Myths surrounding health care reform

I’m reading an op- ed in the New York Times, The Fight Is Over, the Myths Remain By BRENDAN NYHAN.  He talks about the myths of end of life counseling, free care for immigrants and subsidized abortion.  Indeed these are myths that have circulated about the health care reform legislation just signed into law. However, they are the insignificant myths.  The real myths are the ones that came with the legislation and which will form the basis for not only disappointment, but deep fiscal concerns.

Here are some of the real myths:

• We have reformed health care
• We have made health care affordable
• If you like the plan you have, you can keep it
• The legislation will reduce the deficit
• The legislation will lower the cost curve for health care
• Health insurance companies are the cause of rising health insurance premiums 

Some of you reading this will say, ha, more sour grapes from someone opposed to health care reform.  Not so, I was never opposed to health care system reform.  But the reality is that we have not done that, we have not even addressed some of the very basic problems that left unaddressed will sink the desirable goal of health insurance for all Americans. To solve our problems, we must be able to afford the solution lest we create another larger problem.  Sadly, that is exactly what we have done.  Think of it this way, you have a credit card that is out of control and you want to get out from under the debt so you pay off that card by transferring the balance to a new card…problem solved.

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