When I began blogging last year, I promised myself that I would stay away from discussing politics. There are plenty of other places on the web you can go and get political opinions, so why would you want mine? But with the Wisconsin primary now behind us, and a huge focus this election year on health care reform, I thought I would weigh in with my thoughts.
My thoughts are a simple form of deduction:
- America has Republican fatigue, so we will undoubtedly elect a Democrat into office.
- Every Democratic candidate wants to enact some form of health care reform.
- 40 million Americans don’t have health insurance, and 260 million Americans do.
- That means, that as one of the 260 million American’s who does have health insurance, I will be one of the ones that pays for this.
Well, I figure if I’m going to foot the bill, then I should have some say in how my money is going to be spent. Without getting into all the political hoo-rah-rah about the complexities and inequities of our health care system, I’d like my money to be spent on fixing a more practical health care problem. Have you ever noticed that every “walker” used by elderly or injured people has those raggedy, used tennis balls on the bottom of it’s legs? Well, that’s what I want my part of health care reform to look like. I mean c’mon, this is the 21st century! I would think we could come up with something better than used tennis balls for the bottoms of walkers.
I can see the campaign slogan now – “Walkers without balls for all!”.
My name is Tom White, and I approve this message.
G’Night G’Town
My own prescription for health is less paperwork and more running barefoot through the grass. ~Leslie Grimutter
