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Sunday, July 26, 2009

What's the rush?

Just slow down, stay the course for now, everything is fine the way it is so don't mess it up. The right is repeating their same old mantra over and over again about improving healthcare in America.

Why do anything? Well, doing nothing kills 22,000 people per year. Six 9/11s per year, and that's deemed acceptable by the right.

What's the rush? Uh, this was originally debated in 1945. After over 60 years, you still think that improvements are too fast in coming?

open.salon.com/blog/david_sirota/2009/07/23/as_22k_die_annually_elites_ask_why_rush_on_health_care

Of course, nobody really suffers with staying the course, and following medical treatments based on cost, rather than patient's well being, is the best course:
petaluma360.com/article/20090723/COMMUNITY/907239997/1362?Title=Petaluma-man-3rd-local-swine-flu-death

Plus, everything about Canada's system is horrible, so we can't change the US system:
economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/how-canadians-feel-about-their-health-care-wait-times-and-spending/
www.snopes.com/politics/medical/canada.asp

Lastly, to combat the mythical conservative talking point about good folk have jobs and therefore insurance, and therefore they're better off with no improvement to US healthcare, consider how typical this scenario is becoming: work, save, be insured, but get sick. Congratulations, you're bankrupt and will have your salary garnished if you ever work again. Why do conservatives think is this OK? Why do so many believe the status quo the best possible solution for America? Why is even discussing change "off the table" for conservatives?

"My husband and I were sued by one of our doctors for being unable to pay
our healthcare bill. We lost our house, had to declare bankruptcy and we
moved to our daughter's basement." - Donna, Chicago IL
www.prescriptionforchange.org/video.html?bcpid=1767981878&bclid=1551048398&bctid=1713712313

theplumline.whorunsgov.com/republican-party/new-ad-bashes-gop-for-blocking-health-care-reform-for-15-years

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