anything but. A documentary is a factual report. His work is "true" in the same way Surf's Up is a true documentary about the birth of competitive surfing.

Be that as it may, I have not always been able to formulate why I am against publicly funded healthcare. Poor care, higher taxes is a brief but accurate assesment. Well, Kurt Loder...I do not know who he is and am nervous about recommending his work seeings as this article is on the extremely left-leaning MTV website and I am very much a centrist, I do not care for any "leaning" whatsoever...be that as it may, he puts forth a brilliant expose of A) holes and manipulations, if not outright lies in Sicko and
B) some of the problems the centers of "free universal health care".

I think particularly insightful was his line "When governments attempt to regulate the balance between a limited supply of health care and an unlimited demand for it they're inevitably forced to ration treatment."

This follows the Canadian Supreme Court quote, "Access to a waiting list is not access to health care."


Much like a higher minimum wage, universal health care seems such a good idea that no right thinking person could be against it...but some research and real life application soon changes many minds. Increased taxes are something you will never find me in favor of until many of the ridiculous and onerous taxes already on us are removed. And without higher taxes there is no funding for universal health care. Of course, universal health care also needs to be designed. Does it cover plastic surgery? liposuction? emergency finger reattachment?

Or how about this; someone is diabetic. They can function just fine with the classic "take it as needed via syringe". But they WANT the insulin pump which is less intrusive on their personal life. Is that covered? Should it be? If not, why not, if so, why? I can make excellent arguments on multiple sides of that question.

However, Moore and many other people hold out government provided as some sort of magic elixir that makes all right with the world. Of course, he fails to explain why people who live with it envy us.... but that is another post.