The opposition to solving our health care crisis is infuriating and heartbreaking. What is wrong with these people?
I think that the "government is the problem" people sold their theory a little too well. Thanks to various elected Vandals going at various government institutions with hatchets and deliberately malicious incompetence since Reagan's election, the idea of the US government having anything to do with health care is genuinely scary to some people. The fact that some of them have been yelling, "Keep the government out of Medicare" just goes to show how well the government= problem message has been sold. They like Medicare, so it can't possibly be a real government program.
I'll admit to not being the biggest fan of government health care, but when it is between that and going broke so you don't die, there definitely needs to be a public option for people who don't have any other options.
I'll admit to not being the biggest fan of government health care, but when it is between that and going broke so you don't die, there definitely needs to be a public option for people who don't have any other options.
That's fair, although (and terminology tends to get tangled up in this stuff), as I understand it what's on the table is public health
insurance
- the health care itself is still remaining private under all proposals so far (except for vets, of course).
(except for vets, of course).
Who by most measures have health care that outstrips the rest of us by a mile.
That's fair, although (and terminology tends to get tangled up in this stuff), as I understand it what's on the table is public health insurance - the health care itself is still remaining private under all proposals so far (except for vets, of course).
Sorry, I meant insurance.
Good luck on with the panel, Sail!
Ouch! Nose~ma to your mom, Laura. And Job~ma and yesyouwantme~ma to you, Sail. And Barb - may you get all of the house~ma my family wasn't able to get. I know what a big deal it can be.
Much impress-the-heck-out-of-them~ma to you, Sail.
