Sarah Palin - A Disaster for American Health Care

John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as his vice presidential candidate literally rocked America. It caused the nation to scramble for information on her, made her the most famous Alaskan citizen ever and introduced the term “hockey mom” to the American public. How will her views on health care affect the American public? Alaska’s purchase was originally known as Seward’s Folly, the selection of Sarah Palin as VP may very well be McCain’s Folly.

Free Market

Sarah Palin is for free market health care, basically the same system we currently have right now. You know, it’s the one that doesn’t work and denies millions of poor people health coverage. She has the benefit of receiving government funded health insurance but she is in favor of denying that same type of coverage to 46 million uninsured Americans.

In her ultimate act of free market health care, she voted against Alaska’s Certificate of Need program. The program requires hospitals to get government approval to expand or create new property. The CON plan restrains health care facility costs and allows for coordinated planning of new construction and services. By voting against Alaska’s CON program and being in favor of free market health care, Sarah Palin is stating that health care is an economic product that is subject to market forces. Basically, Palin believes health care is no different than your local retail outlet. Can’t afford health care, tough luck! Maybe there will be a day after Thanksgiving sale.

Gun Control

Do we really need a gun toting woman with a lifetime membership to the NRA having a major hand in our health care? Sarah Palin has aligned herself with the Alaskan Independence Party, whose gun control motto is: Gun control is hitting your target. She is in favor of gun-safety education for children. She wants to arm our children to teach them gun safety, but if there is an unfortunate accident during one of these sessions the proper health care is only going to be administered to people that can afford it. I’m not really sure what the policy is up in Alaska or what goes on during one of her moose hunting trips, but if we are going to arm everyone in America without restriction, can we at least give everyone in America proper health care coverage without restriction?

Abortion

Abortion is a hot button topic in American society so I am a little weary to broach it. Sarah Palin, however, is Pro-Life and wants to outlaw abortion in all cases except for cases in which the birth would cause the mother to die. This means if a woman is victim of rape or incest, well tough luck, you are having that baby. Let’s broach another subject, health care for the baby and the mother. Luckily for Bristol Palin she has access to that wonderful government health insurance plan. Never mind the fact that her mother is a supporter of abstinence-only sex education and other forms of sex-ed doesn’t have her support, her and her cushy health insurance will be ready to aide Bristol. As for any other girl that is may be forced to have a child by Palin’s beliefs someday, well here is hoping you can afford the health insurance that Sarah Palin doesn’t want to give you!

Sarah Palin = Fembot

Sarah Palin doesn’t really want to change a broken health care system. She cares more about an unborn embryo than a girl who may be a victim of rape or incest. She also has an affinity for guns and happens to be reasonably attractive. Just an observation: is Sarah Palin a fembot? It would make total sense, and it would back up a widely held belief that John McCain is, in fact, Dr. Evil.

Sarah Palin’s health care plan truly is a bridge to nowhere.