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

[karadin.livejournal.com]

I thought I would compare the ten countries in the world with the highest standard of living, with the countries that have nationalized health care, surprise, surprise

Iceland, - Nationalized Health Care
Norway, - Nationalized Health Care
Australia, - Nationalized Health Care
Canada, - Nationalized Health Care
Ireland, - Nationalized Health Care
Sweden, - Nationalized Health Care
Switzerland, - Nationalized Health Care
Japan, - Nationalized Health Care
Netherlands, - Nationalized Heath Care
France - Nationalized Health Care

Another interesting factoid:

Afghanistan and Iraq have a Nationalized Health Care system funded by US dollars.

[jmkelly.livejournal.com]

Fascinating. May I link to this from Facebook?

[karadin.livejournal.com]

oh just copy paste if you want, I need no credit for it.