I can’t help but wonder how the greatest nation in the world can have health care problems. Health care issues have been plaguing my third world country as well. We do have public health care here in the Philippines even though it is lacking. The problem with our country is corruption. But I think we have gained a small victory when the “Cheaper Medicines Bill” was finally passed. But in the US, it seems that greed and lobbyists are winning the war on health care. In the Philippines, it’s a crime to reject a patiemt without insurance.
The problem lies in the greed that pervades in the magical free market system which the US is sticking to. The lack of control and oversight has made being sick a crime. Health care should not be about business. It’s an advocacy and a moral and social concern. The Republicans are up in arms about raising taxes on the rich and affluent. In my country, we are overtaxed as well but we try through different means to help those who cannot afford the cost of treatment.
aside from the income tax we pay which is the same percentage the rich pay, we also have the value added tax is is applied to all products and services.. I suppose those who oppose the idea of public health care refuses to see the bigger picture. A heallthy populace leads to a more progressive country. I don’t quite understand what is so wrong about social services. I guess they do not understand what progress is all about. They would rather stick to tradition, the tradition of a divided society. A society where there has to be rich and poor.
The economic crisis the US is in now has decimated the middle class. The social gap has widened. And the health care issue will now surely divide the people. But I guess those who oppose it couldn’t care less as long as they and their families have insurance. If they are afraid of being taxed, all consumers pay indirect taxes, that includes those without health care.
At the end of the day, instead of giving billions in aid to other countries, the US should help their countrymen who really need help. Don’t you think so?
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