Finally, Spring has sprung in Cincinnati, Ohio. Planted some flowers today and painted a new mailbox since our current one is a dilapidated piece of crap. The Lee's, the family that owned our house prior to us, did not know what the heck they were doing with their gardens. Planting full shade plants in spots where they would receive nothing but sun and vice versa. Wendy and I are determined to win this battle against our garden and the Lee's. What else can we do? Enter a contest to win 10,000 bucks to fix it and hope we win!
What else... oh yeah, Universal Health Care, a.k.a how to bankrupt our country even more... Borrow, spend, borrow, spend. Ah, the life of a politician.
Wendy and I have been talking about the various issues more than I can remember. Politics is not usually conversation we have at the dinner table but lately it has become fairly prevalent. My view is we need to fix the root cause which is people living unhealthy lives. I don't disagree we need something to bridge the gap between now and when people are healthier but, should it cost us healthy people billions of dollars to fix someone else's problem? But then you have to discuss why people don't have health care in the first place.
So really you have more than 1 issue. You have the issue of people not being healthy and we should educate folks so they can get healthy and health care costs eventually go down. Secondly, you have the issue that people do not have health care because they are not educated and do not have jobs that give them health care for various reasons. Whether it be they are only working part time or for a small employer.
I know this is tough topic for many and especially those in Washington. I guess I throw this topic out there to see what kind of responses I do get. Some people will say I don't want to pay for other people's poor choices. Some people will say did those people ever really have a choice growing up or living in whatever horrible conditions they are/were in? They are a product of their environment. It's subjective and there is probably no right answer hence why there is debate.
I guess my point is, in the information age, lets get some damn information out and get this country healthy and whole. Get people to stop smoking and eating like pigs. Get people to realize what their decisions ultimately do to their bodies and everyone will be much happier. If we don't do something the problem will persist and health care costs will continue to go up. Someday, if the current trend continues, even large companies will not be able to afford to cover their employees.
Maybe Universal Health Care will work in a healthy society because the overall cost is less per capita but I don't think it has a chance of being solvent in today's environment. Time to fix the root causes and not the symptoms. That is what I want out of Washington.
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You need to read the article that is in the NY Times today where medicare started acting like a "private" insurer and people still got just as sick. They did things like call people to remind them to take their medication and they all stayed just as sick (i.e. cost the government just as much money).
You say you posted this to get a reply - here's mine:
First of all, government was set in place to defend the weak, the ones that can't defend themselves. It's not to protect your rights, you don't really need protecting, but to protect the ones that need protecting and to look out for the well-being of society as a whole. Insuring the people that don't have health insurance doesn't change your Luxotica or P&G plan, really.
Health issues also are not, as you are making it sound, a product of how you were raised, what income level belong to or because you like your Malboros and eat McDonald's. Some things don't get fixed that easily. So my mom has MS, is that her fault? Is it her mom's or dad's fault? Should the government have a responsibility towards it's citizens?
Your case for Univ Healthcare is as weak as saying that people shouldn't live in New Orleans (flooding), Puero Rico or Florida or any state in the south that has a coast (hurricanes), California (earthquakes), Kansas or Nebraska or Oklahoma or Texas (tornadoes), etc. because you chose to live in a place that has 'no natural disasters' and you shouldn't have to pay insurance for them, which you really don't, as it is.
So great, where does that leave us?
Would you say that the US is the best country in the world? Then, do you think that the best country in the world should care for the people who make it just that?
Old age and treachery catch up with everyone one way or another no matter how well you take of yourself. Insurance companies are the culprits in the increasing cost of health care from my point of view. Check out their bottom line and profits. And as the saying goes,"things happen" ie childhood cancer, lupus, ms. The causes are varied and can happen to anyone. You can do your best avoid some things, but some are hereditary and come out of nowhere.
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