There seems to be a growing sentiment across a socialistic-minded segment of our country to expound, and sometimes exacerbate, the millions of Americans who do not have Health Insurance. Many of today’s universal health care proponents and politicians like to use the numbers of anywhere from 30 million to 50 million people who do not have health insurance to promote a Universal Health Care system. They poke and prod at our hearts, explaining that innocent children are victimized by a broken system which seems to have forgotten about them and their needs. Victimization really works to exude a feeling of guilt amongst those of use who are fortunate enough to have health insurance, but the true question arises, is heath care a right or a responsibility? While the nation seems divided over such a volatile issue, it appears there are few coherent arguments for government intervention when we examine all the facts.

So what’s the impetus for this “crisis” the media has bestowed upon society? Cost! Its true that health care costs have risen significantly, but there’s more to the story than simply classifying the perceived problem as “rising costs”. We must ask ourselves why the costs are rising. In the past, we only spent a fraction of what we spend today on high tech medical procedures because there was not as many of them. The same holds true with pharmaceutical drugs because many of the ones today, didn’t exist 20 years ago. Likewise, automobiles didn’t cost the same when you considered the new high tech systems now included in the rising cost of a new vehicle such as navigation, cameras and computers. Many things we buy today have increased in cost because of the addition of new technology, but allowing the government to intervene so they can supposedly wave their magic wand and reduce the price is more than wishful thinking, its unrealistic and its impossible to speculate the effect it would have on the nation.

Truth be told, I do feel sorry for children who don’t have health insurance because their parents cannot provide it for them, but in many, if not most cases, they can, if they’d adjust their lifestyle and prioritize their spending. I won’t say they could “easily” afford it, because its not easy to turn off or cancel your cell phones, cable TV, Internet service, magazine subscriptions, bowling leagues, or alcohol and drug use. Its not easy to pass up “a great deal” on 22 inch rims, 50 inch flat screens, X-Box 360’s, Wii’s, Playstations, or a variety of other amenities vastly less important than providing health care for yourself or your children. Providing health care is not society’s responsibility, for it requires that service be rendered off the backs of others, and slavery was outlawed long ago.

Heath insurance is not medical care and likewise, health care is not the same as medical care. Countries with universal health care do not have more or better medical care than countries without it. Medical care is the issue, however the propaganda is about insurance. Many people who could afford health insurance as I pointed out earlier, choose not to purchase it because they spend their money elsewhere and they know that medical care will be available at the nearest emergency room, whether they have insurance or not. Young folks often do not anticipate long term illnesses and they can always get a broken leg or an allergy attack taken care of at an emergency room, thus allowing them to spend their money on a more upscale lifestyle. This may be a foolish mindset but it is their decision, and there is no reason why other people should lose the right to make decisions for themselves because some people make “questionable” decisions.

Many people critical of the health care industry appear to be cynical, claiming to know the costs of everything, yet they know the value of nothing. Just as medical care, houses and cars were all cheaper when they lacked amenities that they have today, so medical care in other countries is cheaper when they lack many things that are more readily available in the United States. People who believe in “universal health care” really have no concern regarding what that phrase turns out to mean in reality, especially in those countries where it already exists, such as Britain, Sweden or Canada. For example, “universal health care” in these countries translates into months of waiting for surgery that Americans get in a matter of weeks or even days.

In these and other countries, it means having only a fraction as many MRIs and other high-tech medical devices available per person as in the United States. There are more than four times as many Magnetic Resonance Imaging units (MRIs) per ca pita in the United States as there are in Great Britain or Canada, where there are government-run medical systems. There are more than twice as many CT scanners per ca pita in the United States as in Canada and more than four times as many per ca pita as in Britain. In these socialistic nations, it means not only having bureaucrats deciding what medicines the government will and will not pay for, but even preventing you from buying the more expensive medicine for yourself with your own money. That would violate the concept of true “equality” and the right to choose how you wish to spend your money.

