Health care should be a given. It is in all developed countries but the United States. It is offered in many underdeveloped countries as well. Take a look at the United States today:
14.5 US citizens are unemployed as of May 2009.86 million of our friends and neighbors are without health care coverage.
9 million of our children have no access to medical care coverage.
The health of a nation is measure by the infant mortality rate. The United States, considered one of the most powerful in developed countries has an increasing infant mortality rate.
The U.S. ranks 29th worldwide in infant mortality, tying Slovakia and Poland but lagging behind Cuba, the CDC repo Nearly seven U.S. babies die out of every 1,000 live births. More than 28,000 American babies die before their first birthday.
The U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than rates in most other developed countries," note CDC researchers Marian F. MacDorman, PhD, and T.J. Mathews. "The relative position of the United States in comparison to countries with the lowest infant mortality rates appears to be worsening."
The following nations already provide Universal Health Care to citizens:
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
Germany
Greece
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Japan
Finland
Australia
New Zealand
Czech Republic
South Korea
Hungary
Poland
Slovakia
Rationale to continue our system as is ?
Competition provides better care
No long waits or exclusion of services
No bureaucratic, government intrusion into our personal affairs
Cost containment better handled via private health care administration
We are a country of free choices and every citizen should have the choice to choose a health care system
HMO's were developed to do the exact opposite of the above. How many of you believe in our health care system? Many who are employed don't see an issue. When your family and friends are-and maybe you at some point, perhaps the, "well this isn't my problem" mantra will change.
Unemployment rates rose 9% in May 2009.
Guess which industry didn't layoff?
Look at this statistic from the US Census website:
Health care employment increased by 24,000 in May.
The numbers speak for themselves.
This isn't about some lazy family refusing to work.
Your friends and neighbors, parents, elderly grandparents and babies, having had continuous health care coverage, will, probably for the first time have no health care coverage.
Pay attention-while the debate on Capital Hill is between our elected officials and Obama's push to provide what other civilized countries have been giving for years-
it is really between the powerful lobbyists who control our elected officials, big business and oppositional parties.
Sorry-this issue has nothing to do with you-the United States citizen-
-it's all about making a profit.
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