The indefatigueable Paul Sunstone is at it again with his recent post: At The Crossroads.
I'm not certain pending Healthcare reform strategies are "…for the People".
Members of the House and Senate have access to benefits (and pay) that far exceed anything their constituents can comprehend, if not ever hope to realize for themselves.
Why won't Congress enroll in government healthcare?
Our countrymen might not be asking that question, yet. But, I feel we need to raise it.
The question has been on the minds of some Americans, but Obama-led Democrats aren't giving answers. Instead, they (actually the majority of Congress) are exempting themselves from their own healthcare reform.
Diane Sawyer recently found herself on the air earlier this week with a story about the exclusive clinic in the basement of the Congressional building itself. Members of the House and their dependent have 24/7 access to best-of-class medical care that ranges from pharmacies to out-patient surgery for $503.00 dollars a year.
great post. the hypocrisy of washington is staggering and appalling.
We'll all need to be ever thankful for Mr. Jefferson.
and, Ayn Rand might not have said it any better herself.
I'll buy that notion. And. I'm willing to buy my own health insurance as well. I just want fair and reasonable options. And, that is something we should all have access to.
There are numerous positions relative to how this can, or should, work. But, I'm taking the position that it starts with our legislators. And, the point of my post is that members of the House and Senate have access to benefits that most American's never will. So, the decision-makers have reduced incentive to represent equitable change. Right now, in some very clear examples, you can argue that Congressmen are paid (through taxpayer dollars, mind you) four times the average American income, to make decisions that don't benefit most citizens that comprise their constituencies.
When members of Congress can only have access to the same benefits their constituents receive you will then see action that could benefit those people.
That's not Socialism. It's best-business-practices.
I work in the healthcare industry and agree with what you are saying! There needs to be reform as far as cost control mechanisms, litigation practices, a insurance available to those who want it. The problem is that the government (democrats) want a single payer system. Obama made that clear in his campaign. You have to read these bill through his eyes. If his end goal is a single payer system, then he is not going to be happy with a true open and free market. The problem is not the insurance companies, "we the people" are as much of the problem as anyone. WE have become an unhealthy, over weight, lazy society that wants these things handed to us! Until "we the people" change, there isn't going to be a system that can contain these rising costs.
I'll stand with you the issues around the health of this nations citizens. That will likely need to change first to be part of the best and overall solution.