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Baraka_Guru · 06-24-2009, 09:32 AM

As an outsider....to me it seems that the bottom line is this:

Too many areas of the U.S. have access to health care that resembles Third World standards.
The U.S. is the only wealthy, industrialized nation who has yet to implement some form of universal health care.
What is the function of health care? To provide for the well-being as it relates to human health. Inadequate access to health care is harmful and can lead to poverty and, at worst, unnecessary death.

I understand the financial and logistic concerns, but the net effect is most likely worthwhile.

People should not have to choose between food & shelter and the most basic health care, especially not in the wealthiest nation on the planet.

The Obama administration needs to make the plan accessible, sensible, and the plan needs to be easy to follow. There are many models to borrow from. Look around.

06-24-2009, 09:32 AM	#6 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	As an outsider....to me it seems that the bottom line is this: Too many areas of the U.S. have access to health care that resembles Third World standards. The U.S. is the only wealthy, industrialized nation who has yet to implement some form of universal health care. What is the function of health care? To provide for the well-being as it relates to human health. Inadequate access to health care is harmful and can lead to poverty and, at worst, unnecessary death. I understand the financial and logistic concerns, but the net effect is most likely worthwhile. People should not have to choose between food & shelter and the most basic health care, especially not in the wealthiest nation on the planet. The Obama administration needs to make the plan accessible, sensible, and the plan needs to be easy to follow. There are many models to borrow from. Look around. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot