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The big debate on Capitol Hill lately has been the issue of health care.  If you haven’t noticed this, you haven’t been paying attention.  On the left side of the ideological spectrum, the idea seems to be a complete government takeover of health care.  On the right side of the ideological spectrum, the solutions seem to revolve around free-market solutions.  In my opinion, the free market trumps any and all solutions that would be overseen by the federal government.  Yes, the free market has it’s imperfections.  But I contend that the federal government is even more imperfect.  After all, what entity that is run by the federal government has ever run efficiently?  Medicare and Social Security, both run by the federal government, are both going bankrupt.  Do we really want government to oversee the very thing that could literally mean life or death for most people?

One recurring theme of Democrats is the “47 million uninsured” in the country.  But is this number really accurate?  Let’s take a look at the facts.

The U.S. Census Bureau in 2007 reported that there were 45.65 million people that were without health insurance.  Of this number, 9.73 million were foreigners leaving 35.92 million without insurance.  Today, the number of illegals in the country is anywhere from 12 million to 20 million.  Of this 35.92 million, 9.1 million made over $75,000 a year and chose not to purchase health insurance.  This leaves 26.82 million without health insurance.  In addition to this information, the Census Bureau also reported that the number of uninsured in 2007 actually decreased from 47 million to 45.65 million and the number of insured rose from 249.8 million to 253.4 million. 

Democrats also like to claim that our health care system is “broken.”  This is also not truthful.  There are problems with health care in this country, but it is far from broken.  If someone is incapable of paying for their health care, for example in the emergency room, they will still be treated.  We could talk about all the things wrong with health care and health insurance, but our system in the United States is far from being broken.  If it was, people from all over the world who are suffering under a socialized system of health care would not flock to the US to be taken care of.

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