Health Care Only for Children is only a façade – like those made for movie towns where the buildings only have fronts. The buildings have no insides and no backs.
A government health program should cover all the people. That way, the temptation for politicians to create programs that are an illusion of the real thing won’t exist.
Perhaps a health care program that covered the basic problems for everyone would be worth something. If a health care program covered the need for antibiotics, simple operations, and need for bones to be set, it would be worth something. It would still be a façade though, wouldn’t it?
A health care program needs to be thoroughly designed and described. The best two programs need to be voted on by all the people.
More and more, I encounter government programs where I’ve sought help have turned out to be illusions. Here in Massachusetts, 90% of government programs have been façades. Went to appeal a small claims decision the other day. The court said I could appeal. Then the crafty opposition lawyer showed that I had to post bonds of five times the amount of the verdict. Didn’t matter that I could absolutely prove that my opponent won by total perjury. Nobody that knows today’s courts is going to gamble five dollars to make one. The appeal process was a façade, an illusion.
By the time you get to be sixty, you will understand what I mean – especially if you are actively involved. Don’t wait to personally experience life’s misfortunes. Be pro-active. Learn from the experiences of others.