Public Option or no reform

Maybe it's me, but I just don't get it. The Health care industry has had a monopoly on the industry for too long; it’s time for a change. How do we put a price on a human life? This shouldn’t even be a debate, but it is because of the inherit stupidity of people. Most of the people arguing against a public option they would benefit from. That’s pretty dumb. The rest of the people arguing against it have never had a problem with health insurers yet (with the emphasis on yet) so they think they are immune. Well I hate to break your bubble but the word insured isn’t going to mean anything if we do not get a public option. We will see and hear of more and more people with insurance being denied coverage.

Health reform without a public option is not an option. The public option is essential to have any viable health reform. The health companies played their hand, they said that prices will go up. Why don't we believe them?  There is no reason not to believe them they have all the cards in the deck, so they can play and hand they want too. The only way to control prices is to have the option to go to someone cheaper or to someone who is providing the service you are paying for. Right now millions of Americans are paying into their insurance, feeling good about their insurance with-out a care in the world. But when they get sick, go to the doctor and the insurance company drops them or will not cover the cost of what they need, then they will be screaming foul. But it will be too late, for there will be no one listening.

Now, I have heard and I'm sure you have too, the ramblings of Palin and Limbaugh and the rest of the crazy so called conservatives talking about death panels, Socialism, Communism, Fascism (YAWN) Nazis well you get the point. It is so easy to yell nonsense when you don’t have an argument for the proposed bill. Then you have the religious right who only care about abortion, it doesn’t matter how many people die without health insurance at least they couldn’t get an abortion. If we want to have an intellectual conversation some jack ass will yell abortion and we are back at square one.

Now back to the matter at hand. We need an option to protect the people from the insurance cartels that are conspiring to keep us owning them. There only consern is there bottom line. So I ask you what is more important a human life or money? We no what the insurance companies think, but what do you think? I think we have three options: Do nothing, Health reform with a public option or regulate the hell out of them. I know how much Republicans love the word, regulate so I think that one is out. The bottom line is I believe we shouldn't have to choose if wewant to live. We shouldn’t have to want to be healthy. We shouldn’t have to want anything that has to do with health; health care should be accessible to everyone.