For the next couple of weekends before the election, I thought I’d take a little trip down bloggy memory lane — what was I musing about a year ago? This one is still a hot topic, as well it should be — health care for children.
With the scheduled veto override vote of the SCHIP bill tomorrow, health care is a big topic of conversation — on the news, on the playgrounds, on the blogs.
If you need one more reason to get in touch with your Congressman or Congresswoman to find out how they are going to vote to cover children who need health insurance, stop by and read Blog Antagonist’s post today called So That Post About Health Care … or watch the Keith Olbermann interview with the parents of Graeme Frost, the 12-year-old boy who is being attacked by the right-wingers over being too “rich” to have had live-saving medical care paid for through the SCHIP program.
Do we really need anymore reasons to change our health care system from one that’s driven by profit motives to one that makes sure that children’s lives can be saved?
Oh, and if your lawmakers say the increased funding on SCHIP is too expensive? Just point out that the being able to cover millions more children over the next few years will cost the same amount that we’re paying now to fund the war in Iraq for about a month.
What’s worth more to you — helping someone like Graeme Frost or paying for another month in Iraq?
October 18th, 2008 at 7:30 am
I’m simply baffled by the right’s inability to see that “profit” and “care” are mutually exclusive. The idea that we would *still* be playing politics with a child’s health is astounding.
Thanks for posting – such an important issue that’s been woefully under-discussed this election season.
November 20th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed
reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
Sarah
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