The overall fight is clear: We must rein in corporate power and fight for working families’ core issues—good jobs, affordable healthcare, a secure retirement and strong communities. In the next four years, we must stake out and reinforce these areas where we cannot allow the dam to break under the Bush administration. We must create political movements that take advantage… return to article
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Reader Comments (2)Page 1 of 1 pagesI know the problem is a complicated one. Workers should not be enslaved by unscrupulous corporations. I know I got screwes and royally by a company who did not even bother to have worker’s comp and was dismayed by the states action of basically a slap on the wrist to rectify my misery.. The state got the money from the fine and I got the shaft. Is it possible to form a seperate entity of health insurance apart from governmnent health care and employer health care. How do you answer the employers who do strain under the burden of health care cost and answer the idea of “ socialised” medicine. Maybe Doctors and other health care professionals and administrators could form such a coalition to offer health care free of goverment and private payer confrontation. I bristle when tose on the right say health care is not a right. I beg to differ. i also bristle when the government wants the reins of medicine. I mean look what they did with the motor vehicle dept! That is not user friendly or much interested in consumer happiness. Everytime I hear in the news of some medical miracle mentioned I have hope in humanity then I think who the hell can afford it and.
Instead of playing with the constitition over guns, God and Gays I think all those issues become moot when you are on your deathbed! How about distinguished members of government an ammendment to adequate healthcare- no to hell with adequate -excellent healthcare.
Posted by redstate on Nov 18, 2004 at 3:47 PM Can we please take the boogeyman of “socialized health care” out back & shoot it?!
Every other industrialized country has some form of universal health care. Why then can the United States, the richest (for now) country in the world, not provide the same for our citizens. Anytime it’s brought up some $hitforbrains cries “socialized medicine!”
If we could have a single payer, efficient system like say Canada, I personally would give a Sh#@ what you called it. I’d call it good for the citizens of this country.
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