So, in the last couple of days, I have been doing a lot of soul searching and thinking about the future. The future of the US is in the hands of the election, and although this is not a political blog, I wanted to share some truths that are the future.
First of all, my company went through a re-org again, and due to my knowing about several people who will lose their jobs, luckily not me, it makes me think about my future in a critical way. What would happen if I did? I am working hard on finding my plan B so that if I were to be that person, I would have a means to support myself and my family. You can never tell.
People have told me, you are nurse, you will always have a job. Well, not so fast.
So many of you know, I am a Canadian, thus I have no right to vote in this election. I have no say.
But what many of you don't is why I am here in the first place. In Canada, they have a single payer government run health system. The money to pay for everyones health care comes from the tax dollars. After all, nothing is free. The money has to come from somewhere.
In my second year of nursing school, the government was scaling back on hospital fundings, which ultimately resulted in closures of hospital beds. In other words, there may have been plenty of open rooms, but they had no money to keep people in them. So, if they have no patients, then they certainly don't need nurses. Thus, I could not find any jobs. I sent over 77 applications, and got 77 rejections. No one needed nurses. The hospital I trained at, closed 2 entire wings of the hospital, all due to lack of money. And so I moved to Texas....where I had offers of 4 jobs...
That statement of Canadian medical is free??? NOT so..nothing is free. Not to mention, the lack of doctors, available treatments, and how far you may have to travel for a certain test or care. It's not what you think.
So, as we are on the brink of the election, think about what could happen. If Obamacare is continued, our taxes WILL go up, because the money is needed to pay for everyone's medical treatment. If reimbursement goes down, hospitals will be forced to close beds, so, you can go to the hospital, but that doesn't mean they can serve you. The government will decide who gets what, and when, based on their funding. Would you rather a Doctor treat you? Or a government person decide if what the doctor wants is what you will get? Obamacare sounds GREAT, but in reality, it will not be great at all. If it sounds too good to be true...it usually is.
There are millions of americans without health coverage, and they will now be able to treat, at whose expense? Why the government, of course, and where do they get the money? From the taxpayers. So, again, count on the price of everything going up, because taxes are on so many different things, and they will have to increase in order to pay for this. I would love to see a system where everyone gets care, but this is not the right solution. This one will only make the US a weaker economy, and force to borrow money to pay for it.
So, think about it, how much are YOU willing to spend? If you don't know, it's ok, because the government will tell you how much you will have to pay. And I promise you, it won't be pretty.
There are 2 things you need to do right now....
1. VOTE, and choose carefully because your future depends on it.
2. THink about the vote, think about how much of your money you need, and if you are voting obama, say goodbye to a larger portion for the extra costs of everything to come.
Folks, I have lived the socialized economy, I know what this is about, and if you love the US and the freedom to choose...you don't want government run healthcare.
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