The recent changes to the Affordable Care Act (aka: Obamacare), has been a major improvement to American health care service. There have been a few of the normal technical glitches, as well as some incredibly hypocritical political actions done by some of the nincompoops who are against Universal Health Care. However, the obstructionism must come to an immediate end and rather than a bureaucratic abyss of complicated options, the time has come for a simple change to a “single payer” format like Canada and the United Kingdom.

My observation of the ACA implementation has two major critiques. First, in an effort to garner support from the medical community and the tremendously influential pharmaceutical industry, a marketplace was established where the consumer could pay for additional services. This has created an amazingly complex nightmare where now most people do not understand what is and is not covered. Due to my own personal poverty, I receive Medi-Cal, and I am very happy that all of my medications are covered without any co-pay. However, I need new eyeglasses, and they are not covered. That makes no sense to me.

A second critique is how some of the named providers are seeking more documentation than they can legitimately obtain. The 1st of January began my benefit year, but Medi-Cal chose a de facto provider. While I had no problem with that, the new provider wanted a copy of my tax return! While I would love to name the organization in this blog, I think I will save that for Federal Court when I sue them. Even if I provided their requested documentation, they were going to make me wait 60+ days before I could be seen!!!

The time has come to eliminate the extreme expense of medical care and for it to be as streamlined as is humanly possible. As long as you have a pulse, you should receive whatever medical care you require. It should not matter what kind of care you require, but simply receive it. We already pay enough taxes to provide top-notch care for everyone, dental, vision, etc….