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Posted by Sarah on September 1, 2009, 12:24 am, in reply to "Heath care poll"
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The UK system which is not perfect - is as good as ours - as measured by outcome (and yes Stephen Hawking does live there and they do care for him). The cost is half of what we pay - per person and millions of our citizens remain un (or under) insured. Millions more Americans are a job loss away from losing their insurance. What does it matter if we have all this spectacular technology when so many are denied access to even basic health care. I am thankful everyday for my husband's job which pays for the insurance which pays for my incredibly expensive care. And I know that it is not only the unemployed but also those who work hard everyday for small businesses: Waitresses, hairstylists, mechanics and many more who have no access to health care.
To me it is morally wrong for some of us to be so well cared for and others- just as deserving to be left out.
I do not know how to fix the system but I do understand that when health care is managed - as it is today by - "for profit" companies that a great deal of money goes to the profit and not to the health care.
As I say I think it is a moral issue. Those of us with insurance do have the best care in the world. The rest of us have none. And if the moral issue does not touch you. Think how close you may be to being one of those without. It could happen to any one of us at any time.
Sarah
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