The Public Healthcare Option

[browngirl]

I haven't discussed politics here much lately. But I realized that I needed to write this down for my own sense of honor if for no other reason, as a reminder to spend some time working towards what I believe is right. From thnidu: No one should die because they cannot afford health care. No one should go broke because they get sick, and no one should be tied to a job because of a pre-existing condition. [If you agree, please post this to your journal.]

From tigerbright: Here is a link to a video by Robert Reich (Labor Secretary for Clinton, currently a professor at UC-Berkeley) that explains some of the current controversy.

In the interests of evenhandedness, here is madfilkentist's countermeme. If this post of mine has annoyed you so far, this link is the one you may agree with.

For myself, I did add brackets around the last line of the meme I posted because I dislike coercively worded memes. However, I agreed with the rest, so I have posted it. I'm leaving comments on, though I probably shouldn't, but I don't think I can be convinced that there is no problem with over 45 million Americans lacking health insurance, and my statement of that is intended as information, not a dare.

Comments

[98.livejournal.com]

I agree with the 'no one should die...' meme and do not take someone saying so as indication of belief that such perfection would come about. I take it as dissatisfaction that we are so far from it and belief that we can come closer with reasonable change.

Currently I have fairly good medical insurance through my employer. I have at times had wretched medical insurance through employers. I do not think this is something that should be so tied to one's job but buying decent medical insurance as an individual is prohibitive even the much encouraged high deductible to use with an HSA.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

I take it as dissatisfaction that we are so far from it and belief that we can come closer with reasonable change.

*nod* That's definetely how I meant it.

I still remember when I suffered an accident that left me limping for a month because I was underemployed, uninsured and so refused to go to the hospital. And I was young and healthy and healed up fine, but still, what kind of a choice is that in this day and age?