Universal Health Care...Not A Good Idea

In her blog, TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND CALL ME WHEN YOUR CANCER IS STAGE 4, Ann Coulter argues that Democrats are trying to fix the health care system by having the government become more involved than it already is. Throughout the article, she discusses the fact that government involvement has been the demise of the system and more involvement will only cause more problems. Coulter wants people to understand that this universal health insurance plan that the Democrats are pushing so hard for will mean that "everyone in the plan will have to pay for everyone else's Viagra and anti-anxiety pills", which is just unfair.

Coulter makes a really valid point with her comment "we already have near-universal health coverage in the form of Medicare, Medicaid, veterans' hospitals, emergency rooms and tax-deductible employer-provided health care." The government created and mandates all of these things so that people who cannot afford private insurance can get coverage anyway. Instead of creating a new program, the government should fix the programs it has now. She goes on to argue that the same plan is not needed for everyone, which could not be more accurate.

She claims insurance should be to "insure against catastrophes", and not for regular everyday maintenance. Her argument that car insurance doesn't pay for gas so health insurance shouldn't pay for regular appointments is interesting. I don't think the two are really comparable because I would consider gas to a car as food to a body. She points out that we should pay for our regular appointments, which I disagree with since the whole point of health insurance is to help us with the costs of medical expenses.

She is right in the fact that the government needs to stay out of the problem. If they don't, then they are just going to want into something else. Which goes with her next point, which is if the government is going to be involved in health care and everything else, maybe they should have "universal food coverage."

I do disagree with her when she compares the cost of an appointment with a physician to a manicure. Where does she get a manicure that it would even be a comparable cost?

In addition to being a New York Times best selling author, Ann Coulter is a legal correspondent for Human Events and writes a syndicated column for Universal Press Syndicate. She also worked for the Senate Judiciary Committee after practicing law in private practice in New York.