Well, another week has passed and health care is still a hot topic in Washington. A question was posed "Is Heath Care a right or a privilege?" That’s a very good question. Waaaay back in the day when my mother was a little girl, my sweet Great- grandma Beatrice would put some pine tar, mixed with rain water, on any cuts and bruises that she had. She would also give her a couple teaspoons of apple cider vinegar to relive bad coughs. Some of these remedies worked and some did not; home remedies was always a hit or miss because they had no choice. #1 good clean hospitals were segrated back then. #2 if you did need a hospital, they were not accessible without a car. Do I use some of these remedies? Yes, Do I want to? No. I do what I need to do to get by simply because I am one of the 45.7 million persons uninsured. If you asking me if Healthcare is a right, Yea! A human right. Unfortunately GREAT Health care is a privilege. The working poor has increased as people struggle to keep their jobs and precious Health benefits. They work jobs and contribute to society, but most don’t have access to good health coverage, so we wait for important procedures. Now that ain’t right!
The current state of our health care is appalling. I’ve read stories of Patients being litterly dumped on the streets for lack of insurance. Young children dying for lack of surgeons within certain HMO’s. The greed and arrogance of our elected representatives is sicking, so what’s to be done? The average person with an average job that wants average Health care, simple. At least if we had a single payer plan we could keep some of the Trillions of dollars that pharmaceutical industry and health plan companies pocket each year. We’ve got to take a stand and demand that congress stop playing the blame game and work on a affordable Health Care plan bill TODAY! Health Care should be a right for all Americans. Anything less is just plain uncivilized.
