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www.mikeforster.net Last Updated 3 August 2002 |
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Position Papers |
Everyone Should Have Health Care - Of Course! Mike Forster, Palo Alto California In the 21st century, every citizen and resident in the US should have equal access to health care - of course! Any other conclusion is unconscionable.
In a matter as vital - literally - as health care and prescription drugs, access should not depend on whether or not a person is employed, and therefore has company-subsidized health insurance. It is obviously unfair that some persons pay a $10 or $15 co-pay for a prescription, and others pay $100 or more for the exact same prescription - or do not get the prescription at all, because they cannot afford it. Admittedly, implementing a system of universal health care could be the single most complex undertaking ever attempted by the Federal government. However, a solution must be found to a situation that so essentially affects the health and lives of US citizens and residents. |