If you’d rather have name brand medication, rather than the government prescribed generic brand, you’re out of luck. Its irrelevant if you wish to forgo the surround sound system you were saving up to install to accomplish this choice, for that choice would no longer be available. The cost of developing a new pharmaceutical drug is now about a billion dollars. Neither political rhetoric nor government bureaucracies will make those costs go away because it is government’s strict regulation and thorough testing procedures which has helped drive the cost up. We can, of course, refuse to pay these and other medical costs, just as we can refuse to buy air-conditioned homes with built-in microwave ovens, but that just means we pay attention only to prices and not to the value of what we get for those prices. We can even refuse to pay for so many doctors, but that just means that we will have to wait longer to see a doctor just like people do in countries with government-run medical systems. In Canada, 27 percent of the people who have surgery wait four months or more. In Britain, 38 percent wait that long, but only 5 percent of Americans wait that long for surgery.

Many proponents of a universal health care system will point out the longer life expectancies in some of these countries with universal health care as opposed to our own. On the surface it seems like a valid point to bring up this fact, but does universal health care translate into longer life expectancy? Is there a correlation? That is where the difference between health care and medical care comes in. Medical care is what doctors or hospitals can do for you. Health care includes what you do for yourself, such as diet, exercise and lifestyle. Health care can only be recommended, whether it be a government agency or a doctor, but it is your responsibility to follow those recommendations.

If a doctor arrives on the scene to find you comatose by a drug overdose or shot through the heart by some of your competitors in the illegal drug market, there may not be much that he can do except note the time of death and sign the death certificate. Even for things that take longer to kick the bucket such as obesity, alcohol, cholesterol, and tobacco, a doctor can only tell you what to do or not do, but its ultimately up to you and it’s your responsibility to take their advice or choose to do what you wish to do. On average, Americans tend to be more obese, consume more drugs and have more homicides. To assume any of this would magically change with a universal health care system is not only a very static analysis, but extremely naive.

You must look dynamically at the issue to grasp the reality for accurate medical care comparisons. You never hear supporters of universal health care mention the fact that cancer survival rates in America blow most other countries with universal health care out of the water. No one who compares medical care in this country with medical care in other countries is likely to want to switch, but those who cannot be bothered with the facts may help destroy the best medical care in the world by falling for political rhetoric.

Waiting for MRI’s and CT scans would all become much longer. I cannot emphasize the danger in this enough, as many from our neighbor to the north routinely cross the border and pay out of pocket for these services because of the months they’d have to wait up there. I recently had knee surgery and the MRI took less than a week to schedule and execute. Who knows if I’d had to wait 6 month’s to get one before I could have surgery what would happen. I know that “only” affects me right? Well what happens when everyone on those waiting lists are now drawing 6 months of disability while they’re out of work? What happens if many of them die from tumors during the wait?

The bottom line is health care is your responsibility. A government provided health care system can recommend you stop smoking, drinking and eating unhealthy foods, but they can’t make you. Socialized health care only expands government and destroys more of the freedoms we enjoy, for it must be funded off the backs of those who labor, to pay for those who can’t or won’t. There’s a difference.

A recent poll conducted by Austin Peay suggests that people in this area believe the government should “make sure” everyone has health insurance. While some may interpret this finding as support for universal health care, in reality, it could mean support for people to provide it for themselves and the government to make sure it is required by law, just like the laws requiring auto insurance liability. The disastrous effects of such a plan will have immediate and long term effects on our health care system. There aren’t as many doctors and medical equipment to house the immediate demand socialized medicine will create, oh, and the most important thing, WE CAN’T AFFORD IT. We could have if we were not 11 trillion dollars in debt, but we are.

Surgery may be cheaper in countries with government-run medical systems, if you count only the money cost, and not the painful weeks the patients have to endure the ailments that require surgery, or the fact that some conditions become worse, or fatal, while they wait. A report from the Fraser Institute in Canada shows that patients there wait an average of ten weeks to get an MRI, just to diagnose their condition. Bad things can happen in 10 weeks.

Politicians may talk about “bringing down the cost of medical care,” but they lack the comprehension of the word “costs”. What they bring down is the price, which doesn’t reflect the cost. Anybody can refuse to pay any cost, but then you get what you pay for. It does require us to stop and think before jumping on a Universal Health Care bandwagon. I’m always skeptical of government intervention in the first place because of their history of creating a crisis which doesn’t exists. The urgency with which this “crisis” is being perpetuated by fiery rhetoric coming from the White House and the fact its being rushed through Congress suggests that the politicians don’t want us to stop and think. They just want us to “hurry up” and do it, for rarely are any programs scrapped after they’re implemented. That makes sense, from their point of view, but not from ours. Lets all pause and think about whats occurring and be careful what you wish for, you might just get it. People need help, I understand that, but there’s a difference in asking for it, and mandating it be funded off the backs of others.

