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Right now, we have a really messed up health care system. The people who can’t afford private insurance have to hope to God they don’t get really hurt or really sick. And when that does happen, they usually die. People who have private health insurance are at the mercy of insurance companies. And insurance companies will go out of their way to say “No. We are not paying for this,” even if that person’s life depends on it.

Why? They don’t give a shit about your well-being. They just want to make money, and when they don’t pay for shit, they still get your money. In fact, it’s their duty to their shareholders to do this. Corporations want to make money, and paying for an expensive life-saving surgery won’t do that. It’s the truth, plain and simple.

As long as there’s money to be made out of this, these corporations are not going to suddenly grow a heart. The only way health care will ever serve the people, and not some rich execs in a midtown corporate office, is if it’s taken into the hands of the government. Universal health care is the way to go.

The government is required to serve the people. They don’t have shareholders. They can’t make shitloads of money off of its own people suffering without sending most of the country into uproar. So, if our taxes paid for health care for every citizen, rich and poor, black and white, young and old, they could not just rip us off. They would have no reason to rip us off.

Even if you are perfectly healthy, you would still pay taxes for this. And I know that some people would be pissed by this. But with universal health care, you can save a homeless person’s life just by paying your taxes on time. The people who require the most treatment would do the same for you if you were in their situation. It’s called social responsibility.

“If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people.” – Tony Benn