Comments on: Health Care is a Moral Issue

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:30:33 +0000

I thought we shouldn’t legislate morality.

By: Grad Student

Grad Student — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:20:57 +0000

Here’s Reid’s npr interview:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112172939

As you just saw, my recent post is a propos. The resistance to universal healthcare is just another manifestation of many republican’s blind faith in the “invisible hand.”

By: FayeC

FayeC — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:28:24 +0000

Thoughtbasket, I hope you’re right – that we are not a country which abandons its citizens to the vagaries of life/health and the obscene profits of the health insurance industry. But I’m feeling generally disheartened about the possibility of real reform.

By: danielle

danielle — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:39:51 +0000

so what has gone wrong here? TR Reid discusses that the european and asian nations with universal health care made the decision that health care reform was the right thing to do and went for it. though that included debates and political wrangling it came with the assumption that it was going to happen because that’s what wealthy nations do for their citizens. so what has gone wrong in the US? why don’t “the people” demand health care reform? why don’t our elected representatives work harder to do the right thing? money? greed? insurance lobbyists? yes, but still. why?