Happy Holidays to everyone

I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This blog is actually a dream for me. I love politics and history. Since 1960, when I was eight years old, politics has been a passion that I read, watch and follow every day. I remember the party conventions that summer, giving us Richard Nixon against John Kennedy. My family was and remains to this day Democrats. I on the other hand went to the Republican Headquarters and picked up a Nixon and Lodge button, I wore it, proudly, right through the election. My mother said that is when she determined, " There is something wrong with him." I had the political bug and now I am taking the time to turn my passion into something more concrete. Please join me as a follower and take a moment to comment. I may disagree and say so in my comments, however I will always endevor to respect your right to talk about issues. This is a place for your voice and my voice to be heard. That is why I titled it America's Voice. Your voice is important and I plan to let it be heard.

Health Care continue

Please name me another industry that you do not know the cost before hand. You go to the hospital and have no idea how much you will pay out of pocket. The insurance company will let you know. They come between you and your doctor. They determine what they will pay and what they won't pay. People die because of that. You defend the idea (which I also support) that our country has and continues to have a policy that we can determine another countries destiny through war, and killing of innocent people, yet you can support corporations that will kill innocent people by denying them proper medical care for the sake of profits. You want people to have a choice to purchase insurance or not, even though their costs when something happens, falls to the rest of us. What about my liberties and taxes being used for something I already have?
This is just a beginning of my responses and my quest for health care. I will respond on other issues over the next few days. One thing I will say to you is, thanks for caring enough to respond. We need more open and fair debates about issues, this is what will make us a stronger nation.

Health Care

I guess all I can say is that I wish some of your anger at "socialistic ideas" such as universal health care could also go towards the health care industry. The concept of universal health care is simple. We all pay into a pot and with low administrative costs we have our medical costs paid for. Instead we pay into a pot for insurance companies and they keep 20% or more for profits. The uninsured we pay for in increased costs and increased taxes. Why not share the costs universally and we all share the benefit. What are our police, fire and other city, county and state services. Do you get a bill from the fire department if your house burns down. How does it steal our liberties when health care is available to all. Oh, wait that should only be for the ones that can afford it. You are right it is an emotional and moral issue. As far as individuality is concerned, if you do not have insurance and go to the emergency room, because of an accident, who pays. I do. You do. So your argument is to let people chose whether to pay or not. That's what we have now and guess what it only works for the insurance companies. We pay premiums and when we need health care, we pay deductibles, co pays and any other charges the insurance companies decide not to cover.

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