I am with President Obama and his VP on universal healthcare for all. I am from a third world country and when I was growing up I was fortunate enough to have healthcare through my fathers job. When I was 20 years old I moved to the united states and the message I got when I got here was not to get sick because the hospital bills would be ludacris and I would not be able to see a doctor without medical insurance. I left the US to go to England to attend University and much to my surprise getting sick there would not amount to me self medicating and self diagnosing myself and hoping I got it right in the process. In the UK healthcare is free even to visiting immigrants, so all I had to do was find a doctor and sign up with them and utilize the services they provided. I believe that the same type of healthcare should be afforded to american citizens and "legal" immigrants as well as visitors who may fall sick when they come to the US legally. I happened to find a lump in my breast on one of my visits to the US and even though, this was a worrisome situation I had to wait to go back home to be seen by my doctor meanwhile keeping my fingers crossed that it was not cancerous. It was an agonizing 6 week vacation not knowing wether the lump was cancerous or not, since on my mothers side there is family history of all kinds of cancer. I had to wait till I got home, at which point I was able to see our family physician and have it taken care off. When I was in the UK I had biopsies done and regular checkups to make sure that the tumors where really benign and not growing and I did all that without fear of crazy medical bills at the end of it.
The Republicans do not want to see the healthcare plan that President Obama is proposing coming to fruition because they claim that the Government will have too much power. So be it because the private sector seems to have failed at providing healthcare to the average American and if the government says they will do a better job at it why stand in their way. Republican Zach Wamp from Tennessee says that we are marching toward socialism, and he also goes on to say that Healthcare is a priviledge, WHAT!!! and when asked by the reporter to explain he says that he means for those who are offered healthcare by their employers and reject it vs those that really need it. Is he serious most people do not get offered healthcare, goes to show what he knows , when was the last time he was in a 9 to 5 job where healthcare insurance was not an option. Most people do not agree to insurance at work because the costs are too high for them with what they take home after all the deductions on their paychecks. Now for someone like me who gets it for free from my employer, it is great except for when I have to actually go and use it like I did, recently and my deductibles cover a qaurter of what my costs are. Now I am recieving bills in the mail but I can not afford to pay them because I make minimum wage, so something has to be done to make it easier for the regular hard working tax paying people of this nation inorder for all of us to get healthcare that is affordable. If my job did not offer free healthcare and it had to be deducted from my paycheck monthly I probably would have declined the healthcare because I already barely make enough to make ends meet and with a monthly deduction of $200 or more that would really put me in a ditch of sorts.
Universal healthcare is a must do as I said before there have been too many stories of people dying because they were not able to get the care that they needed especially cancer treatment and I would hate to see that keep happening.
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After reading this blog entry I am compelled to also promote sufficient healthcare for everyone. I completely agree that everyone should have health insurance. Although many Americans are unemployed, I do not feel they should be penalized for it. Sufficient healthcare should be worldwide. As the writer of this blog stated, they came from a third world country.
ReplyDeleteThey’ve also visited different countries where their healthcare was either non-sufficient or at the time, they didn’t have any insurance. I feel being in a situation of such is completely ludicrous. Reading this blog entry, I gathered that the writer is obviously very passionate about this topic. Considering the fact that they have encountered different scenarios, where healthcare was needed, and didn’t have the proper insurance.
Another point the writer made in this blog entry, that I can also attest to would be, health insurance being deducted out of your paycheck. I totally understand where you are coming from. I too have worked a minimum wage job, needing health, dental and vision insurance, but couldn’t afford it coming out of my paycheck. I wouldn’t call this blog informative, considering the fact that this is a worldwide dilemma that many are aware of. I feel that this blog was another reminder of the constant lack of help; in our system we call the government.
It seems as though healthcare is not the easiest to come by, whether you are employed or unemployed. Even the welfare system (the system that’s suppose to help those that are in need) cut you off health insurance after eighteen years of age. This is a dilemma that needs to be solved quickly. President Barack Obama is also passionate about giving the American people healthcare they can afford. Healthcare is a necessity that should be given no matter what a person situation may intel. This blog was both, well written and a must read.
I disagree with the blog “Universal Healthcare a MUST DO!!” The primary issue is that we must make healthcare affordable, not that the government is obligated to pay for healthcare for everyone. We must regulate the health insurance industry to make premiums and medications affordable. Too often, the medical insurance companies do not reimburse physicians adequately for the work that they perform, but they charge huge premiums for the right to insurance coverage. The result is that in Texas, 25% have no medical insurance. Single parent households are choosing to pay for college rather than pay for their children’s medical insurance. This issue will only worsen as our economy continues to suffer. However, by adopting a national socialist healthcare system, similar to that of England, we will overload our physician capacity and provide a mediocre healthcare process for our citizens. Right now the United States has an enviable healthcare system, with some of the best research and treatment facilities in the world. England on the other hand, has huge waiting lines for basic treatment and is not considered cutting edge on any medical diagnosis. We do not want to bankrupt our healthcare system and eliminate all the progress we have thus far made towards medical research. A higher regulated healthcare industry would allow greater healthcare coverage and limit the huge profits generated by insurance companies.
ReplyDeleteEven though Mavhu makes a great point, and I agree with her on many levels, for these past two weeks I have experienced the financial difficulites that come along with medical costs, I believe that universal healthcare would not be a smart idea. Universal healthcare is a great ideal, but healthcare as we know it would change.
ReplyDeleteMavhu speaks off of experience, saying that when she was here in America, she was unable to visit the doctor until she got back home where she would not have to worry about the medical costs. Man, if I did not have to worry about the medical bills I am having to pay now, I would be much less stress, but still, I do not agree with universal healthcare. In the UK, where she was able to go see a physician without worries of bills, healthcare is completely different and there are still negatives. In countries where there is universal healthcare, they promise universal coverage but ration care or have extremely long waiting lists for treatment, along with other barrieres. Also, with universal healthcare, I believe that the overall value of care would go down, along with decreased advancement in technology. This type of universal healthcare, ran by the government, is not ideal in anyway.
Another point I would like to point out is that the slogan "people alway want what they don't have" stands true; for, countries that have universal healthcare are actually moving towards a system that looks more like ours, while we are moving towards one that is like theirs. So, I believe that we should not try to move to have complete universal healthcare, but to make it where we are in more control and where there could be more consumer incentives.