The Clarksville-Montgomery County Voters Council has thrown its support to Senator Rosalind Kurita (D-Clarksville) in the Democratic Primary for Senate District 22. The endorsement was made at a rally held at New Providence Outreach Center. The council is a voter advocacy group focused on minority issues.

“I am honored to receive the endorsement of the Voters Council,” Kurita said. “I am and will continue to be a staunch advocate for women, minorities, children and seniors in the state legislature.” Senator Kurita is speaker pro tempore of the Senate.

On the heels of that endorsement, the National Federation of Independent Business, Tennessee’s leading small business advocacy association, also announced its endorsement of incumbent Rosalind Kurita in Senate District 22. Sen. Kurita has been a strong supporter of the needs of her small business constituents, NFIB/Tennessee State Director Jim Brown said.

“I am honored to have the support of the National Federation of Independent Business. I will do everything I can to pass legislation that encourages small businesses to grow and continue creating jobs.” — Sen. Rosalind Kurita

Brown noted Sen. Kurita’s co-sponsorship of an important healthcare reform bill, SB 4014, as an example of her outstanding leadership. The legislation, which passed this year, will enable certain small businesses and their employees to join small group health cooperatives to spread risk and obtain better predictability of health insurance rates. Sen. Kurita also voted for regulatory flexibility for small business in 2006, the comprehensive workers’ compensation reforms of 2004, and the CoverTN health insurance program that offers an affordable and portable option for certain small businesses.

Kurita is speaker pro tempore of the Senate. She is vice chair of the Senate General Welfare, Health & Human Resources Committee and a member of the following committees: Transportation, Rules, Finance, Ways & Means, Joint Veterans Affairs, Joint Workers’ Compensation and Joint Select Oversight Committee on Education. She is a registered nurse.

House District 22 encompasses Cheatham, Houston and Montgomery counties. The primary will be held Thursday, Aug. 7. The general election will be held Nov. 4.

NFIB’s endorsement is important for Kurita. Small-business owners and their employees vote in high numbers and are known for actively recruiting friends, family members and acquaintances to go to the polls. NFIB has pledged it will activate its grassroots network on Sen. Kurita’s behalf. NFIB’s political support is based on the candidate’s position and record on small-business issues. Rosalind Kurita’s endorsement comes from NFIB/Tennessee SAFE (Save America’s Free Enterprise) Trust, the political action committee for NFIB/Tennessee’s membership. The endorsement brings the considerable grassroots support of Tennessee’s small-business owners to Rosalind Kurita’s campaign.

Clarksville Online author Terry McMoore, politically active citizen, activist, and businessman, speaks out on the balance of personal rights and public responsibilities.

I wear many hats in my life from being a father, husband, civil rights activist, author, music producer, campaign chairman and motivational speaker. With all this activity in my life it is virtually impossible to remain neutral or non-partisan in everything. I often tell my friends in the NAACP who have executive positions that they are being too politically correct on to many issues.

For instances, some will not attend a candidate rally because they might get accused of supporting that person. I tell them you are still a voter who needs to hear where a candidate stands. Just because you hold some position, you do not lose your rights as a concerned voter.

Being able to balance the many hats of my personal life with my political life has never been a problem for me, so why is it so difficult for some in the community? My recent letter to the editor, which appeared in local print and online media, sent the bloggers into frenzy. The bloggers were more concerned with my personal life and passing moral judgment on me and my family than the content of the letter.

Don’t get me wrong: I am all for freedom of speech, or in this case freedom of opinion, and I have learned over the years to have tough skin when you are in the public eye, but to also to at least talk about the subject at hand and pay attention to the facts (off-site link). This way, we all might learn something. Here is my letter for the Clarksville Online readership to view, and this time around, please pay attention — you just might learn something.

Letter:

I am very disappointed with Sen. Rosalind Kurita for casting the key vote that helped elect Republican Ron Ramsey as Senate speaker and lieutenant governor.

The benefit that seems to have been gained by crossing party lines was Sen. Kurita’s appointment as the new speaker pro tem; which happens to be the Senate’s No. 2 leadership position. Although this was publicized in the news, there just seems to be very little discussion about this among those of us in Montgomery County.

