This really got emotional for me. Because sometimes I have the resources to treat my illness out of pocket and sometimes I don't. And I just lay there and suffer and rest until I'm well enough to work. It's affected my career, my quality of life, every aspect of my life hinges on my health issue. I paid into the health insurance system for 11 years. Then when I needed it, they caught me in a loophole.
And my life is worse for it. I'm grateful that I can do something about it sometimes, but around the next corner is always the possibility that I'm going to have to start from scratch again next month if I get sick.
I'm a capitalist - a compassionate one, sure, but I think that most people are. We have socialized security, fire protection, and education. How would adding health care to that bring the demise of Western Civilization?
Given a choice I just want to be able to pay for a health care plan. That's all. I'm not asking for coverage for extra-ordinary things -- spinal degenerative disorder is extremely treatable. And would have been cheaper if I didn't have to go without treatment for long periods of time and end up with nerve damage and...
I could sit here and vent all day. I'm just saying that I agree with you and I hope this whole thing works out for us all. You're absolutely right. It's an issue of morality. Health care is a basic human right that ... I can't name a country off the top of my head that doesn't in some way provide it for their citizens. | 
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