Why I Support Health Care Reform
(#1) Doctors Overwhelmingly Are In Support Of Health Care Reform.
I’ve seen a lot of interviews with doctors who complain about the problems associated with trying to get the private health insurance companies to cover the care that their patients need. Overwhelmingly doctors favor health care reform (in fact many seem to favor a “single payer” system over the “public option.”) Who should we listen to? Doctors who want to heal us or private health insurance companies that just want to make money and Republican politicians who just want to win a political victory?
(#2) Over 10,000 US Citizens Die Due To Lack Of Health Care Coverage Every Year.
This is absolutely a moral issue. If you’re against health care reform then you are for death. I’m sorry, there’s no polite way to put this. It simply makes no sense to me that any American with even half a heart can be OK with the concept of their fellow Americans dying because they are not rich enough to afford health care coverage.
(#3) To Stop Discrimination Against The Sick People & Pregnant Women.
Not only is this a moral issue, it’s also a civil rights issue. Health insurance companies basically discriminate against sick people and pregnant women by denying coverage to those with “pre-existing conditions.” These people need care more than anyone, and right now they are not being covered.
(#4) To Keep Growing Costs Under Control.
Right now the US spends more on health care than any other country in the world and gets much poorer results back despite spending all of that money. It’s obvious that something serious (such as “the public option”) needs to be done to get health care costs under control. The idea that health [insurance. What would truly be expensive is not taking this opportunity to get health care reform passed.
(#5) The US Ranks #37 In The World In Health Care
For a country with the massive wealth of the US it’s absolutely embarrassing that our health care system ranks so lowly and that so many of our people die due to lack of basic health care coverage. It’s obvious that what we are doing now is not working. Read these seven truths about the US health care system to get a better understanding of how screwed up what we have now is.
