I'm not really one to get into political debates, because I'm not politically savvy. I used to really be into it, but then I realized how some people let it consume their lives, and they classify everyone by their political affiliation. Heaven forbid Republicans and Democrats should get along, much less AGREE.
I understand where people are coming from when they say "I don't want to pay for someone's healthcare because they're just too LAZY to get a job!"
Well, perhaps I should rephrase, I could understand where they are coming from if the majority of people who were lacking healthcare were just too lazy to get a job. My husband works extremely hard, and we still don't have vision and dental. I dare anyone to call him lazy.
Anyway, my point is, it is my STRONG opinion that access to good healthcare should be a right. Ok, so uninsured individuals may have ACCESS to that healthcare, but can they afford to pay for it? A basic human right should be healthcare that doesn't ruin their financial future.
At one point in our lives we were paying $600 per month JUST for ME to have health insurance, and the rest of my family had to go without. So in addition to that $600, we also had to pay co pays, and out of pocket when the girls were sick (which fortunately wasn't often) and for their immunizations. Now, there is a program that allows children to get vaccines for free, however the doctors office still charges several hundred dollars for the "administration" of the vaccines. My point is, we paid literally thousands of dollars in healthcare. Before you think I'm a terrible person for having insurance while the rest of my family went without, let me tell you that I spent about 3 months in the hospital, and had 3 major surgeries that also included hospital stays all within 2 years. So $600 per month is chump change compared to what we would have paid without it. Even so, we were stretched so thin, and I believe that is so wrong.
Let me be clear, I'm not saying I support Obama's healthcare plan, from what I do understand about it, it scares me to death. I'm also not saying I don't think he's headed in the wrong direction believing in affordable healthcare for everyone. Like I said before I just strongly believe it's a human right.
All those people sitting on their high horses, or rather in their comfortable
homes, who have good health and
complain about "paying for the lazy people" need a reality check. I'm curious to know how many people die every year because they don't have access to healthcare? Do people have hearts of stone to think that's ok? I also wonder how many people don't go to the doctor when they should because their co pays or deductibles are too high? How many people go without prescriptions? Shouldn't we all have the right to be our best, healthiest selves? Don't even get me started on how people living on a tight budget, or in poverty sometimes can't even afford a healthy diet. Why is everything so
backwards? What happened to taking care of the poor? We're criticizing far more then caring. Since we MUST know what they're doing wrong. I'm
ending this post disgusted with the attitudes of my fellow Christians, and people in general. Come on, guys, wake up. We're supposed to be a community, and it's absolutely not our job to criticize or to determine who is worthy of our dollars, or our compassion.
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