Saturday, January 26, 2008

Health care is a right or privilege?

I believe health care is a right and not a privilege. I believe that if health care is provided to everyone across the US, there would be less deaths. If my grandmother could have afforded to see her doctor on a regular basis, she would probably still be here, same for her husband (my grandfather). Medicare, I am sure, does not pay a lot of the costs. OK, it covers up to 80% but you are robbing old people which are living off of social security or disability. Is that what we want? They can barely afford to live off that and now that they need medicine they cannot get them. I think that if the US gave everyone coverage there should be limitations on it, that way people cannot abuse the system. But how the insurance is set up now-Medicare, Medicaid, CHIPS, etc is probably not set up the best way. We can do better. My sister could not get her child insurance through CHIPS due to they said she made too much and both parents work (which to me they do not get paid that much). Their jobs do not have insurance for their employees. On that note, I believe if you work that every job out there should have something to give the employees, whether it be PPO or HMO. Just let us have the option. That would be a great requirement-every business out there needs to offer insurance to their employees. I am sorry if it does cost the business money but it would be a good way to have everyone have insurance, in which this country needs badly. Bottom line is we are a rich enough country to allow everyone to have insurance/coverage. We are stingy with our money I think as a country, let's do something for the people and have that option for everyone.

2 comments:

Erica said...

I agree with you. My grandfather struggles to pay for his medication. It is ashame for young people, children ,elderly, everyone. If you do not have private insurance might as well be ready to pay the big bucks for care. As a country this should be equal, no matter the amount of money one makes no one should be turned away!

Alecia said...

I agree. I had medicaid for my children for a brief period, but now I "make too much money." It really isn't fair, I'm a single mother of two! How is this possible? I'm trying so hard to support my family and because of that I am being denied any assistance. If I quit my job would they help me then? I believe the government needs to reorganize there standards for qualification.