My Message to America
Hi,
I have personally struggled with being uninsured and underinsured, having to forgo preventive care because I couldn’t afford it and having to turn down prescriptions because I knew I wouldn’t be able to fill them. Being un- or underinsured is a nightmare without end that I would not wish on my worst enemy, but the sad truth is, there are millions of Americans in that situation right now. It is a travesty.
Read FactCheck.org’s blurb on uninsured Americans.
Howard Dean and MoveOn.org have begun a campaign to help Barack Obama pass universal health care reform in this country.
I just signed MoveOn.org Political Action’s petition stating :
Give America a choice. We support health care reform that allows individual Americans to choose either a universally available public health care option like Medicare or for-profit private insurance. A public option is the only way to guarantee health care for all Americans and its inclusion is non-negotiable.
Any legislation without the choice of a public option is only insurance reform and not the health care reform America needs.
Please support President Obama’s health reform. Make sure every American–families, individuals and children–have the medical attention they need. No one should be forced to choose between rent and food and health care.
Contact your senator
and
contact your representative
and urge them to support Barack Obama’s universal health care plan.
Thanks,
Sean Tibbitts
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April 3rd, 2009 at 12:30 am
The more I hear from American friends, the more I appreciate this aspect of living in Australia. I hope the US does support this initiative. Basic health care should not be a privilege.
April 4th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
While I do agree whole-heartedly with this post, my message to America would be much shorter. More along the line of: Dear America, you blow.
Has a certain panache don’t you think?
April 5th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
chosha, it really is shocking how many people struggle to afford health care in this country. And the things I’ve heard conservatives say in conversations about universal health care are so heartless and cavalier that they don’t bear repeating. I understand not wanting to underwrite other people’s bad decisions, but a) most of the uninsured are in that situation through no fault of their own, and b) how does it make sense to punish an entire segment of the population with disease and ill health? How is that good for society in any way?
alana, your response is certainly more succinct and to the point. Here’s to hoping America stops blowing, or at least starts blowing less, in the near future.