Charles Krauthammer had a column in the Kansas City Star yesterday showing how over-the-top looney the right wing and Conservatives have become since our last, November election.
He took the stance that "Preventive care's savings.." are an "illusion."
Really?
You want to take the stance that keeping yourself healthy and properly-fed and properly-nutritioned and properly-exercised is not a good way to help stave off more serious illness and disease?
What are you thinking?
If you emphasize a few statistics, you know we need health care reform.
Let me repeat:
--We have THE MOST EXPENSIVE health care system in the world, literally. We spend 2.5 trillion dollars per year, for pity's sake;
--We rank 37th, internationally, in mortality rates. We're behind Costa Rica;
--We have nearly 50 million people uninsured and without any real health care in this country. A
And that's just 3 of many, many more statistics and facts that are available.
Everything else is smoke and mirrors.
Our health system is broken, ladies and gentelmen. We spend WAY too much on it and a lot of us are still without health care of any kind. Thousands of us are taking bankruptcy because of this crappy health care system.
It's insane.
This needs to be fixed.
And the time is now.
Link to story:
http://www.kansascity.com/273/story/1389037.html
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