Comments on: Healthcare-it’s a child’s game

By: darin lowery

darin lowery — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:30:08 +0000

Basic healthcare means having the luxury of becoming ill, suffering from an accident, or needing preventive medical/dental/psychological maintenance… and being able to pay a reasonable fee for services rendered without losing your life savings, trashing your ‘credit score’, or declaring bankruptcy.

By: LCGross

LCGross — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:44:52 +0000

Thanks Vince for an article which makes us all think! As a BC survivor I’ve become acutely aware of healthcare in this country, and I think the thing we are not willing to debate as a country/society is that question of just where we draw the line. I appreciate all the great care I got and it certainly extended life. But do I have a right to fabulous health care always? Probably not. We have to get past socially acceptable politics and talk about the limits of what we can promise people. At least one of the questions we need to debate is … exactly what do we, as Americans, consider basic health care?
Thanks for writing and initiating the debate locally.

By: Jolene Steuckrath

Jolene Steuckrath — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:46:50 +0000

Great article and thanks Robert for showing it to me. Yes, at what age does human life become obsolete? I totally agree with the writer that no one wants to help someone after 25 and at 65 hang it up!

By: Robert Ragels

Robert Ragels — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:37:05 +0000

Great story! It really puts things into perspective. I guess we should all be treated like children. How is it that when a person goes through puberty they are no longer worthy of healthcare??? At what age is a life worth less or worthless?

By: Mary W. Black

Mary W. Black — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:15:04 +0000

A brillant piece of thought provoking ideas that will enrage some who might recognize themselves as just the person who would put money in a jar and thank God it is not their child looking so ill, yet ,now stand and protest President Obamas’ simple proposal that all Americans deserve and should have health care. Of course, no one wants their child to get ill ever, young or old, but in reality that is what happens every day. As a mother of grown sons and one son who died in his teens I can say it matters not, from a mothers’ perspective, the age of the child. Each day I ask two things for my sons, health and happiness. If any of us lose our jobs we will find ourselves as the uninsured along with millions of others.
Whatever it takes, we must have Health Care Reform now.