Health Care Reform Now!

[starmalachite]

No one should die because they cannot afford health care. No one should go broke because they get sick, and no one should be tied to a job because of a pre-existing condition. If you agree, please post this to your journal.

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The alternative is what we've got...

[kaath9]

The alternative we're stuck with now, madfilkentist, is what we've got. People are tied to jobs they don't want because they get healthcare that way, people die because it costs too much to save them. Our healthcare "system" is neither. It's a hodgepodge and we would do well to look at nations who are good at taking care of their citizens whether they have public or private options that work. Countries such as Spain, New Zealand, the Czech Republic.

It ain't rocket science. We have every opportunity to monitor what other countries are doing that works and doesn't work and do something.

And that's the point: We need to DO SOMETHING. If we make a mistake or choose something that needs further adjusting, fine. Then we adjust it until it works. The point is that we can't let ourselves be paralyzed by fear that we may not make the perfect decision. In fact, there is no such thing as a perfect decision.

BUT as the band Rush famously put it, "If you choose not to decide, you STILL have made a choice." In this case it's one we already know doesn't work.

Re: The alternative is what we've got...

[starmalachite]

BTW, I finally got around to actually friending you... (hangs head).