This is the real question for America. Do you want your healthcare controlled by Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi or Blue Cross Blue Shield?

Progressives,  Socialists, Marxists, and Communists want government control and have problems with profit based corporations involved with human services. Conservatives, Independents, Libertarians, and Capitalists trust for-profit businesses and fear government intervention. Healthcare is a core need for every citizen, so who do we give our hearts to - government or insurance companies? By the way, the Republicans, Democrats, and Moderates were not listed above because they are spineless and can go either way.

Two big issues have driven us to this place. One is the number of people who can't get insurance. Many would buy it if they could, but it is not their choice. The second is the cost of healthcare. We have heard the stories about families being driven into bankruptcy due to medical challenges. These are not new issues but Washington has decided that now is the time to act.

I don't know if it is better to have insurance provided by an employer or by a public option (government). I don't know if it is better for the government to control what a doctor is paid or allow the doctor to make as much as she can. Politicians would be best at making the system more fair. The profit motive of industry drives innovation and would probably make the system better, faster, and maybe cheaper.

The negatives are obvious. The government program would be restrictive, slow, and subject to change at the whims of politicians. The Bible speaks to the problem of capitalism when it says "The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil" (I Timothy 6:10). Honestly, I hate the thought of being controlled by either insurance companies or government.

I believe there is a better way. I say eliminate public options, employer provided insurance, HMO's, PPO's, group plans, and the rest. I want to control my insurance and healthcare decisions. Pay a fair wage and let me go into a free market to choose among insurance providers and then choose the doctors, clinics, and hospitals that I want. I might go to a cheaper local clinic if I have a case of the sniffles. On the other hand, I might be willing to pay much more for a reputable hospital if I have a life threatening disease. But I should decide.

I want to be the sole authority on my healthcare. The government should step away and healthcare companies should win my business through lower costs and better products/services. The government can do what it does best,  provide assistance to those who cannot afford insurance or healthcare.

Americans are stuck with the idea that the only way to get health insurance is for someone else to be the provider. Stop believing this lie. Why do you want to give this power to someone else? Tell your congressmen to stop trying to control healthcare and start changing the rules to give the individual more rights in making their own life saving decisions.

Politicians and greedy CEO's should no longer be invited into the privacy of our hospital rooms.