How will nation pay for health care?

When I was a child, I loved getting presents. They were usually something I could use, and they were cost-free.

Now that I am older, I have learned that these 'gift horses' need to be examined. It has become increasingly clear that things advertised as "cost-free" are not really free of costs.

The folks in Washington tell us of many wonders which they want to bestow upon us, and all without disturbing our pocketbooks - more "free-free-free" stuff.

I say, "bunk."

All these goodies are running up a national debt estimated by those same folks as some $9 trillion.

You can't make it disappear by saying things such as "Oh, those $247 billion don't count." Those nice folks want to give everyone better health care.

I have seen Great Britain's National Health Service in action among my wife's family. How about a 14-month wait for a knee replacement? How about a complete lack of follow-up care following surgery for prostate cancer?

It's the unavailability of care, due to too much demand for too little supply. Sounds to me suspiciously like rationing.

That aside, what is going to become of those $9 trillion? Oh, you say, the folks in D.C. will pay that off. And those funds will come from where? Right - you and me. If we base a calculation on a constant 300 million population for the U.S. for the next 10 years, then each person alive would need to provide $250 every month for those 10 years if we are to retire the debt.

Just send your remittances to those nice folks in Washington, D.C.

Donald W. Davis

Huntley