I see no reason to debate the provision of health care for each and every person on our soil. It is simply a matter of duty to provide the best care for our fellow citizen. Why we question this requirement of our or moral and ethical souls is, at the least, frustrating.
Arguments have been made that we cannot treat the whole of our population with the amount of doctors we currently have. I find that to be a ridiculous point of contention. We have so many doctors that they no longer need to practice in general, but can pick a specific field to work in. We have an abundance of doctors. We just haven’t put them to work.
Sadly in the United States today there will be a credentialed medical professional injecting a woman in Hollywood with botulism to cure her self-esteem issues. Across the nation in Detroit a woman and her child will wait hours in an emergency room to see a doctor about the child’s cough that will not go away.
When did the care of another human become second to making money?
We have an unwritten contract governed by natural law. You do your best and I will do mine as well. In my travels around the world I have seen the care that is given. Doctors are a rare commodity in many places. They work tirelessly to care for those who need the care. It would be absurd for them to do otherwise. They would find it impossible to use their education and skills for silly extravagances like breast augmentations while others die of simple disease. They would consider any function of a doctor that was not useful in saving lives as wasteful and a disgrace to the profession.
American doctors value profit over health at the expense of human life. We are not advanced anymore than the war torn countries of Africa. We still die of simple diseases like the flu. Our best and brightest doctors do not give their time to the people, but they do sell it to those who can afford it. We have put a value on life without permission to do so.
If Americans were to accept in their minds that our doctors should be curing the sick instead of fixing the images of the rich, there would be much better care for everyone. Capitalism is not the answer to everything in our society. Our health should not be subject to profit margins and market forces. There are some things that are above money.
Allowing our government to make sure that our medical resources are used for what they do best is imperative to the health of our nation. We can not afford to leave our citizens without care.
