Posted on 05/04/2009 12:55:17 PM PDT by Zakeet
Sixty years ago, President Harry Truman sought to establish basic health insurance as a right for all Americans. His efforts fell short, as have so many others since then, and the consequences of those failures are felt every day.
Russ and Dana Walker of Humble, Texas, feel it. Their 21-year old son Jake has life-threatening cancer. As long as they held onto their job-based health insurance, he got the best care in the world. Now that the economic crisis has cost them both their jobs, Jake is uninsured and uninsurable. “You realize how vulnerable you really are,” Dana told The New York Times recently. “You just feel that you’re at a loss, that you’re at your wits’ end. I ask myself, ‘Do I really have to lose my home to save my son’s life?’”
Last year, the Census Bureau estimated that about 46 million Americans lack health insurance. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that, because of the current economic crisis, an additional 4 million people have lost coverage, pushing our nation near 50 million uninsured for the first time in modern history.
All other nations feel the impact of the economic crisis. But no other advanced nation treats its citizens who lose their livelihoods as poorly as we do.
It’s time to end this tragedy in America — forever.
Fortunately, leaders on Capitol Hill are united in their determination to repair our nation’s health care system this year. We must not — we cannot — wait. President Barack Obama, Sens. Harry Reid and Max Baucus, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Congressmen Henry Waxman, Charles Rangel and George Miller all agree that this is the year. Key Republican leaders, including Sens. Orrin Hatch, Mike Enzi, Chuck Grassley, Olympia Snowe and others, have indicated their desire to join in this bipartisan effort.
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His Royal Majesty, Sir Rhosis of Liver, Prince of Pork, Baron of Beef, Champion
of Chappaquiddick, Exalted Commander of the S.S. Oldsmobile, Royal Jester of
Camelot, Co-Inventor of the Waitress Sandwich, etc, etc, etc. is still churning out
ghost written articles with his usual style and class.
By never voting Democrat again.
Anything provided, at the whim of a government, cannot truly be called a “right”.
Only an idiot would think so.
If he were to expire now, it would be very good for America.
That is sort of like getting a civics lesson from Cindy Sheehan.
I still have not gotten over Mister Kennedy's stunning self-interested cowardice in the apparent causing Mary Jo Kopechne's death, and...
I still marvel in disbelief that he has no apparent remorse or attacks of conscience.
.
This old murdering fool is still around?
Hasn’t he died yet? Oh well, it can’t be long.
or any investigation in to the death caused by Mr. Kennedy?
Course there was no alcohol involved.
Course there was no leaving the scene of an accident with injuries or casualties.
Course there was no moral outrage that Mr. Kennedy had a wife at home with a passel of kids while he was getting that humXXX when he went off a bridge killing Mary Jo?
Shut up old FOOL.
Ee’s not quite dead yet!
Yeah. The Dems will call it “Teddy’s Bill” to memorialize the hero of Chappaquiddick.
And NOW, we have ANOTHER thing to thank the Kennedy Tribe for - Obama.
How is a 21 year old still on his parents health insurance?
Screw you Fat Ted!
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