To be sure, other reforms are needed like Medical Savings Accounts to let people earmark money for their future health care needs. What should be avoided is any further government intrusion into the health care market. Although America's health care system is undoubtedly first-rate, costs have been rising significantly in recent years, forcing millions to forgo even basic health insurance. In order that everyone can afford quality health care, managed competition reforms should be put into law to allow people to pool their purchasing power in the open marketplace. Moreover, for uninsured children and the poorest of the poor, tax credits and vouchers should be administered to ensure universal coverage.
Health care is a basic human right.
Costs have been soaring because huge Health Maintenance Organizations have become bloated bureaucracies that demand ever-growing profit margins in an increasingly oligopolistic market. Private insurance companies need to be phased out of the health care business and a universal health care system should be established similar to those now prevalent in Europe and the rest of the industrialized world. Race relations have become severely strained in recent years as bankrupt '60s era policies have finally taken their toll. Whites have grown resentful of minorities who are seen as receiving undue preferences in hiring and education. In order to restore civil harmony, so-called 'affirmative action' must be abolished and replaced with rededicated efforts to enforce existing civil rights statutes and expand outreach and educational opportunities to disadvantaged youth.