I just couldn't take it anymore and decided to post my opinion on healthcare on my FB status last night.. I figured why not? Everyone else (that happens to be a close minded conservative) was doing it, why not me? I'm personally tired of being called a Socialist and I thought if they can call me a Socialist and sleep at night, I can refer to them as close minded. Problem here is that most of these people are my family. Family who I of course love and people who's opinion I value, I just don't happen to agree with when it comes to politics. Here's the rub, they have no value whatsoever in my opinion to believe they way I choose. I don't agree, so I am wrong. Period.
So here are my thoughts and maybe I have posted this before but I'm too lazy to go back and search for it right now. Pardon me while I go all glass half empty.. but I have to think like the conservatives here for a minute.
Am I happy with more Government intervention in my life? No, not really but I can sometimes see that they have to step in and moderate. Without their intervention on Healthcare - Insurance companies would continue to raise rates and price many many more people and businesses out of the access to health care....(This could be you there glass house.)
If your company had to choose between offering you health care or firing you, you are up a creek without a healthcare paddle. Healthcare shold not be tied to employment.
Healthcare needs to be affordable to everyone.... EVERY.ONE... Crack Whore included.
Am I willing to pay more to insure that the service is there one day in case I do need it? Yes. (stop rolling your eyes and see if you can control the spinning of your head here people)
I'm willing to pay into this service just like I'm happy that when the Socialist Fire Dept shows up to stop my house from burning to the ground, they aren't going to send me a bill later for their services. Same goes for when someone tries to break into my house. I'm glad I'm not forced to have to decide whether or not to make a call to that Socialist 911 number or let them rob me because I don't have money for the call. Hear what I'm saying here? It's free. And I kind of think it's a good thing.
According to Websters - Definition of Socialism: (I'm incredibly tired of this term combined with Communism being thrown around everywhere, so just in case you haven't looked it up, I thought I would get us all on the same page)
1 : any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2 a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3 : a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done
Now, here is my final little scenario, brought to you by the glass half empty people that want to tell me I'm effing things up for my children's future. I can play this game too, only it has to do with protecting and providing for my children now.
*Picture It, United States, 2010*
Husband receives excellent Healthcare coverage through his employer, only the cost for that Healthcare continues to rise until Employer can no longer afford to offer this to their employees. Their policy is cancelled (Husband could also be fired for being a slackass, both paths will have the same result) We are left uninsured. We seek out policy's until we find one that we can "afford." It's bottom of the barrel, shitty ass coverage but hey, it's insurance against anything major that may happen until we can find jobs that will hopefully cover us... all 5 of us. Oh, did I not mention that this family of 5 just got coverage for 4, because one of our children has been dealt the bad kidney card that has resulted in surgeries and hospital stays - deeming her a pre-existing condition... Are you picking up what I'm putting down here? The child... the CHILD that probably needs coverage the most can't get it because she has a pre-existing condition.
I don't think I need to finish this scenario for you to understand how quickly we could personally become destitute.. This is one of the many reasons I believe in reform. Maybe you can't think that way because your children wouldn't be seen as having a pre-existing condition. I hope you never have to find out. But what I do know is that I feel better knowing something is there should I need it in the future.
I have not read the entire 2000 pages of this plan, I dare say none of you that want to argue me have, but I have read the summaries and I think it's more good than it is bad... It's my opinion, MY opinion. I'm entitled to it, just as you are yours.
32 Million people uninsured will now have access to Healthcare. I think that's a good thing, I just do.
For all of you negative Nancy's that are chomping at the bit to slam me in the comments, if you plan to use the words communism, socialist, or any variation of those words, please don't bother, I'm tired of your one trick pony. We don't agree, we won't agree, I only came here from FB because I had more room to type.
I'm so incredibly over the lack of support for this administration. He is the Effing President of the United States of America, (can I say that?) show some respect. You don't have to like his ways, but he's our President, and will be until the end of this term and maybe more. I didn't like Bush at the end of his term, but I respected him. And don't get me started on how he got us into this mess everyone wants to blame Obama for. Maybe if Obama wasn't having to fight such bitter hatred on all fronts he could actually get something done. It's called Bi-partisanship... and this Country needs it, bad.
I'm truly disgusted with all of the hatred I continue to read and hear. I'm not sure if you naysayers hate him because he's not a Republican or because he's a Muslim, wasn't born in this Country, has the mark of the beast, is the anti christ or because he's black. It's hard to tell with all of the racist jokes I here and absurd emails I get.
I'm done. Done defending my personal views to people who are too close minded to see that their opinion isn't always what's best for everyone. It may work for them (you) but that does not make it right for everyone.
~Fini