Why Some Object to Health Care Reform

• Some see health care reform as an opening for government to take control of health insurance, they see this as a slippery slope, that this effort to reform health care will result in a government take over of health care and will result in big government growing even bigger.

• Some who object to health care reform are not totally opposed to health care reform, but they are opposed to increasing the National Debt. Health Reform is not going to be free. Many of these debt laden objectors fear debt because their own personal debt is a constant burden to their lives an they hate debt. Other objectors within this category object to a National Debt because they see it as creating a burden now for their children and grandchildren. Many of us see the deficit is already shockingly huge so how can any responsible person consider adding debt on top of this crushing debt? Some of these objectors might be dissuaded from opposing health care reform if they could be convinced that there was a realistic way to pay for it without creating a legacy of debt for future generations. Some will never be won over because they just object to National Debt period. These objectors may point out that Medicare was predicted to cost a few billion and now costs hundred's of billions of dollars and insolvency is fast approaching that system.

• There is also a libertarian undertow at work causing some objectors to seek to kill anything that looks like government interference in their daily lives. Some objectors not only object to health care reform, they object to taxes period. They would provide zero dollars for everything. No money would go to the military, to maintain the Interstate Highway System, nothing would go to support Medicare or Medicaid, they would have no army, but a private army, no police other than private contracted police, the White House and the Buildings of Washington DC would be sold, our national parks would be auctioned off, and there would be no regulatory agencies for anything, not drugs, food, banking, or anything else you can think of. The radical libertarian advocates that there be no government that everyone is on their own, if you want something you pay for it, and if other people can't pay for police protection, or fire protection, or to ensure the food sold is safe to eat, well, that's their problem.

• There is an element of racism involved in the opposition to health care reform. There is much debate about this; with many claiming that because we have a black President that his supporters play the race card at every opportunity. This assumption is a double edged sword and it cuts both ways. Yes, there are progressives that play the race card at the drop of a hat, but there are also some that object to anything and everything done by the Obama White House because they just can't accept that we have a President that is not all white. The issue of health care and racism goes back a lot further than just Obama. Harry Truman advocated for National Health Care and when primarily southern law makers realized that this National Health Care would be for both white and black citizens they killed the effort. The United States is becoming more and more diverse, it's citizens are growing faster among Hispanic and black populations, and should the trend continue white Americans will become a minority group. Those susceptible to white supremacy arguments object to the inevitable changes taking place in this country and attacking Health Care Reform is just one of the many ways they make their objections and fears known.

• Some oppose health reform because they receive campaign contributions from the health insurance industry and that industry is more inclined to continue and perhaps increase their support of legislators who advocate for their interests. When there is language in the bills that clearly state health care will not be extended to illegal aliens, yet they go out and say just the opposite there can be only two explanations: (1) they are unaware of the language excluding illegal's because they haven't read the bill, and if this is the case it is inexcusable, or (2) they know they are telling a lie, but they continue to tell the lie in an effort to derail the health reform effort and please their rich supporters like the Health Insurance Industry.