All in it together Universal Health

American culture simply has never been based on caring about what happened to your neighbor.” Unfortunately, this is ultimately what this health care debate comes down to. “I’ve got mine; the fact that you don’t have yours is not my problem” is the thinking.

There is a right and ethical way to do things in this world, and the ethical thing to do here in one of the richest countries in the world is to provide health care for all Americans, regardless of whether they can individually pay for it or not.

Yes, socialized medicine is one way to describe it, but what exactly is wrong with that? Who do the opponents of a public health care option think make the medical decisions about health care? The insurance companies do. They are far more concerned about their profit margin than the government will ever be, if it is ultimately to make these same decisions.

And, at least, with universal coverage, we will all have the option of having someone make those decisions, whether the government or insurers, rather than just some of us.