Every industrialized/western/progressive country has medical care for everybody as part of the social contract. We in the United States (the wealthiest, supposedly most modern, progressive, industrialized, whatever, country) have Social Security providing a minimal income for elderly people so nobody lives in squalor when they are old... They also have quite adequate medical care available. Seriously disadvantaged younger people have access to assistance to care for young children, providing medical care, housing, etc.
So why exactly is it that your average "Joe" in the U.S. has to choose his job or his profession or change his job to make sure that he has medical coverage? This when a 10 year old's broken arm can bankrupt a family if they don't have medical coverage, especially if th 10 year old's mother has recently been diagnosed with leukemia and they've lost their insurance?
HELLO!
I'll shut up
Love, Lillie
Anyone with any sense of humanity should be demanding it.
ReplyDeleteAnd besides that, it will be cheaper in the long run for the reasons that have been stated over and over in the media.