As you know, it is a presidential election year. The record number of voters who have participated in this year's presidential primaries and caucuses indicate that Americans want to make their voices heard. For those of us who have fought, day after day, year after year, to eradicate brea...
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Health Care For All
Revcoco
Friday, June 13, 2008 at 01:09 AM
There is no excuse for our politicians to not support breast cancer research and I appreciate the Pledge you provide on this website. I'm a little concerned, however, when I hear demands for health care for all on combined wiith breast cancer research platforms. Universal health care is an idealist concept and I wish it for everyone, but there are some practical applications that no one seems to address. For example, who will serve all the patients? If the government forces physicians to take on more patients many would become overwhelmed and decide to quit their practice. A tremendous increase in the number of trained physicians would be needed and they would need training. That would require many new medical schools and hospitals. Besides being an incredibly ambitious plan how would taxpayers pay for it all? No one ever says. These issues must be resolved before a plausible plan can even be suggested. It is so much easier to speak supportive words like a cheerleader for a popular cause than it is to turn it into a reality. And I don't think the politicians know what to do.
Breast cancer research would probably stand a better chance at gaining the attention it desperately deserves if it wasn't being muddled by such a complex and weighty proposition as a demand for universal health care. Therefore, I'd like to see the Pledge for breast cancer research support and the demand for health care for all separated.
There is no excuse for our politicians to not support breast cancer research and I appreciate the Pledge you provide on this website. I'm a little concerned, however, when I hear demands for health care for all on combined wiith breast cancer research platforms. Universal health care is an idealist concept and I wish it for everyone, but there are some practical applications that no one seems to address. For example, who will serve all the patients? If the government forces physicians to take on more patients many would become overwhelmed and decide to quit their practice. A tremendous increase in the number of trained physicians would be needed and they would need training. That would require many new medical schools and hospitals. Besides being an incredibly ambitious plan how would taxpayers pay for it all? No one ever says. These issues must be resolved before a plausible plan can even be suggested. It is so much easier to speak supportive words like a cheerleader for a popular cause than it is to turn it into a reality. And I don't think the politicians know what to do.
Breast cancer research would probably stand a better chance at gaining the attention it desperately deserves if it wasn't being muddled by such a complex and weighty proposition as a demand for universal health care. Therefore, I'd like to see the Pledge for breast cancer research support and the demand for health care for all separated.