Daily Archives: March 10, 2010

I find it absolutely absurd when I hear people, especially elected officials, saying, “The debate on healthcare has been too short. How can we expect to figure out such a massive change in our country with such a short conversation?” For those that don’t realize — a group that I hope would not include elected officials — we have been talking about healthcare and fixing our system since the beginning of the 20th century. Almost 100 years! Is that a short debate? Is that not enough time to understand that corporations making billions of dollars on the health of our citizens is an immoral and irrational way to render care? Is it not enough time, from Presidents Theodore Roosevelt to F.D.R to Truman to Eisenhower to Kennedy to Johnson to Nixon to Carter to Clinton and now Obama, to figure out that we need to overhaul and change how we provide insurance and healthcare for our citizens?

The “not enough time” argument is just a smoke screen for the “we are not interested in doing this” argument, which opponents of healthcare reform are too afraid to say out loud. The “not enough time” argument is a smoke screen for the “we get millions of dollars in campaign contributions from insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies and other industry lobbyists and we like that money” argument. The “not enough time” argument is a smoke screen for the “those who can afford healthcare are doing fine and those can’t, well, work harder” argument that perpetuates a horrible trend in America that the wealthy dictate what the rest of the country has access to. It is time for this to end, and we are very close to making that happen.

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