GOVERNMENT RUN PROGRAM

If anyone thinks that a Government Run Healthcare system would be better than what is available now, look at the early results of the massive Government run Cash for Clunkers program. The now 3 Billion dollar program that has probably obligated 1/2 of that amount at this time involving more than 338,000 trade in vehicles is showing signs of bureaucratic bungling. It appears that as of 8/16/09 only 2% of the car dealer claims have completed processing. Most of the rest of the claims have been rejected due to unspecified errors. So, either the Nation's car dealers are a group of dullards that can't fill out a form properly, or the forms are poorly constructed and difficult to comprehend, or the administrators(bureaucrats in DC) are incompetent fools that are conducting Government business as usual (maybe they are overwhelmed by the sheer volume of the claims?)

The reasons for the inability of the program to run efficiently are not too important as the lesson that may be learned from it. Imagine now how your Government Run Healthcare program will work because the same dealers (Doctors, hospitals, etc), and Forms, and Administrators (Government Bureaucrats) will staff this program. Only, this time, people will be affected because life or death decisions would probably be in contention. Such a system (estimated to be in the Trillion dollar not a paltry billion dollar program) will be 10 times worse and much more inefficient!

Do not allow the Government to become the major player (any more than they already are) in Healthcare.