Under the current Republican leadership, people are losing homes, gas and the unemployment rates are sky high. The economy is in shambles, our education system is underfunded, and many are without health insurance.

My family and I voted for Sen. Kurita in the past believing her to be a true blue blooded Democrat and a woman of her word. With all that is going wrong in the world today, people need more than ever to be able to trust their elected officials. When a candidate crosses party lines, that completely destroys our trust in that candidate.

If I wanted the Republicans to be in charge of the Senate, I would have voted for a Republican, but I didn’t, I voted for a Democrat, who seems to have failed to represent me and the rest of the Democratic constituency.

One must exercise the right of the voting constituency to make it known that when we vote for you, you represent us.

But you know what they say: “Politicians are like diapers: when they become full, change ‘em!”

Right now, the person who seems to be willing to uphold the trust that our votes represents in them is Tim Barnes. My family and I will be voting for Tim Barnes for state senator — someone we can trust to keep his word.

Senator Kurita and Tim Barnes presented opening and closing statements before fielding questions from panel members Frazier Allen, Britney Campbell and Jay Abertia.

In the opening statements, Kurita, who has a nursing background, said that she has worked to bring services to seniors in their homes. She has worked for expansion of the HOPE lottery scholarship to include older ages, has supported tax relief for disabled vets and a freeze on taxes for low income seniors.

Barnes said that he has been led to this challenge in order to serve the public. He doesn’t believe in cutting ‘back room’ deals to serve his own needs, implying that Kurita was working toward a bid to become governor. He’s mindful of not losing the confidence of friends and cited his loyalty, caring attitude and responsiveness to people.

In wrapping up their statements, Kurita said that she “helps people.” Barnes said he’s “a work horse rather than a show horse.”

To the question of what should the State of Tennessee provide during both good and bad economic times, Kurita answered with ‘health care, education, jobs, balanced budget and no new taxes.’ Barnes said that we must maintain our roads as well as health care, insuring those who are uninsurable, and education.

Barnes cut into Kurita, saying that she did not vote for a #9 lottery scholarship bill which would have helped more people get scholarships. Kurita stomped on that comment, charging that Barnes was deliberately misinforming people. She said a bipartisan bill was passed that gave more to scholarships and if he “had done his homework” he would know that.

They both said they stand for health care and education. Barnes cited Kurita as taking money from the Lottery to build energy efficient schools. She said yes, she did and added that the payoff will come back to the city from that. She also favored extending the lottery to include older people returning to school.

How to deal with illegal aliens? Barnes: Get the Feds to do their job. Kurita: I have a serious problem with just wishing it on the Feds. Stiffen fines on people who hire them. Documentation and tax paying should be required of all working peoples.

Kurita said she has a bipartisan track record. Gridlock stops us whereas civil conversations that is open to all solutions help us solve problems. Barnes said there’s a time and place for compromise; one needs to look for solutions. Some things shouldn’t be compromised, but relationships should be maintained.

Stance on income tax?

Barnes: On the record for opposing a State Income tax. It does not draw businesses here. Kurita: On the record as opposing a State Income tax. She has been under a lot of pressure to vote for one but her district made it very clear that they did not want one. She said she is a strong enough fighter and can resist it.

Energy resource question. Barnes: invest in ethanol; it will boom our economy 10-15 years down the road.

Kurita: (deep breath) Energy resources are a most important issue. She is the only Senator chosen to serve on the Governor’s energy resources task force. Get off of fossil fuels, use the Manhattan project. Use switch grass and woodchips here in TN. Why buy from foreign countries who hate us? There is a UT lab and another lab that is almost there with technology for us to use.

Kurita values energy resources, health care and education.

Barnes values education. And expanding the police force, which Kurita voted against.

Barnes: Work closely with local officials and market this area. Businesses need to know about our great schools and transportation. Change the limit of what we can pay on marketing.

Kurita: I changed that law this year; if you would have researched, you would have known. Develop the school system, get energy initiatives. We need to shine.

Energy incentives

Kurita. Tax rebate for purchasing programmable thermostats. Achieve independence in energy conservation. Barnes. At $4.00 a gallon for gas people are at the end degree that they can be squeezed. People will have to carpool. The State government cannot impact the cost of oil and gas. Take personal steps to conserve.

How will you stay in touch with your district?

