By: Joey Normandeau
Although many people believe that the government should not create a public option for healthcare because it is a private business, or because there would be too much red tape to get around, the government has already created several public options in other sectors that function very well. Our country has a "socialized" school system in which anyone can participate and there still is a private option available to those who wish for a different option. Most people believe that an education is something that is necessary, and are more than happy to accept a government run program that provides it, so why do many of these same people dislike the idea of a government run healthcare system? Most people believe that we have a right to be healthy, and since the government has provided us with institutions that have satisfied other rights, they should be able to provide us with the means to obtain medical care in order to satisfy our right to be healthy. I'm not trying to argue th!
at the government option should be our only choice, but it should be available for those who wish to utilize it. If the purpose of our government is to provide us with the means in which to thrive, a public option for healthcare will only help to insure that we are able to retain our right to our health.
6 comments:
yeah, my original post on 'healthcare' was meant as "food for thought", and was really more a 'baby-boomer's view'
I think the fact that we spend 2x as much as another country on health care, yet we aren't any healthier is a good indicator that something needs to change.
At this point, I would be all for a public health care option. With private health care, you pretty much have to lie about any past medical history of you want to get insurance at affordable rates. Got a bad back? Dibetes? Heart troubles? Past drug use or cigarettes? Good luck getting private healthcare you can afford.
The American Health Care Plan:
"Don't get sick!!!" [or you're F'd]
The healthcare debate is growing more and more each day. I believe that the government needs to put more money into preventing diseases, rather than treating them once they start. Yes, it would be nice to have universal health care, but the facts don't add up. People who can afford health care will still buy private insurance and be treated by private doctors; even if the initiative passes. There will always be people who dont want the government to choose their doctor and what pills to take. The government has a huge problem on their hands and the only way to reach a successful conclusion is to create bipartisanship, rather than dividing the parties.
When looking at this issue we should also consider not only other socialized government institutions like school systems that are already in place and in large part successful, but the coercive governmental policies in certain sectors that are also working for us. A good example of this is car insurance. I don't understand people's resistance to universal healthcare when we are made to have a similar thing before we can buy something as simple as a car. Maybe somebody has an answer to why there is a difference, if there is one, or is it that there are ideological implications for this issue.
The privatized health care system that we have right now is outrageously expensive for people with out insurance. It is dangerous to not have insurance these days but many people can't afford it. I think that the government needs to make the health care system public so all members of our society can get affordable and adequate care. We need to look at more successful health care systems and follow their lead.
I agree with one of the earlier posts that we need to put more money into preventing disease as long as fixing the health care problem. Fewer disease means less need for the topic. It will still be an issue but would help.
What I don't understand about the public health care issue is: why don't we ask the doctors? Economists and politicians go back and forth on the subject and it seems like nobody has asked professionals on the topic. I don't know too much about it, but my mom has been a nurse for 15 years and knows a lot about the industry. She supports a public healthcare system because of how inefficient private healthcare is. I am all for a bipartisan system, similar to schools. Public schools hardly fit their definition these days, since schools in poor areas have insufficient resources compared to others. If we can truely make an equal, socialist public program, lets do it.
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