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Myth Buster 101, Pt.2 – Why should we care?

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The issue of health insurance/care reform has finally barged it’s way to the forefront of our nation’s leaders by necessity. But, what we see are ‘roadblocks’ in every direction, instead of real progress. Some of the most obstinate bulwarks are the band-aids and counterfeits that skirt away from the main issue, which is “affordable [health insurance] coverage to every American,” as Mr. Kazanjian aptly words it. Slip-joints, conveniently slide the focus over to side issues, that offer very little progress, if any at all, to the main issue which, again, is “affordable [health insurance] coverage to every American.”

There exists a haughty attitude among many who could care less about their fellow countrymen, whether they have health insurance coverage or not. Perhaps they have long forgotten the extreme price our forefathers have selflessly paid dearly to provide creating and defending nation intended to be like minded. Do our valiant soldiers in Iraq fight because they love to be shot at? Or they offering their extreme sacrifice in support of the millions of their fellow countrymen that they’ll never even meet? Perhaps those people who could care less should recall the words of Mr. McCain, when he stated : “To love one’s country is to love one’s countrymen”. Do we care enough to validate the statistic that 22,000 Americans died last year due to lack of health insurance? Would a lesser figure be more palatable? Those who do care are free to and encouraged to recheck the exhaustive work performed by the experts at the Center for American Progress or, even check with those experts themselves. They are listed on the org’s www.americanprogress.org web site.

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