Here are some videos from the Mackinac Center for Public Policyof Canadians talking about their failed health care system. These Canadians have a variety of serious and painful health issues but had to wait for treatment:So, instead of waiting a couple years for treatment, they come here:There are so few family physicians that they have to use a lottery system to add new patients. Patients are on the waiting list for years:The doctor’s fee is set by the government, they get paid for the amount of patients they see. Canadians only get 5 minutes with the doctor and they aren’t treated like the customer because the customer is the government (sort of like public schools without the school board). There’s a shortage of surgeons and state of the art equipment:When an insurance company tried to offer wait list insurance (after 45 days you could go to a private physician), the unions complained so loudly it was dropped:The politicians know the system is not sustainable but any reform is met by opposition from the unions. The unions have such power that when they go on strike, they can usually get what they want, taking even more money from patient care (which only receives 20-25% the rest goes to infrastructure and salaries):Canadians know that if we follow their failed system, then they will no longer have access to our superior medical facilities when they need them. Where will we go when we face wait lists?What’s amazing about the videos is how ingrained in their thinking that their health care is free but you know how ridiculous that is if you’ve ever gone to Canada and paid their exorbitant sales tax. They are footing the bill and are getting substandard care and there is nothing they can do about it. I don’t want that here.We will be paying more in insurance premiums and the middle class families will be paying more in taxes and fees:

Most astounding of all is what this Congress is willing to do to struggling middle-class families. The bill would impose nearly $400 billion in new taxes and fees. Nearly 90% of that burden will be shouldered by those making $200,000 or less.It might not appear that way at first, because the dollars are collected via a 40% tax on sales by insurers of “Cadillac” policies, fees on health insurers, drug companies and device manufacturers, and an assortment of odds and ends.But the economics are clear. These costs will be passed on to consumers by either directly raising insurance premiums, or by fueling higher health-care costs that inevitably lead to higher premiums. Consumers will pay the excise tax on high-cost plans. The Joint Committee on Taxation indicates that 87% of the burden would fall on Americans making less than $200,000, and more than half on those earning under $100,000.

We’ll be paying more for less care and allowing the politicians to take over our health care decisions. Don’t tell me they aren’t going to politicize the process, I know better. They’ll do what it takes to give them greater power.(via)