Reframe

I am adjusting the scope and purpose of this blog. Commentary on current events will be addressed as they capture my interest and I work to process them. First on the agenda: the never-ending pursual of "healthcare reform" in Congress.

Why is this even an issue?

We're spending $65 billion a year in Afghanistan, and what's likely to amount to $3 trillion in the Iraq War, on the premise of "preventing another 9/11." It's a brilliant and honorable aim, to prevent acts of terror on American soil, but frankly, I don't think it's worth the cost in taxpayer funds and military lives.

Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Americans die each year basically because they lack health insurance. For the cost of a couple years in Afghanistan, we can ensure that our citizens aren't left to choose between insurmountable debt to healthcare providers and death.

Spending billions and trillions of taxpayer dollars to try to prevent a possibility of another single, tragic loss of thousands of American lives? Or investing billions of taxpayer dollars to ensure the continued health and well-being of those very taxpayers, and preventing the INEVITABLE, tragic loss of tens of thousands of American lives EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR.

America is the sole developed, Western nation which does not guarantee access to health insurance to all of its citizens. Is this a distinction we seek to maintain?

Also:
Really? Health insurance to cover chemo for your hedgehog?
Seriously now.