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Healthcare and A.R.T.
November 10, 2008 - Monday
Posted by Lisa
I know I am not the only one who is glad this election season is over. I never thought I would look forward to the day when regular, non-political commercials would be aired again. It’s not my job to talk about the election, and my opinion of the outcome, but it is my job, along with every other American citizen, to voice my opinion on what needs to be done in these next four years.
Understandably, health care has taken a back seat to some of the more mammoth issues such as The War in Iraq, The War on Terrorism, and of course, the economy. I am no politician, and seriously doubt I ever will be, but I am now in a position where I have a voice, and I plan to use it. What was the major issue before the stock market fell out? Healthcare. Ever since I can remember the government has come up with plenty of plans for improving the American healthcare system, but those plans only remain on the paper they were written on.
I’m sure you are familiar with the $700 billion bail out plan by this time. I’m proud of the American Government for solving the problem, and hopefully keeping the country out of a depression. However, I thought about this whole $700 billion business and have some thoughts of my own. I seriously doubt all $700 billion will be used to bail out the banks because thankfully, the stock market is slowly starting to build back up. So where are the billions of leftover dollars going? I can’t answer that question, and I doubt to many people can, but I doubt much of it will be going to the backseat issue of healthcare.
Let’s say the government threw A.R.T. one million dollars. One million dollars, undoubtably an enormous amount of money - but relative to $700 billion? That’s about .01% of the money used in the bail out plan. With that one million dollars, 100 families could go through IVF and start a family. Of course, the government cannot pay for these types of procedures because that is simply not how our healthcare system operates. But what I am trying to say is the money is there.
The public cannot let the health care issue fade away. If it does, so will any chance of A.R.T. ever gaining any type of acknowledgement whether it be from the government, major insurance companies, or even the general uninformed public. Only time will tell, but the public can’t watch the clock tick - we have to act! Bring A.R.T. and healthcare in general back to the forefront, because like the economy, it is an issue that directly affects all of us.
Thanks for your time,
John Taylor
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