Health Care Reform, the New Dirty Words
August 19th 2009 15:35
So when did the words health, care, and reform become dirty words? Whey they are all used together with President Obama's plan, that's when. I will never begin to understand how anyone could be angered by the idea of some type of reform concerning costs and options concerning one's health. Anything that could possibly wrangle in the bulging costs concerning premiums and copays, I'm all game for. Even extending some kind of care for people less fortunate than I am is not a negative thing either. As a young adult with a child, I do understand that some day I'll be elderly, as will my son, and I don't look forward to being retired and worrying about how I am going to make ends meet with just a social security check (that may be gone by the time my generation hits the age of 50) and continuing my insurance coverage knowing that even now I have pre-existing conditions that will always keep my premium high.
It hurts my heart knowing how many children there are in our country without health insurance because their parents can't afford it or their parent's employment can't offer it. These angry people I see at town hall meetings across the country screaming and chanting and carrying their humorous signs in opposition to reform all probably have insurance, and I'm sure they're paying the same high premiums I'm paying, and I'm definitely sure they will all be elderly and extra dependent on coverage needs someday if they aren't already. So why does it seem that they are more angered at reform than those without?
The only things I can come up with are ignorance and fear. Ignorance in the form of Republicans and radicals who are pushing falsehoods about death panels and higher prices than what's out there now and the scary ideas of socialism and even communism. Fear in that they think their own lives are in peril because 'change' is detrimental, especially when it might mean more government involvement in personal affairs. I get it, I guess I can kind of understand both sides of the spectrum, but I also understand and get that SOMETHING needs to be done, even if minor. Change is always good in some form.
It hurts my heart knowing how many children there are in our country without health insurance because their parents can't afford it or their parent's employment can't offer it. These angry people I see at town hall meetings across the country screaming and chanting and carrying their humorous signs in opposition to reform all probably have insurance, and I'm sure they're paying the same high premiums I'm paying, and I'm definitely sure they will all be elderly and extra dependent on coverage needs someday if they aren't already. So why does it seem that they are more angered at reform than those without?
The only things I can come up with are ignorance and fear. Ignorance in the form of Republicans and radicals who are pushing falsehoods about death panels and higher prices than what's out there now and the scary ideas of socialism and even communism. Fear in that they think their own lives are in peril because 'change' is detrimental, especially when it might mean more government involvement in personal affairs. I get it, I guess I can kind of understand both sides of the spectrum, but I also understand and get that SOMETHING needs to be done, even if minor. Change is always good in some form.
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Keep blogging about this, and I will also.
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