While the system is not perfect, when the veterans bring a consistent problem to the attention of the VA, it does get addressed. What if we duplicated this system for all American citizens?
Another tried and true program is Medicare. Granted, it is in financial difficulties due to legislation that is designed to make financing of the Medicare system problematic. Just one example of the destruction of Medicare’s financial base was the passage of legislation that required Medicare to pay full retail for all prescription drugs. When we consider the population that is covered by Medicare, it will not take long for this factor alone to take the system to its financial ruin.
Medicare is a single-payer system, and it works well. ... Medicare is a safety net for the middle class. ...
I personally do not want to hear of another person who had the need for health care coverage, negatively impacting their job choice or marital situation. I have heard all the stories I want to hear of people dying or filing bankruptcy because they did not have any or adequate insurance. Unless you have been a small business owner and tried to provide insurance for yourself, and/or your employees, you have no idea how insurance keeps new businesses from occurring or growing in our current society. ...
Health care should be a birthright for every legal American citizen. Privilege? Well, to me, that is getting a driver’s license or meeting a famous person.
Come on, citizens, take back control. We need a middle class to effectively be America. Health care for the privileged and its cost to employers is preventing our middle class from thriving. For-profit medical care and insurance are a root problem. Our form of government is of, by and for we the people. ...
Adriane Scherrer
CEO
Enhancements To Your Workplace Inc.
Middletown