Sunday, August 14, 2011

what is wrong with guaranteed health insurance for every american?

the nasty people who just want to be rude and insult people -- go away, or let's arrange a meeting place and i'll see u there ;) those who are good at diatribes, please tell me i think this is something that is christian and moral and kind and good, so i don't get those who are against it.
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Your Imaginary friend jesus aside, nothing. Many would like to argue that it would create a system of substandard care. Or that people would abuse it because it is free. But look at our educational system. There still exists a private education system that is thriving. People continue to pay for a service despite the fact that they could consume a comparable service for free. Furthermore, some public schools offer superior educations while others are indeed substandard. This has more to do with socio-economic factors than anything. So if we can have an education system that allows for the public to utilize or not utilize. That provides services to those who want them, why couldn't we have the same for health care. The government could offer a baseline of acute care and preventative services. People who could afford it would still have premium insurance and providers. I just don't understand the arguments of socialism and abuse of the system. Like people would just go to the doctor because its free. I mean we buy bottles of water even though there are free alternatives. And we have an educational system that does not make us socialist. As long as there are health care choices and they are not mandated, much like the educational system, why not. As far as the who is going to pay for it question. c'mon. Since when are we counting pennies. Who is paying for the medicare drug program? We are. Who is paying for the wars? We are. The bottom line is, isn't our collective health something that should be prioritized? We are the richest nation on the planet. Don't we have a moral obligation to provide access to health services? People should not be dying in this country because of an inability to access care. That simple. It is important. It is an ethical imperative and it needs to be prioritized above other things that we are expending enormous amounts of money and resources on.
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