Living Woman cannot prove that she's not dead...

Whenever we are tempted to dump the management of ever-greater chunks of our lives on the government (see: quasi-socialism), it often helps to review how well our already existing large administrative organizations are doing. Take, for instance:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331647,00.html

Do we really want these same people running every American's health insurance? I can just see the scenario:

Patient at Hospital: "Hello.. I'm in need of medical treatment."

Hospital Receptionist: "Oh I'm sorry sir, our records indicate that you're already deceased."

Patient: "But I'm right HERE!"

Receptionist: "That may be, but first you'll have to go downtown and cancel your death-certificate. I can't process insurance for a deceased man."

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Think back to every administrative run-around you've ever had. How much worse do these situations become when there are no other parties competing for the job?

The fact is, Universal Health Care cannot effectively work in our country. The fact is, it would slowly cripple the health-care industry, not to mention the economy.

Hill-Bill and Obama are only fishing for naive votes when they pitch their univeral health-care plans. While an overhaul of the system is long-overdue, and medicare reform is certainly needed, to suggest anything more is to make empty promises. America needs realistic plans and concrete solutions, not dishonest pipe-dreams.