Healthcare Scares

Affordable Health Care is an ongoing social issue for citizens of The United States of America. While viewing the documentary Sicko,  created by Michael Moore, I was made aware of how far behind our government has fallen on their responsibility to the citizens to provide health care benefits. It seems as though they are a bunch of vultures circling over a carcasses awaiting for the animals to decay to the point of satisfaction. As an active registered voter and taxpayer for over 18 years, I personally feel like I have no voice.
In this documentary, Michael took a trip to several countries to, investigate how their health care policies compared to U.S. A. citizens, and boy was he shocked.
 In most of the countries citizens can visit the doctor's office or emergency room, free of charge. The patient can also get reimbursed for travel expenses.  There was an older couple who lived in Canada, that refuse to visit their family in the United States without getting health care coverage before the travel because they were afraid of needing medical treatment and being overcharged or denied services because their health  insurance would not be accepted in the United States. Not only was the health care affordable but the quality of the health care was exceptional as well. During an interview with one doctor, he explained that there was a benefit financially in his income if he were to get his patients to quit smoking or change their diet or exercise to lower their blood pressure. So they basically encourage their citizens to adopt a healthier life style, where our doctors get paid more money, for the more health problems they have to treat. The more treatment, test, and prescriptions a doctor orders, gets the patients' bill higher and more money to the doctor.
 In one country the health care benefits as well as  college education for children is also paid for by the government. When Michael asked the citizens their opinion as to why they thought the government helps out so much, their response was an eye opener to me, they said because the government is scared of the people! It makes so much sense to me. When the people are not pleased with decisions the government makes, they come together and protest. They demand to be heard and the government obliges. It is the exact opposite for us, here we are scared of  the government and we do not unite as a whole to get results. Here in the United States we are socially, racially, and politically separated. In Moscow there was a protest from the people because they were not pleased with health care and job wages. It is a proven fact that there is multitude in numbers.


When President Barack Obama was elected into office, one of the social issues he was extremely passionate about was affordable health care. As he pursued to have the health care plan written and passed, there was so much restraint, backlash, and negativity from the Republican Party. It became and issue of power for the Republicans versus the welfare of the people. I am self employed and also a single parent of three children. In order for me to afford health care from a insurance company for my family was simply too expensive and impossible for me to afford. The cost for my family would exceed $300 a month. I thank God for President Obama. With the Affordable Health Care plan I pay a little over $30.00 a month for myself. On top of my monthly premium I only have to pay  a $5.00 copay for doctors visits in my network, and $5.00 for prescriptions. In the countries Michael visited, health care was free, and prescriptions were not only affordable, but it did not matter what type of medicine it was, rather it be an antibiotic for a sinus infection or chemo pills for a cancer patient, the price was the same, a little over $6.00. The deadline for health care is still approaching soon, the original deadline has been extended. I can not imagine why someone would not or have not already enrolled in Obamacare.  There is still time to enroll, I would strongly advise anyone who needs healthcare, to enroll before the new deadline  is here.