Our Healthcare System

At sometime in our lives, we all need medical care. The access to that care will often be determined by whether or not we number among the Americans with or without health insurance. As the gap widens between the quality of care among the insured and uninsured, the Healthcare system draws unprecedented scrutiny.
The question becomes, should the government offer health insurance to every citizen for free?
When our current system leaves so many of the countries faithful citizens without access to lifesaving care because of their financial status, and medical conditions, how can we ask for anything else?

Whichever stance a person takes on the health insurance debate, we must all admit that our current system leaves many Americans without access to health insurance. When a person is born with any of a host of inherited medical conditions such as a heart murmur, asthma, autism, the list goes on and on, they may eventually find themselves among the uninsured when they seek medical coverage. They will face repetitive denial, being seen as too much of a risk to most insurance company’s prospective profits. The exorbitant rates they will be offered by a few will make it impossible for them to maintain coverage, if at all.
Should such a person be discriminated against because of medical condition with which they were born, over which they have no control?

Many Americans, who work 40 hours a week or more, live just above the poverty line.
Very often because of their environment, stress, and insufficient nourishment, these same people acquire a host of medical complaints and are in desperate need of care. The current system has no place for these people. Yet so many of us fall into this category.
One of a countries greatest asset is labor. If the work force is sickly, who shall turn on our cities in the morning, cook the meals in our favorite restaurants, cater to our children in school, sanitize our bathrooms, sweep our streets, and who shall defend our country?
Let us take care of those who work so hard to take care of us.

Our government can eradicate the inherent discrimination of our current system by offering free healthcare to its citizens.
It is time we recognize that discrimination against those with inherited medical conditions and the poor who can not afford health insurance is a crime of injustice.