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Health Care Treated Differently
Health care is treated differently in this country, and the main reason seems to be the power of the health care companies and lobbies. Most of the Democratic candidates for president have some kind of health care reform bill they are pushing, and Dennis Kucinich compares nationalized health care to the kind of service we expect from police and fire departments. He notes, "Kucinich discussed social security - 'a government retirement system' -- Medicare - 'that's government financed' -- and taxes that lead to local government services such as police, fire, street repair, and street cleaning" (Montanaro). As Americans, we simply expect those services, and expect to be taxed for them, so why don't we demand quality health care, as well? I believe it is because the health care and pharmaceutical companies have a stranglehold on the health care business, and have convinced many Americans that "socialized" health care would result in poorer health care, when many foreign countries show just the opposite is true. Americans are afraid of more bureaucracy in a government-funded or run health care system, but what could be more bureaucratic than our current health care system, that can turn away patients due to their lack of ability to pay, no matter their condition?
I believe health care is an intensely moral issue, and one that needs severe reform in this country. People still die because they cannot afford health care, and that simply is not right in the most powerful nation on earth. People should not have to go bankrupt or lose their home because they cannot afford health insurance, and health care should be more affordable for everyone. An Indiana Congress member notes, "Expenditures on health-care lobbying last year rose to $325 million, as health-care providers, insurers, drug makers, medical professionals and others all worked to make sure their interests were served as Congress took up their issues" (Hamilton). Americans need to stop listening to lobbyists and start taking health care reform into their own hands for real health care reform to occur in this country.
References
Hamilton, Lee. "Who Lobbies for the Rest of Us?" Indiana University. 2004. 22 Jan. 2008. http://congress.indiana.edu/radio_commentaries/who_lobbies_for_the_rest_of_us.php
Montanaro, Domenico. "Kucinich Details Health-Care Policy." FirstRead.MSNBC.com. 2007. 22 Jan. 2008. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/10/25/430486.aspx
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