Jun

14

Willing to Sacrifice

Filed Under California, Human Development, Links | 1 Comment

Today I posted the following comment to a Sacramento Bee article by Daniel Weintraub titled Moore on health insurance: Entertaining but flawed. Let’s see if it is approved by the moderator.

After the summer, I will be a UC graduate. This means, among other things, that I will no longer have the health care provided by the UC.I am willing to step up and pay more taxes to ensure not only myself, but also my fellow human being, has health care.Yesterday, I returned home from the dentist and spoke with my parents about some work I need done and my mom asked, “How much is it going to cost?” My parents are running a small business and thus greatly concerned about costs.I replied, “Why should it matter how much it costs to ensure that my teeth are healthy?”With universal health care I will obtain the freedom to focus on the greater problems of society.However, it should be expected from individuals to appreciate the collective sacrifice we are making to ensure that we can individually succeed.Ultimately, by allowing me to obtain the care I need today for the minor problem, like a cracked tooth filling, I will not have the major problem of a cavity tomorrow