I understand the need for health care... Things like illness and accidents (etc) happen in life. Health care provides a way to get the treatments and surgical procedures one may need should anything ever happen. However, and I'm sure I'm not alone in this statement, I DO NOT feel that it is right in ANY way to force the American citizen, (Texans in our case) to have to pay for it or face severe penalty otherwise. Information I've found online states that in 2007-2008 about 44% of Texas did not have health care. I'd deduce that 44% has a decent or valid reason for not paying the price of health care, wouldn't you? Whether it be barely making ends meet in the current economy, or what have you... many working class Texans struggle from month to month just to pay the rent. Now these people will have to pay for the Government's mistakes in the way of budgeting and spending by way of health care. I feel that it's an individual's choice how they are to spend their dollar, and the government shouldn't change anything or add any additional requirements to what we already have to pay. I feel behind enough, most of the time. The bill doesn't go into act fully until 2014, and one can only hope that by that time Texans will be prepared enough to undertake the new costs we'll have to face.
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ReplyDeleteReading the blog "With Liberty and Health Care for All" you would think having health insurance is a burden. What I find interesting is that the author talks about people barely not being able to make ends meet much less be able to pay for heath insurance. What the blog does not say is that if a person makes less than a certain income then the govt. will help pay for the insurance. It is like the Children's Health Insurance that we now have.
I agree with the author that it is unfair to ask our citizens to pay a penalty for not having insurance but right now we are paying for the uninsured as it is. People who go to emergency rooms without insurance still get seen and it's us taxpayers who get stuck with the bill. I do not see why we can't shift some of the burden to people and make them have some kind of health insurance.
It is not fair for tax payers to pay for medicaid for an illegal immigrant who comes into the U.S and have their kids here, but we do it because the law states that if a person is born in the United States then they are a automatic citizen, whether or not their parent is a citizen or legal resident of the states.
I do not see the problem with making people carry health insurance like we do with car insurance. You get a ticket and penalize if you do not have car insurance so why can't we do the same with health insurance. It might lessen the burden on the tax payers who do pay taxes.
The author's claim that it would only burden people especially Texans to carry health insurance is a legit one but it does not tell the reality that uninsured people puts more of a burden on tax payers and with Texas having about 45-50% of people uninsured then it's the Texans who have that huge bill to pay.
I want to first share my respect for you as a fellow witter and student, and apologize if any thing written offends or angers you. My comments are not those of a professional, nor written to bash your ideas or thoughts on the subject.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your blog and in my opinion it was very well written. The main topic of your blog(health care reform) was very clear (and I love that you voiced your prospective on the bill.The strongest sentence was "I DO NOT feel that it is right in ANY way to force the American citizen,(Texans in our case)to have to pay for it or face severe penalty otherwise." However, as Kris says smart people can disagree.
Use Pros and Cons. I notice that you only state negative costly examples such as "barley making ends meet...struggle from month to month" for the health care reform. By stating both sides of your topic (pros/cons)you make a stronger argument.By listing pros and cons the writer is allowed to morally weigh the situation or problem.The next paragraph will have an example for supporting t he bill.
Yes, the bill will cost us Americans(con) but it probably wont be much more than we already pay.(pro)Prime example; Currently, if you call the ambulance and you have insurance you pay $900 for the ride to the hospital, if someone who doesn't have insurance calls the ambulance you will still pay that $900 that the hospital writes off in tax dollars.See how something so small can have a huge effect on an argument.Think of your readers as judges wanting to hear both sides of the story.
Is the cost of the bill the only thing that you are against? In your blog all your statements toward the bill concern money and budgeting. Although your argument about money was strong I would give more detailed objections.You are trying to convince an audience (your readers) to share your view. If I were trying to find out where i stood on this subject matter just one objection wouldn't convince me to see things your way.
Use topic sentences. A topic sentence just summarizes your paragraph in the first sentence. This makes reading a piece of work easier and understandable.Although your blog is short you could stick a couple in there.
Again, I really enjoyed reading your blog.