Health Care for All: It's way past time

A state bill, SB 840, the California Health Insurance Reliability Act, (CHIRA), by State Senator Shiela Kuehl, and a national bill, HR 676, the United States National Health Insurance Act by the great patriot, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. of Michigan, are two bills currently being considered in their respective houses that would finally bring health care sanity to the American people.

We at the Humor Times proudly back these efforts to lift our state and our country up to the level of the rest of the civilized world. Health care is a right, and allowing private insurance companies to profit from people's sickness is, in itself, incredibly sick. Let us heal ourselves by passing national single-payer health care for all.

The corporate media has succeeded in scaring a lot of people away from supporting national health care over the years, even though just about everyone realizes health care in this country is a very bad joke. However, the fear is unjustified. You will still have access to the same level of medical care that you do now, only it will be much easier and fair access. And if you don’t think it’s good enough for you, you could always purchase additional coverage.

The fact is, for whatever level of coverage you have now, you could have the same, with much less paperwork and no second-guessing by money-grubbing insurance executives, for much less money, with national health care.
Please educate yourself and your friends and family on this extremely important issue. Good places to start are www.californiafordemocracy.com and www.healthcare-now.org.