Awhile ago I posted about my issues accessing health care. Recently this issue has come up in the comments of another blog I read. It was stated that: (mind you this is just a partial quote and in no way intended to flame the commenter it’s just here for context)
“…Communism. Socialized health care? Same thing.
Capitalism works. Study hard, work hard, earn your way. Want to slack off? That is great…just don’t ask me to pay for your health insurance, your rent, or anything else. No one in this country is entitled to anything. You want something? Earn it…”
So then I reiterated some of the things from my previous post namely that, “I actually wrote a post about this awhile ago. I hold a college degree and am currently working toward my masters. I am employed full time with benefits. In fact in college I was holding down 3 part time jobs and an internship and still managed to graduate with honors. I work hard. I also get cronic migraines. I got my first migraine at age six and now i get them about twice a month and they last from between 2-5 days at a time. I go to work with migraines because I feel guilty staying home. I sit at my computer or through meetings or working with clients all the while wanting nothing more than to curl up in the dark and cry. So no I do not slack off. However even with my full time job and health care benefits I cannot always afford my doctors appointments or medications. In fact I haven’t been able to fill a migraine prescription in about a year despite my promotion 6 months ago. I don’t live extravagantly. My car is paid off. I live in a one bedroom apartment and don’t waste my money on non-necessities. In fact I try to go to my parents house as often as possible for dinner to save on grocery costs. So call me a communist if you want but ya know what I want universal health care not just for me but for everyone like me and everyone worse off and everyone better off. Because I shouldn’t have to choose between rent and medications or doctor visits.”
and the commenter responded with: “’m sorry that you feel you have to make the decision between rent/medications/visits, etc… honestly, sounds like you need to find a job with better benefits, if you live somewhere with low rent, and don’t carry any debt. That sucks to say, but it is probably the truth.
I remember working a crappy job where the co pay for a doctors visit was 50 dollars, they wouldn’t cover a PAP smear, and they only covered certain medications (but with a ridiculous copayment).
I do appreciate you working hard for what you have. To be honest, I would not have a problem with my tax dollars helping out someone like you… I do have a problem helping out someone like my aunt who chooses to sit on her butt all day while the taxpayers support her budweiser/dorito/judge judy habit…..oh, and they pay all of the bills for her two kids, too. 
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Ok now that the foundation is laid here’s my newest thoughts on the topic.
First of all I didn’t post that comment for sympathy it was merely to point out that a lot of hard working people would benefit from universal health care. In fact it’s my belief that we would ALL benefit. We could get preventative care and be a healthier nation.
Not to mention If I didn’t have to worry about medical care I know that I could spend that money in other places groceries for instance. Parents could put more toward their children’s college funds. People could heat their homes. All sorts of things.
Secondly, it would be great if we got to choose exactly to what and whom our tax dollars went. But we don’t. Trust me there are SO many programs I would choose not to have MY tax dollars go to. The fact remains that our tax dollars go to programs that benefit our country even if we dont agree with them. I for one am hoping that the powers that be decide Universal Health Care should be one of those programs.
There’s more but I’ll have to save it for later I have class tonight
