It will be interesting to see what happens on Sunday with the health care reform bill. Anyone who reads this blog must know where I stand on it but, in case you don’t, I’m in favor of it. Anything that will help people get the healthcare that they deserve is ok with me.
Frankly I will be glad when it is over. I’m tired of all the arguing and debating and the back and forth wrangling that has gone into this and continues. Everyone seems out for their own political gain and is hiding behind the veil of “what is best for the American people”. This applies to both sides. The Democrats who want it passed are in favor of it so that the all Americans will have access to healthcare yet some of them continue to stick their own agendas onto the bill. As if people won’t realize that is what they are doing. If they didn’t do that, the bill would be getting passed more quickly. The Republicans who don’t want it passed say it is because it will cost too much and they don’t like big government. Of course, this is the same government they work for that provides them with incredible healthcare coverage. I think that I would believe them more if they would say they aren’t in favor of it because they don’t like big government and to prove their point, they will drop their government funded plan and get their own insurance and pay for it themselves. But it is ok for the government to pay for them, just not their constituents.
Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. It is not a benefit for those who can afford it. It is something everyone, EVERYONE, needs and deserves. I am in favor of a 100% government funded healthcare system. Let’s get rid of the insurance companies. Get rid of these companies that make arbitrary decisions about people’s lives when they haven’t met them and treat everyone as if healthcare was a cookie cutter system. “If you have these symptoms then you treat it this way and there is no wavering. Oh…that didn’t work for you? Too bad. Next case.” Take me, for example. If there is an obscure side effect to a medication, I more than likely will have it. My body doesn’t react the standard cookie cutter way to medications or sicknesses. My doctor understands this. But there have been times in my life when I have had to argue with insurance companies because they didn’t want to pay for something because it wasn’t the standard. Someone who doesn’t know me sitting in a cubicle somewhere was making decisions about my treatment. And, the kicker is, you can’t even talk to that person. You talk to some other person in a cubicle who is reading off a computer screen what the company script tells them to say.
Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Those who don’t like the idea of a government run healthcare system use Canada as an example. “Oh, people have to wait and wait for elective procedures”. Well, at least they are on a list! In this country, insurance companies won’t pay for elective procedures and you can’t even get on the list to get it done unless you pay for it yourself. I like the idea of going to the doctor and not having to worry about a co-pay, not having to worry about whether or not something is covered, not having to worry about receiving a bill because the insurance company rejected the claim and then arguing with them to get it paid.
Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. We should be ashamed of ourselves when we have people lined up for hours on end to attend a free clinic because they work at a job or jobs that don’t provide insurance. It looks like a refugee camp in a third world country yet it is happening in this country. People are forced to see a doctor they don’t know to be diagnosed for something they can’t afford to treat. But isn’t it good to know what is wrong? When I saw that report on the news, it made me so sad to think that those were just the lucky people who found out about the clinic and were able to get there and wait for the help they needed. There are thousands upon thousands more who just simply do without healthcare. And that is just wrong.
Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Let’s accept this and get this bill passed. We are one of the most wealthy and advanced countries in the world. Let’s act like it and provide everyone with the healthcare they need.
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