Tuesday, January 23, 2007
blog 2
I feel everyone should have access to health care. I believe having access to health care should be a right. Everyone should be entitled to have their preference of how and where they want to have their health taking care of at. No one should be denied the right to having good health regardless of their socioeconomic status. They should not be prejudged, because today everyone can not afford to have health insurance. Most individuals have to go along with what their finances can afford them to pay. Being denied the right to have access to health care, causes a lot of people to be very sick and not able to care for themselves. Because they do not have the funds to pay for a doctors visit or some bills that they will be faced with after visiting a doctor. A person never knows when they are going to insurance so its best that some people try to get some affordable insurance. The insurance may need insurance to cover them when they are sick or if they may need to have surgery. Its a good thing most jobs offer insurance to cover a person as long as they are on the job. Being able to have access to insurance is important.
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I think that you did it Michelle; I was on the fence at first about whether Health care should be a right or privilege. After reading your thoughts I am pretty sure that I agree with you. I need to realize that I am a little spoiled when it comes to finances and health care. My mother-in-law works for my family doctor so I get a lot of advantages there. Also I have a pretty good job so I do okay in the financial area (I will never be rich but I live comfortable-but I also work hard for all of this). I have to remember that not everyone is so blessed and that everyone should have a fair chance at health.
I think that after crunching the numbers maybe the country would see that the millions of dollars spent on covering uninsured Americas would be about the same if we would just offer them healthcare in the beginning. It would be less hospital visits and the hospital visits that people do need would hopefully be less severe. Let’s hope that the government dose not give up on this topic. I think that it is worth fighting for. It really could make a huge difference in many people’s lives. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I think that you brush across an issue that would be very helpful... to re-evaluate our country's expenditures and prioritize our areas of spending.
The issue of insurance has been brought up at my workplace, the deductibles and premiums were raised. It made me become concerned for a few reasons: we just found out that I am pregnant with our second child, and my husband deciding that if he is going to get a degree he does not want to stay in the USMC (he wants to stay in until he finishes his degree). If he were not in the military, we would lose our health benefits (they are pretty good, especially if you live far enough from a base and can choose from civilian providers).
Tricare completely paid for our first pregnancy and child. I know that hospital bills can be outrageous, so if we were not receiving Tricare, how in the world could we afford it? I do not think that we would be able to afford the costs associated with the insurance that company I work for provides, much less pay for health expenditures out of pocket.
It just seems to be an issue between which healthcare system (socialistic/capitalistic) has the least flaws and provides the most good for the majority of people...
I agree with you about the fact that no one should be denied access to healthcare. We live in a nation that is developed enough to be able to offer everyone a healthy life. However, I think that if you can afford better healthcare and you have good enough insurance and all that to be able to do so, that you should have the freedom to choose. I also have to say that not as many people in the United States would be suffering from certain illnesses and they wouldn't have to frequent doctors offices if our lifestyles changed.
I believe in what you are saying because we both share the same view. Socioeconomic status should never interfere with one's health when they do not meet the adequate funds for health care. One thing I do not understand is how insurance companies can deny some one who has lung cancer or some serious disease just for the fact they believe they will have only a limited time span to live. Money is the motivator sadly to determine if they should pay for an individuals treatment and ask "how sick he is, how long will he live, or is it worth having them on my insurance?" They are no different then those life insurance people who will immedietly say no we can not afford you due to you being at high risk. We should spend our money on our citizens and not on defense contracts and so on. People die everyday because they simply can not afford insurance.
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