Does something need to be done? Yes. Is today’s bill the answer? No!
Should insurers be able to turn people away due to their medical history or age? No. Is health care a basic human right? Yes.
Here’s why I want all of our congress people to vote NO to today’s bill.
1.) Where’s the money coming from? If you haven’t noticed America is hurting for cash right now. Not just our government, but most of the American families out there. Our country has been hurting for cash for decades. Well, minus when Clinton was in office and our deficit actually “shrunk”. Do you think providing healthcare for all Americans will be cheap? How is a country who is continuously going further into debt going to be able to pay for even more than they were paying for before? Easy. They raise taxes, cut from other programs, and borrow, borrow, borrow until we are literally “owned” by another countries government. (If we aren’t already…) If we can’t learn to be self sufficient and spend within our means how can we prosper? What will stop the lenders from deciding they’ve had enough? What will stop them from deciding that they can call the shots? I don’t know about you, but the future of our country in terms of money and who will have the power is a very frightening concept to me. I feel bad for our children, they’re children, and their children. How do we expect the American family to live within their means if our country itself can’t even live within it’s means?
2.) The wording for abortions is not where it needs to be. With the wording as it is I’m certain that my tax money will go to helping the murder of an innocent baby! That disgusts me to no end! I want no part or hand in something like that. Sure I’d be fine with my money going towards educating women on the affects and the realness of an abortion, but I don’t get a say in how MY money is spent, do I? Which only leads me into my third reason…
3.) Government power. Lets just keep giving them more and more. Why not give them this liberty and that? They’re just trying to protect us. Keep us safe. Ha! I think I’m old enough and have plenty of resources to decide whether or not I need to wear a seat belt, if I want to use a drug of some kind, or if I want to/have the money to pay for health insurance. If what I’m doing doesn’t affect another human’s health or well being LEAVE ME ALONE! If I don’t have the money for health insurance now, I probably won’t have the money tomorrow. I’ve been w/o health insurance before. My husband and I had to make a decision, health insurance or food and shelter. Yes, this was a rather scary time. I couldn’t imagine what it had been like if we had been MANDATED to spend money on some form of health insurance. When I say we had no money I’m not saying we were like those that say they have no money, but still go out to eat once a month or can buy a new shirt every couple of months cuz it’s in their budget. I’m saying we had no money to do that ever. We ate noodles…lots of noodles…We literally would not have been able to afford anything else.
The government should have no say on my medical treatment. (Neither should the insurance companies.) I want my educated doctor to make/call the shots. I don’t want the government or insurance company knowing my business. It should be between me and the doctor. I don’t want my doctor to have to jump through loops and do this test and that test or wait this long before giving me the test they really wanted to give me from the start just because the first tests were cheaper and the insurance company or government doesn’t want to go with the other machine unless they absolutely have to. I deserve better! YOU deserve better! Our CHILDREN deserve better!
There ya have it. A few reasons I have been praying and will continue to pray that God will open their eyes and people will vote no. I am not against some kind of change, but the current change isn’t the answer. No, I don’t have the answer either. Why just pass something with the idea that something is better than nothing? Why not get it right the first time rather than have to do all kinds of stuff trying to fix something that was broken and unwanted from the beginning? That will only cause worse consequences than if we had waited and done it right to begin with.
Huckabee 2012!!!!
