by David Safier
Sarah Garrecht Gassen of the Star wrote laid it all out in a terrific op ed, combining her personal battles to get adequate coverage from her health care insurance with her wealth of information and skills as an essayist. It's a must read.
reasoned, thoughtful arguments for health-insurance reform that fail to
trump hysteria and lies perpetrated by the other side, which is
fighting to maintain the status quo.
the right to deny me — and millions of people like me — health care. It
is tragic that millions of people are without health insurance and it's
not considered a national scandal.
lobbyists can lie, twist reality and make up claims that no rational
person would believe with impunity — and that millions buy into this
load of garbage without a second thought. What needs to be a rational
debate about a major policy question facing our nation has devolved
into shouting matches where facts are feared and obedience to ideology
reigns.
Follow the link to read the whole column, including her own story of trying to get a new prosthetic leg to replace hers that was so worn out, "I was falling down in the middle of busy streets and each step felt
like wearing a way-too-small right shoe on the left foot. I almost
couldn't walk."
And if you have more time, read the op ed by Doctor/Representative Matt Heinz, an illuminating discussion of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), which he says is one of the best of its kind in the nation and a possible model for national health care legislation.
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I am puzzled why Sarah Garrecht Gassen thinks that the government is going to be any less likely to delay or deny a request for a replacement prosthetic than private insurance is.
Government run health care can be as arbitrary as private health care. Just because the government is paying for it doesn’t mean they will pay for an item that private insurance doesn’t.
What am I missing here?