I’m Terminally Ill. I Don’t Have Time for Government Health Care. |
Democrats like to say, for a lack of a better term, that Republicans hate sick people. I have cystic fibrosis: a chronic, life-threatening genetic disease, and I’m sick and tired of Democrats lying and fear mongering to people who are already sick and tired.
The Affordable Care Act was fundamentally flawed from the start, and was never designed to function without massive, unsustainable subsidies. It ultimately was doomed to fail. The ACA drove up costs, narrowed provider networks, and reduced access to care.
In fact, the ACA is one of the main reasons I kept working even when my doctors told me I was too sick to do so.
I had to maintain my private insurance. Without it, I would have lost my doctors, faced longer wait times, lost the flexibility to complete treatments outside the hospital, and been cut off from the quality care I needed, not just to stay alive, but to remain a functioning member of society.
And somehow, Democrats are now pushing something even worse than the Affordable Care Act: universal health care.
On paper, universal health care sounds great. Everyone has access. It’s “free.”
But I’m a first-generation American from Cuba, and I know exactly what happens when the government takes over essential systems.
When bureaucrats are inserted into systems best managed by the private sector, quality inevitably declines. Health care is no exception.
Here’s what happens with universal health care: You can once again forget about keeping or choosing your doctor. That choice is critical for anyone with a pre-existing, life-threatening condition, and it’s a right every American should have, whether sick or healthy.
A doctor is a doctor, right? It’s not that simple.
For complex conditions like cystic fibrosis, you don’t just need a doctor, you need a team that’s willing to work with both your treatment schedule and your life.
Maintaining quality of life........