Care
The GOP last night failed to vote through a measure that would have certainly killed people. This was not a war vote, in the strictest definition of that word, but a vote on healthcare. A vote that 49 of 52 Republican senators chose to cast. They voted, in the most basic way, to strip away healthcare from their constituents and, if passed, would have stood behind the flag of conservatism and individualism and lower taxes (but for whom?). How else can one attempt to justify a vote to steal from the poorest among us and hand it over to the rich. These reverse Robin Hoods are righteous about not giving things away to those they feel undeserving, but consistently give handouts to the richest industries in this nation. They consistently decide that the people most often disenfranchised are obviously those least deserving of their help. These are the people who wave the banner of Christendom while acting just the opposite their favorite philosopher.
The rest of the first world has moved on without us. Their left-right continuum is not so intractable as this and despite the insurgency of mentally ill supremacists, they have proven that they can vote those people into irrelevancy (au revoir, Le Pen). On this issue, on healthcare, they’ve understood that their citizens must be given care, no matter the circumstance. Think about it, they do not even have to talk about medical insurance. These dumb conversations about deductibles and premiums and whether or not we can afford to take that appointment or get that procedure do not happen. They just don’t have to trouble themselves with needless and worrisome conversations about how to keep themselves alive. Death by lack of coverage need not happen.
For now, we still must have those conversations. While we have lesser millions without coverage than we would have with their mean and terrible bills, we still have an awful lack of coverage in this country. Insurance companies still control our livelihoods. We must push forward to obliterate needless corporations and ensure coverage for every single one of us. No exceptions. A majority of the electorate agrees, so there is no reason for either party not to agree as well. This is not a game. This is not an investment opportunity. These are the lives of millions.
