You know what? I get tired of hearing people talk about these debates and this election. But when they finally got around to health care tonight, I just can't stay quiet anymore. I see people everyday who need health care. We are practically the only industrialized nation that does not have some kind of government program to offer health care to people who would not otherwise have it. I'm talking about the single mothers with children whose 1st job only negates the cost of daycare required for her to be able to go to work in the first place. What about seniors who don't work and don't qualify for medicare or get the amount of help they truly need? Businesses pay an average of $12,000 each year for employees to have health care, and then there are still co-pays, medicines, visits and procedures not covered by insurance, and deductibles to meet. Five thousand extra bucks will only help the people who already have health care. It will not provide adequate health care for the people that cannot get health care otherwise.
I know we send a lot of money to other nations, but can we start investing in the lives of Americans who have been waiting for this country to pay them some attention?
Grrr.
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