assistedlivingconcerns

Hi everyone, today is August 4, 2009, a day to reflect on Health Care for our Nation, which is currently being debated in the U S Congress. Congressional members and federal employees enjoy excellent health insurance. However, the people who elected those official and who are served by those government employees, find themselves in a morass of choices when seeking any kind of health insurance with a large percentage of the population having “iffy” coverage and nearly 50 million with no coverage at all. It’s puzzling why the elected decided to give themselves outstanding health insurance coverage at taxpayer expense, but continue to deny comparable coverage to the under insured electorate. On the surface, it smacks of hubris, you know, that fancy word that indicates excessive pride in oneself, believing that rou are better and therefore deserve more. It’s like saying, “I’m very important and you’re not so important.” It’s the basic philosophy of the ‘haves’. In a way, we all may have somewhat similar attitude, a fact that stymies the nation’s ability to coalesce over an issue, especially this one. A common question at hearings on the subject is, “Will ‘illegals’ be covered?” No one ever asks, “Are ‘illegals’ serving time in prisons covered?” Why would some one be concerned whether or not ‘illegals’ who work and raise families be eligible for coverage, while accepting the reality that criminals in prisons are receiving health coverage, whether or not they’re “legal’ or ‘illegal’ inmates? What is your take on universal health coverage for all Americans?