Will Obama's health plan make any substantial difference?

I highly doubt it. Read this post, for example, where a woman gave birth via C-section and received a 50k bill... read also the comments that followed. Then compare that with Obama's health care plan and ask, would that plan make any substantial difference?

I, for one, agree with the idea that health care should be socialized -- there are too many problems with the way U.S capitalism work to allow an efficient, private-run health care system. Take, for example, a story I recently watched on the news where a teenage girl was walking along the sidewalk while texting. The sidewalk was under construction, and there was an open manhole in front of her, and-- you guessed it, she fell in. And... yes, you guessed it, her parents is filing a lawsuit against the city for having the manhole out in the open without any visible warnings (e.g. construction tape). The construction workers admitted that they left the manhole unattended for about 10 minutes when the girl fell in. While some might find negligence on the part of the city, I find this lawsuit outrageous and frivolous, for a simple reason: It's a freaking hole in the ground. If you're stupid enough to walk into it, then you deserve what you get.

The U.S civil system meant to protect individual rights and pursuit of happiness has de-evolved and abused to protect the retarded without common sense, and used as a tool by those who are just greedy for money. Think about it, now those workers need to buy construction tape so stupid girls don't accidentally fall into a manhole while texting. Ridiculous. Another example? RIM, the maker of Blackberry devices, gets sued by NTP for violating their patents. You might say, "well, doesn't NTP deserve to get money for their invention?" Invention my ass. NTP is a holding company for patents-- they do nothing but sue other companies who violate their patents. So, think of it this way, one day I wake up with a great idea... I go to the patent office and create a patent for my "invention," then I sit and wait for someone else to implement that idea, and when they do: lawsuit. Someone else does the hard work of making that idea a reality, I just take the money.

This combination of degenerate, ethical decay along with a capitalistic system ripe for abuse is exactly why the healthcare system will never be efficient as in other countries where healthcare is controlled by the government, or, for example, Malaysia or India, where their civil system isn't as "advanced" as the U.S. Healthcare is cheaper there because, for one, the doctors don't have to worry as much about malpractice suits and paying exorbitant insurance premiums, and that's just one facet of the problem of why healthcare costs are so high.