Barnes: That’s the biggest complaint I hear about Kurita. My cell phone number is 931-801-3298. I will talk to you.

Kurita: That is an outrageous implication. We have helped 12,000 people. I call people personally. I hold town hall meetings; I run surveys in the paper. The things I have done are things that people tell me they want done.

For the state of TN Kurita has worked on disease awareness, greenways and hiking trails. For schools that have no recess she wants to increase physical activity to 45 minutes a day in elementary and middle schools. She’s behind public service ads about obesity and the danger of smoking and non-seatbelt use.

Barnes: Public schools have no recess? That’s news to me. Agrees that we need physical activities. He is in triathlons. He wants grants for more athletics.

A priority for Barnes is more money for APSU. He lives and sleeps with a lobbyist for APSU (his wife who teaches there).

Kurita: She goes to APSU and works in classes with students. Good jobs are increased by good education. She got the non-traditional scholarships for more students.

Kurita said the economy is weighing on people. We get good jobs through education. Takes a team to fix health care and she is involved civically in the community.

Barnes said people are worried about paying $4.00 a gallon for gas. The government can’t fix this problem. Say yes to college, it is the hope for better jobs.

How to keep seniors in their homes?

Barnes: In home health care, he pushed it 2 years ago.

Kurita: That’s a step we’ve already taken. Have to have good bookwork for these things. Real health care also involves helping with things like house cleaning. We have done it. This was the year it happened.

Do you vote? Kurita: Yes, consistently. Barnes did not vote for President in 2000. Why not?

Barnes: I don’t recall that. I’m interested in politics; if I missed that year I don’t recall and defer to Rosalind. Kurita was stopped mid saying, you don’t remember if you voted for President of the US?

Should the school lottery be used for anything else?

Barnes: Kurita used lottery money to build energy efficient schools. Should have put that money into students.

Kurita: I voted to use Lottery money to build geothermal schools. The long term savings is that utility bills will stay low and we have efficient schools. We are building one school a year.

Closing:

Barnes: I see the sunrise from my porch. I can’t take credit for making the sunrise. I see that kind of credit taking from my opponent. Voting for something is not the same as making it happen. I think she is ostracized by her own party. I think you should represent your own democratic constituency.

Kurita: I went to a town hall meeting in Erin where a Grandmother pleaded with me to help her injured army grandson to be sent here to Ft. Campbell. They were not able to help him where he was. My office did that for them. I work hard for people. My opponent throws hideous accusations about me, yet as an attorney he gets drunk drivers out of court and back on the road. He helps wife beaters get off scot free. Reevaluate this as you judge us. I have done my job; I take care of people. I am bipartisan. I listen to you.

Early voting is from July 18 through August 2

Before leaving the building I said hello to Senator Kurita. From first hand experience, I witnessed her handing over checks to Port Royal to help its Trail of Tears site, Dunbar Cave for interpretation and Wounded Warriors, a scuba diving group that helps wounded soldiers. She is pushing for the state to have more fuel efficient automobiles. She is high on the conservation evaluation of her.

I also said hello to Tim Barnes and his wife. Mrs. Barnes said that she works in the English Department at APSU. I was shocked that I have never met her before, but realized it is because I have never run into her at events run by the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts. This center brings in authors and artists as speakers to APSU.  *see my comments below.

Going to my car I met Maria and Charlie Butler who said they are totally against Kurita because she passed the no smoking bill in TN. Since then Maria has lost a lot of customers in her 12-year-old business, Maria’s Wagonwheel.

Choices like do you get the prescriptions you need to have a decent quality of life, or do you eat? Do you get regular medical checkups, or do you because you can’t afford the price of a doctor’s visit skip them until a health condition forces you to the doctor, often after it’s too late to treat the condition? Do you look after your dental health, or do you have to let your teeth basically rot in your mouth?

I have personally been forced to make some of these choices, and I have friends and relatives who have been forced to as well. Choices no American should ever have to face.

Lets be realistic. The problem with health care in America is the private for-profit companies currently running it. In order to fix our broken system, we must take the profit motive out of it.

Private companies are required by law to return the largest possible profits to the shareholders of the company. There is no requirement that a company look after the public good, or to act in a moral manner. In order to get positive recommendations from financial analysts, they must increase the profits dramatically from previous years, every year.

