What do i want to change about healthcare?

What do I want to change about healthcare?

Surprisingly (perhaps) I have a pretty short answer for this one. Of all the possible complaints and difficulties any American might have concerning how he or she receives healthcare in this country, my biggest problem is the seemingly overwhelming assumption that the federal government should be the entity from whom a solution must come.

There seem to be about a thousand rumors circling as to what the new hypothethical healthcare bill may entail. There are some ideas I don't have a big problem with. There are other ideas I feel I would nearly give my life to protest. But with all of the prospective policies, I have one problem: that the federal government of the United States would institute them.

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The portion you have just read was the entirety of my submission for SixPerspectives this week.
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Here, i will share more.

You can call me a lunatic if you like. I might call you one back. But to me, the prospect of socialized healthcare goes against everything that made this country great. The idea is supposedly to make this country a better place, but any system that forces me to abide by its notion of what is best for me, will if yielded to, imprison me in the name of my own freedom. And i will fight it, i will resist it, and i will beg almighty God in His mercy not to let it happen.

Socialized healthcare is the first notable step to the socialization of a nation. Don't give up your rights, people. Not the president, the congress, not your doctor or your minister, can tell you what's best for you. You have the right to make that decision on your own. You may consult whomever you choose, but the decision is yours. Our forefathers and God Himself gave us the right to make the wrong decision if we want to. And my healthcare is included. My healthcare, my body, my values, my faith, my decision. Period.