If anyone expected Obamacare to be a great savior for our society, then I hope it is a wake-up call for those who believe a government-run program is worth anything. The initial roll-out was a disaster. Enrollment was lackluster. Like any government run program, it was costly to implement and it was plagued with so many issues that if a company launched such a poor product, it would immediately go bankrupt.  Just wait and see the technical issues that will be awaken when people actually try to start using their insurance.  The back-end of the system and interfaces are surely to be a mess.

Nonetheless, whether we like it or not, we’re all forced to buy the product.  This is exactly why the product itself does not have to impress or attract demand.  Why put any effort to develop the product if you knew people were forced to buy it regardless of its need or worth?

But at this point in time, we should all be good little citizens and embrace what has been bestowed upon us.  If we’re to do that, let me describe what everyone should expect from socialized medicine.

The “Government” doesn’t produce anything.  They can only take from others and re-distribute. In universal health-care, all citizens that can contribute, must throw their money into a pot. Whatever money is finally collected is what can then be used for the entire group for health care. The program assumes there are more people contributing than not. Once more people expect to take from the pot than contribute, the system is on its way to breaking down.

Moreover, socialized medicine depends on young healthy individuals to support the overall system.

These young individuals must represent the largest contributors or the system breaks.  Since young people are less likely to have health issues until much later in life, it’s imperative that they throw their money into the pot. Young people, you must pay into the program and keep yourself healthy. It’s your duty to support the old, poor, and/or those that lack the willpower to keep themselves healthy.  Not fair you say?  Well, when you’re 50 and need healthcare, the program will be there to pay your health tab.  If this sounds like a ponzi scheme, it’s because it sort of is one.

And for those that can afford healthcare, you must pay. Not only pay for yourself, but also pay a portion to cover the healthcare costs of those that cannot afford it.  How else did you think people would get free healthcare.

Since we’re being honest here, let’s talk about how to really make this marxist program work the way it was designed.  It boils down to ensuring enough people pay into the pool and not a single person takes out more than what they are worth. If you’re going to go through with socialized medicine, you might as well do it right and not skirt around politically incorrectness:

1. Review boards (“Death Panels”) must be necessary as the system cannot afford an 80 year old person on life-support to suck all the money from the pot. It just doesn’t make sense
2. If you cannot afford healthcare and depend on the system, you need to gain approval before becoming pregnant. For the greater good, we cannot afford more births into poor families to burden the system. Forced sterilization may need to be explored if there is threat to the stability of the health-care system.
3. Mandatory drug testing. Failed drug test raises your premiums and/or cancels your health care benefits.  At some point, self-affliction cannot be tolerated.
4. Alcohol, tobacco, and sugar purchases will be tracked and raise your premiums. Perhaps track and impose limitations on those products.
5. Per individual, health care coverage to be capped (yearly) in proportion to the amount that the individual contributes.  You cannot have a small group of poor people consuming a large percentage of the pool.
6. As like car insurance, the more you use your insurance the higher your premium will rise. The less you use it, the lower your premium becomes.  Wreck-less individuals are bound to lose their insurance benefits.
7. Genetic testing of  couples wishing to have babies should be done to gauge the risk factor of the newborn. High risks persons should not be allowed to procreate or else be prepared to pay increased premiums.

If the above sounds communist, it’s because Socialism is a short step away from Communism.  For the system to work better, the more you have to move towards Communism.   In fact, Hitler’s purge of undesirables was done under the auspicious of his universal health care system.  He just had the “balls” to do what such a system requires.  Just like any other type of insurance ponzi scheme, you cannot expect everyone to cash in (take from the pool) all at once.  It must be highly regulated, controlled, and restricted.  Or else, at some point, the pool will run dry.  Individual freedoms must be lost/curtailed for the greater good.

It seems inhumane to talk in these terms, but for such a system to really work as everyone expects, human emotion/empathy has to be removed in favor of a heartless, but practical system. Free healthcare comes with a price, that of which no one wants to discuss. But this utopia mindset is the beginning of the issues.

Let’s be honest with ourselves. Life can be cruel; there are no guarantees. None of us are entitled to health-care, happiness, or a cell phone for that matter. We are only entitled to pursue such things. People must start to take accountability for their actions and health.  You cannot expect to not exercise, drink, smoke, have a poor diet, and take part of risky behavior and expect someone else to pay for your health-care costs. In socialized medicine, one person’s poor decision assumes another person will make a wise decision to balance the system.  In such a system, we can’t all make poor decisions or else it breaks.  A socialized medicine program is only as strong as the average employment rate, average wage, and the average overall health of the participants. Unfortunately, our nation has high unemployment, low wages, and our health is poor. This equates to overall weak universal health-care provisions for all.  For things to improve, those poor unhealthy individuals who depend on the system most, must improve their situation, but we all know there’s no incentive to do so.  Until then, the system will be low quality and fail to meet expectations.

Hey you – Pay for my new liver