Healthcare For All

Link to Article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/more-state-leaders-considering-opting-out-of-medicaid-expansion/2012/07/03/gJQADvMsLW_story.html

Have you ever felt lost, ignored, or uncared for? Well that's how millions of Americans will feel if state leaders choose to opt out of President Obama's healthcare expansion, which is something they are considering doing. Republican governors of these states: Florida, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Iowa, want to opt out. Now you may ask, "What is the expansion about?" Well, it's about Obama wanting to deliver healthcare to poor Americans. Many people cannot afford healthcare, yet it is something essential to have. Very essential, actually. What if those people get sick? How are they going to come up with the money to go to the doctor's office? Many times, there is no way for them.

This is the case for millions of Americans, so it's certainly a problem. So our President put this new program into action, in order to help out those people.

But certainly, this whole idea is not settling well with everyone. Republicans are worried about this whole proposal costing the U.S. Government too much money, because it will be quite an expensive program. It will cost the Government billions and trillions of dollars over time. That's a lot of money! A lot of people oppose it because they think it's just a waste of money. I found some opposition when I was doing some research:

"It is projected to cost approximately 1.6 trillion dollars which will be funded with cuts to other wasteful spending. Of course, that cost will also be offset by the increased productivity of workers who might otherwise be a drain on the society due to illness. Since the projected cost is over 10 years, this translates into 160 Billion dollars a year which is about a fifth of the base Military budget.

If the cost of this was borne directly by the taxpayer with no offsets the end result would be that it will cost every taxpaying American, if split equally, about $1159 a year for the next 10 years. Considering that the cost of paying COBRA for a family of four is about $1000 per month or $12,000 per year, this is quite a bargain for families who suddenly find themselves out of a job."

Source: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_money_is_Obama's_Health_Care_plan_going_to_cost

So clearly there are more than a few people who oppose this whole thing. Personally, I don't agree with all this opposition. In my opinion, most of those people who oppose this whole thing are selfish rich people. They have no idea what it’s like to live on food stamps, to not know if you will have food on your table the next day. No, they have no idea. Completely clueless. So instead of being so selfish and calling this whole thing a waste of money, why don’t they just reflect on how ridiculous they are making themselves look? Yes, there are other things that need to get taken care of in this country, a lot of things that need to be fixed. Healthcare should be one of the most essential things, because that is very important to have. So of course people who can’t afford it should have a way to get health care. We can’t just abandon a large percentage of Americans, what kind of country is that.

So I would like to hear your opinion: Is this whole program worth it? Or is it just a waste of everybody’s time? Is it really going to help Americans, or just make things harder for them?