Greg Morrelli wrote this on Facebook, I decided to repost it here:
The health care reform bill has become a disaster. Of course 80% of us are satisfied with our health insurance coverage. We are the well ones. The insurance companies love us. We keep paying and paying, and as long as we can afford the deductible... and stay reasonably healthy, everyone's happy. Insurance company plans have failed to care for our people. They profit from denying care when it's needed most.I think that pretty much sums it up.
Health care is a patriotic issue, because Americans care about each other. The preamble of our Constitution states it clearly: "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, ...provide for the common defense and PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE, do ordain and establish the Constitution of the United States."
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This country was never meant to become a "welfare state" as the term is used these days.
It is up to Congress to establish laws that:
(a) protect our country from invasion
(b) protect our borders
(c) provide safety for our citizenry, and
(d) collects taxes to fund the aforementioned functions.
It is not, however, the duty of Congress to make sure that everyone in the country who thinks they are entitled to certain things has a decent place to live, or a decent place to work, or has enough money to support their family, or has adequate health care. It is not their job. Those types of things fall under the heading of what I call personal responsibility.
I believe, however, that it is well within the rights of Congress to establish laws that remove barriers that allow our citizens to obtain these things more easily, but it is not their job to hand a person a job, or a house, or a check, or give them free health care.
If the country is to provide protection and safety for its citizens, it seems logical that protection from illness should be included.
Health isn't a luxury, it is a basic right, and for everyone to have access to healthcare should be considered an advancement for our society. Many countries have already been providing these services for years, and I believe free healthcare will eventually become the norm worldwide.
Ideally, we should always care for other people, even if we're happy with our own situation.
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