I have spent a bit of time arguing amongst the community here about health care and the need for "Single Payer" the latest euphemism for socialized medicine. Now that we have two nominees that favor continuing the current model of for profit insurance companies running the system with a few minor modifications my hopes for universal care are over. Both McCain and Obama have laid out programs that will tinker around the edges but do little to improve the everyday lives of people that are consumers of health care in America.
Rather than bemoan the facts or belabor the point I am attempting to do something positive. Please read the whole diary before trying to defend Obama’s plan in the comments.
Going back to the Hyde amendment in 1976 Medicare has limited its payments for the reproductive health care of women. Most states and the federal government refuse to pay for abortions for poor women. This horrible public policy is possible because it only effects the poor. If we had a national health care system this discriminatory policy would never be allowed to continue but we can do something about it with the help of another horrible government policy. The Feminist Women’s Health Center helps provide abortion services and education about reproductive health to those that would otherwise be denied. I am sending my ,"stimulus check" bribe to the Network for Good and I hope that some of you will send some of your bribe there as well. It is my fervent hope that if enough of us do this not only will a lot of people be helped but maybe a few Republican heads will explode