My Health Care Poposition

Here’s my plan to fix our health care “crisis:
First off, we have a mandatory single payer system; that way we’ll have one big pot to work from, and everyone will have to play by the same rules (except congress and the president of course). The employers will pay for it so that no one has to worry about the cost (except the employers of course). Now, to save money and fix our Social Security/Medicare problem, treatment will be severely limited to those over seventy (why should we have to pay for expensive hip replacements and pacemakers for people who are just going to turn around and die?). For them, and those with terminal illnesses (defined as those that cost too much money to treat) Quality of Life clinics will be opened in every community to provide “end of life care” (I.E. euthanasia), pain pills, and cremation services all for free. We will cover prenatal care and child birth, but limited to one child per family. Parents may choose to have more than one child, but they will be penalized for each child over the limit. By encouraging people to have fewer children, we can dramatically reduce our demand for natural resources and our carbon footprint, while cutting back on the demand for healthcare. A DNA sample will be taken from every fetus. Those whose DNA show indicators of certain defects or a predisposition towards certain costly diseases and disorders will not be eligible for coverage. However, pre-birth, partial-birth, and post-birth abortions will be provided for free. Anyone with unhealthy and expensive habits, (such smoking, poor eating habits, lack of exercise, and unhealthy thoughts) will be enrolled in a six month re-education camp to correct their unhealthy ways.

Actually, scratch all that. we’ll just go the natural route: natural selection and survival of the fittest. We abolish healthcare of any kind. If you can’t survive a common cold, a little swine flu, a bout with brain cancer, a little depression or schizophrenia, down’s syndrome, staph infection, car accident, Christianity, conservative beliefs etc. we don’t need you hanging around polluting the gene pool for our children. To show we’re compassionate, we will still provide the Quality of Life clinics in every neighborhood. That should solve all our problems and cost us almost nothing.

What do you think?