ObamaCare Vs. LeninCare: U.S. Copies Soviets?
~ The Rebel ~
2012/04/14 07:29:32
The Obama Record: When
Vladimir I. Lenin sought to remake Russian society into a "proletariats'
paradise," he targeted three sectors for control: health care, banking and
education. Sound familiar?
Vladimir I. Lenin sought to remake Russian society into a "proletariats'
paradise," he targeted three sectors for control: health care, banking and
education. Sound familiar?
Of these three, however, Lenin viewed socialized medicine as the "keystone"
to building his socialist utopia.
to building his socialist utopia.
The Bolshevik leader told the Russian
people everybody would be able to afford going to the doctor, not just the
"greedy rich." He also claimed centralized control of the medical industry would
"reduce costs" and end the "waste" from "unnecessary duplication and
parallelism" in a competitive market.
people everybody would be able to afford going to the doctor, not just the
"greedy rich." He also claimed centralized control of the medical industry would
"reduce costs" and end the "waste" from "unnecessary duplication and
parallelism" in a competitive market.
In 1918, the USSR became the first
nation to promise "free" universal health-care coverage. Fifteen years later,
major flaws appeared in its grand social experiment, even to Western observers
who for the most part romanticized it.
nation to promise "free" universal health-care coverage. Fifteen years later,
major flaws appeared in its grand social experiment, even to Western observers
who for the most part romanticized it.
"Monetary motives have almost entirely ceased to operate in medical
practice in Soviet Russia," observed a pair of sympathetic physicians from
America and Britain who traveled to Russia in 1933.
practice in Soviet Russia," observed a pair of sympathetic physicians from
America and Britain who traveled to Russia in 1933.
As a result, "there still exists a great shortage of physicians and
hospitals," they wrote in their report, "Red Medicine: Socialized Health in
Soviet Russia." "Drugs are almost fabulously dear and scarce."
hospitals," they wrote in their report, "Red Medicine: Socialized Health in
Soviet Russia." "Drugs are almost fabulously dear and scarce."
"Overworked doctors" couldn't handle
the flood of new patients. A bloated new medical bureaucracy, led by the
People's Commissar of Public Health, only worsened delays in treatment.
the flood of new patients. A bloated new medical bureaucracy, led by the
People's Commissar of Public Health, only worsened delays in treatment.
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"Most workers and their families receive free medical treatment as insured persons," the report said. "But the funds for this treatment do not come from insurance funds, but from general taxation."
This is how President Obama intends to pay for his own universal health-care plan, which will subsidize some 28 million uninsured and underinsured Americans through tax hikes on the rich.
In a little-noticed 2009 speech, Obama vowed to demolish "structural inequalities" in America and rebuild the economy on three new "pillars" — socialized medicine, banking and higher education.
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