I have never heard anyone say they don't want health care! Republicans are just using that argument as a way of saying that it's a bad idea.
Some people, very few, may have health care due to being a member of the military or something similar. But most people do not have that option. Others may already have health care through their employers but universal health care would also be a better system because it would give them better health care at reduced costs. As someone who was once without health care, I can tell you it's a terrible thing to not have health care! I even looked into buying insurance (apart from a program that comes from an employer). And even for a very basic policy, it would have cost $150.00 per month!! At the time I wasn't even making a lot of money and it did not make sense to pay that much money. And this was about 10 yrs ago!! I can only imagine how much it would cost now if I weren't already getting better benefits from my job......... ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 4:45 PM Subject: {Dawgs/Dittos} Some choose not to have healthcare Not only is Tenn. in the bottom ten in almost every catagory but this guy says there are people that choose not to have healthcare.....If so bring them out here....let's chat with them....and I'd say that if we have universal healthcare no one would be FORCED to have it...they could wait till they got sick and pay for everything up front...no money to treatment... This dude was/is a cocaine addict... +++++++++ Healthcare is 'a privilege...not a right': GOP lawmaker David Edwards and Ron Brynaert Published: Thursday March 5, 2009 President Obama is set to convene a summit on reforming healthcare Thursday, and some Republicans are already taking shots. Rep. Zach Wamp (Rep-Tenn) told MSNBC's Tamron Hall that he believes that healthcare is not a right because many choose not to have insurance. After Wamp finished, Hall came very close to implying that the GOP couldn't come up with any viable alternatives. "As you well know, sir, the administration disputes that," Hall said talking over Wamp as he loudly accused Obama of seeking to cut medicare benefits to pay for the healthcare plan. "But what we're gonna do is let the president speak for himself." Hall continued, "I am not speaking for [President Obama], I'm just more intrigued by who has a right to have healthcare and who does not." "We better stand up and defend our system or it's going to go away," Wamp interjected. "I think that Americans think that we should have alternatives certainly, and that's what we want to hear if they're out there, thank you very much Congressman it's certainly great to talk to you," Hall ended the segment. Wamp is reportedly considering running for governor of Tennessee, despite recently admitting that he was once addicted to cocaine. Groups supportive of universal healthcare would dispute Wamp's contention that it isn't a right. Along with other documents, the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, signed by all nations seeking UN membership in 1948, including the US, contains the following article: "Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control." An article published late Thursday afternoon by MSNBC included a White House response to some of Wamp's claims. Domenico Montanaro reports, "'If you go around the country, you won't hear many people saying, 'I don't want health care,'' a White House source told MSNBC, adding that the point of today's summit, in fact, is to bring together people with varying views on the issue. 'Now is the time to reform health care,' the source said, 'No one says, 'We agree with everything.' …We welcome voices from all sides of the spectrum.'" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WebTV Dawgs/Dittos" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/WebTV-Pals -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
