Universal health care gives chance for equal society
By: Jessica DeLisa
Issue date: 5/21/04 Section: Ed-Op
Originally published: 5/21/04 at 1:56 AM EST
Last update: 5/21/04 at 1:57 AM EST
Originally published: 5/21/04 at 1:56 AM EST
Last update: 5/21/04 at 1:57 AM EST
What health care covers is an issue whether one pays for their own healthcare or not. If an insurance carrier decides to cover abortions then it should not pick and chose which customers it will cover. By covering it the insurance company recognizes a need for it. The argument made by Aaron is that abortion should not be covered because his money would go to an abortion for a pregnancy he did not cause. With his main concern as money I wonder why he does not support this. It would be a one time fee instead of another child's lifetime to pay for. As for medical marijuana, there really is no way to know the value of it unless you are a very ill person.
I will not even attempt to go into the topic of comparing other countries to ours. I am sure we can think of reasons why this is unnecessary. It would however be interesting to compare the differences from state to state in our own country.
The system today allows for people who do not make enough money to apply for health care, but only under certain guidelines. If you are single and over 18, good luck. My state issued health insurance will run out in a little less then a year when I am 19. When I contacted social services about this, they said that because I am single and not pregnant I do not qualify.
The lack of health coverage has a negative effect on a person and only brings them down further. Working another job and maintaining my active campus life will be difficult, but doable. Is it necessary though? I do not spend my weekends drinking and I am not worried about sacrificing my social life, but it is tough to look around at others who are reckless and don't have to stress about having proper medical care. My only other option is to get pregnant. How is it that I can come from a family that cannot provide health insurance and manage to do something good, but yet I am being pulled back down because I am not pregnant? If I am covered until I graduate and I get a degree it will advance my options. By doing this I will be one less person being paid for by tax payers and one more paying for others. This is the way to break the cycle.
By refusing health care we are refusing an equal chance in society. Health most certainly will affect someone's ability to succeed and limiting it will create a chain that will be near impossible to break. It will only hurt the tax payers more by not providing health care. My advice is to make up your own opinion, but whatever you do, take Sakulich's commentary for what is: A point of view full of statistics that do not demonstrate a relationship between the two things he tries to compare, a contradiction between not wanting to waste his money on health care, but not supporting abortions, stereotyping uninsured citizens and proving to be an unconcerned citizen.
Jessica DeLisa is a sophomore majoring in communications.
I will not even attempt to go into the topic of comparing other countries to ours. I am sure we can think of reasons why this is unnecessary. It would however be interesting to compare the differences from state to state in our own country.
The system today allows for people who do not make enough money to apply for health care, but only under certain guidelines. If you are single and over 18, good luck. My state issued health insurance will run out in a little less then a year when I am 19. When I contacted social services about this, they said that because I am single and not pregnant I do not qualify.
The lack of health coverage has a negative effect on a person and only brings them down further. Working another job and maintaining my active campus life will be difficult, but doable. Is it necessary though? I do not spend my weekends drinking and I am not worried about sacrificing my social life, but it is tough to look around at others who are reckless and don't have to stress about having proper medical care. My only other option is to get pregnant. How is it that I can come from a family that cannot provide health insurance and manage to do something good, but yet I am being pulled back down because I am not pregnant? If I am covered until I graduate and I get a degree it will advance my options. By doing this I will be one less person being paid for by tax payers and one more paying for others. This is the way to break the cycle.
By refusing health care we are refusing an equal chance in society. Health most certainly will affect someone's ability to succeed and limiting it will create a chain that will be near impossible to break. It will only hurt the tax payers more by not providing health care. My advice is to make up your own opinion, but whatever you do, take Sakulich's commentary for what is: A point of view full of statistics that do not demonstrate a relationship between the two things he tries to compare, a contradiction between not wanting to waste his money on health care, but not supporting abortions, stereotyping uninsured citizens and proving to be an unconcerned citizen.
Jessica DeLisa is a sophomore majoring in communications.
