Something I noticed in Obama's speech
by Joe Buck
Thu Jan 03, 2008 at 10:47:18 PM PDT
It's a great speech, no question about it.
But fast-forward the YouTube clip to 9:00 and listen. You hear this:
... a night that years from now,
when we've made the changes we believe in,
when more families can afford to see a doctor ...
Wait a minute! We're supposed to be satified with ourselves when more families can afford to see a doctor? This, when in every country in the industrialized world other than us, every family can afford to see a doctor?
Obama, you can do better than this. We need to see all of our leading candidates pushing for health care for all. I'm not going to argue about candidates' programs, since the details are irrelevant; in this country, Congress makes the laws; presidents only get to submit initial proposals. But we need to be very clear on what the goal is. Whether by single-payer means or by other means, we need to make sure that all Americans can see a doctor when they need to.
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