A MORAL IMPERITIVE

[Thornleylv]

Why I am so passionate about health care reform? 

I was lucky to be able to pay for a doctor visit the other day, and before his examination, I asked him what he thought of universal health care. The doctor looked me in the eye and asked, "Why should we have to pay for those without insurance? If a person is hungry should we have to pay for their food also?"

Well really that is the basic question isn't it? Why should we have to pay for others who don't have what we have?

When I thought about it I could not help remembering how we all felt after 9-11 after 2,976 people were killed. We all felt angry! How could we let this happen? Somthing had to be done! It was devastating. We felt the same tragic loss when 186 Americans were killed in the Oklahoma City bombing! Remember feeling that we were proud to be American and that we wanted our government to do what ever it had to in order to protect our fellow Americans?

 How could we feel so bad about our fellow American being taken from us then, and not feel somthing for the 45,000 people who die every year for lack of insurance? 

Even if you think that everyone should "pull their own weight", what about those Americans who work every day, pay their bills and have insurance, but are droped for a pre condition? What about the fireman who went into a falling building at the World Trade Center and was exposed to toxic fumes, but now cannot get insurance because their job is too "high risk". There are firemen who are dying every day because they ran into a building that was coming down to save others. Now their relatives are left with bills they cannot afford. 

The reason we employ firemen to run into buildings that are burning and falling down to save peoples lives is the same justification to provide every American with the access to quality health care, it saves lives.  

The constitution gives us certain inalienable rights. Among those are the right to LIFE, LIBERTY and THE PERSUTE OF HAPPINESS. We chose to form a government of the people so that it would protect those rights for the comon good of the people.

Every other civilized nation in the world cares for their people, execept for the USA. WE ARE OUR BROTHERS KEEPERS. Can we really just stand bye and say " well I have got mine and so I don't care if you don't have yours".

I believe in democracy and capitalism, but along with it comes certian responsibilities. 

I just can't help thinking if JESUS were alive today would that doctor be able to look him I the eye and ask " why should we pay for the uninsured, should we feed the hungry also?"

YES, Yes we should, if not we have our fellow countrymens blood on our hands. That is why I am so passionate about health care reform. 

Matthew 12:15
"But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;"


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[snagglepuss]

1. But you are missing one fundemental issue which is that

universal healthcare is cheaper as it gets rid profit and the insurance companies. Also without private hospitals reseources can be pooled.

The other thing why is okay in your doctors mind that everyone, even those who don't own stocks, pay for govt regulators? Why should the childless pay for schools? Why should everyone pay for parks whether or not they use them? Why should everyone have to pay for the FAA even though they never fly? The list is endless.

[Thornleylv]

2. Spot on!

Thanks!

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[snagglepuss]

3. I hope your doctor is better diagnosing illness than he is diagnosing healthcare.

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[The_Commonist]

4. "Why should we have to pay for those without insurance?"

"...If a person is hungry should we have to pay for their food also?"

Your doctor is a very shallow person! Shallow indeed...