We see a quick example of this with petroleum companies, as year after year they post increasingly large record profits — every dime of which was taken from our already strained pocketbooks.

There are several ways for a company to do this: they can improve delivery of services they offer, they can find cheaper suppliers, or they can raise the rates charged for their services. Since raising the rates they charge is the simplest way to accomplish their goal, this is what most commonly happens, and prices increase every year.

Let’s not even get into the complex issues of overly generous executive compensation, huge bonuses, and murder by spreadsheet (denying legitimate medical care to the insured).

So it’s easy to see why I have a major issue when I see candidates such as Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton advocating forcing people to buy health insurance from private insurers.

Here’s one example from the Associated Press via Yahoo.

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday she might be willing to garnish the wages of workers who refuse to buy health insurance to achieve coverage for all Americans.

The New York senator has criticized presidential rival Barack Obama for pushing a health plan that would not require universal coverage. Clinton has not always specified the enforcement measures she would embrace, but when pressed on ABC’s “This Week,” she said: “I think there are a number of mechanisms” that are possible, including “going after people’s wages, automatic enrollment.”

Clinton said such measures would apply only to workers who can afford health coverage but refuse to buy it, which puts undue pressure on hospitals and emergency rooms. With her proposals for subsidies, she said, “it will be affordable for everyone.”

In the 1990s Hillary Clinton while pushing her national health plan stated, that her plan would cost the “average family of four” who makes $ 24,000 a year ONLY $4,000. Of course this would cost much more today.

So lets take a look at the the budget for someone getting paid weekly, and making a total of $24,000 a year, and with no state income tax.

$24,000 divided by 52 weeks comes out to $461.53 a week. Using a tax calculator and 3 exemptions we come up with the following amounts for withholdings.

$10.58 federal income tax
$28.61 FICA
$6.69 Medicare
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$45.88 Total

That leaves $415.65 a week after taxes, or $1662.60 per month.

In our city three bedroom homes go for between $550 and $1,100 a month. Lets take $600 as an average rent. That leaves $1062.60.

In this day and age we must have electricity; $100 a month by time heating, cooling, and laundry and heating the water for baths is reasonable. We are down to $962.60.

Lets figure $50 for our gas and water bill, $912.60.

Telephone service will likely run us $30. This bring us to a total of $882.60.

Now we have to feed our family and ourselves, so lets low ball that at $350 a month. We now have $532.60.

Gotta get to work, take the kids to school, band practice, football practice and such so we need a car. $200 a month for a car payment is reasonable. We are now down to $332.60.

Car Insurance $70 (mandatory insurance for everyone really lowered the cost of that, didn’t it). We are now down to $262.60.

Gotta fuel the beast, and with gas prices constantly going up, we will likely spend at least $35 per week or $140 per month. Ouch! Only $122.60 left.

Gotta have some kind of entertainment, news source, and educational resource for the kids, so we should figure on TV service and Internet access. Most people currently get it from their cable company. Lets say $70 for expanded basic and broadband Internet service. This leaves us with $52.60.

Last but not least, if you are living this close to paycheck to paycheck, you can bet that you have a credit card for emergency use only. Lets say it has a $25 minimum payment so we end up with $27.60.

I didn’t figure on clothing, school supplies, medical and dental care, insurance copays, going out to eat or a movie now and then. Basically the stuff that makes life worth living.

Now lets take a look at 1990’s Hillary’s $4,000 a year for health insurance. That works out to $307.69 a month. I am forced to ask, where exactly is it supposed to come from!

Hillary has never in her life had to worry about an amount so small and so she doesn’t really understand the magnitude that taking three hundred additional dollars a month out of already strained budgets really is to low income people. So of course she wants to make it mandatory!

Let me make this clear, I personally WILL NOT vote for any candidate Republican or Democrat who intends to force people to pay a for-profit private insurance company for their insurance coverage. We have seen how well that has worked in Tennessee with car insurance.

Mandatory insurance, either health or auto, lets the insurance companies gouge everyone. They know that with mandatory insurance that you realistically have no place to go. Yes, they might lose your business to another company, but they will likely gain just as many back with the dissatisfied people coming to them from other companies.

If you really want to know how screwed up America’s for-profit health insurance system is; go rent a copy of Michael Moore’s Sicko from your local video store: you will be shocked!

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There is only one real solution for fixing our health care system and that is national single payer health care.