I know how expensive health care is. Fortunately, I have coverage through
my husband’s job. A few years back, though, I was diagnosed with stage
two breast cancer. Thankfully, insurance did pay for the majority of the
medical expenses. However, what insurance did not pay practically wiped
out our retirement savings. It seems to me that someone without insurance
and diagnosed with the same condition as I, would have no choice but to
resign themselves to dying because of the cost. I don’t think they keep
statistics on the number of people who forgo medical treatment for lifethreatening illnesses due to lack of funds. Maybe that is something that
should be done. Most likely though, even with statistics, I’m pretty sure the
political leaders would maintain their current policy of wanting to destroy the
Health Care Act.
Concept of God and Religion Used by Elected Officials
Those good old politicians who proclaim a belief in god and Christian values
make me tremble at their hypocrisy. The religious public is told what they
want to hear – that this politician is a good person who believes in god and
goes to church. I’m not sure wha t they tell the corporations they beg money
from. Their words to the rich may not be what they feed to the masses. For
the general public, they use god to get elected and then leave him outside
on the steps of Congress. The only ones they are really concerned with is
themselves and their wealthy benefactors. They and theirs are taken care of
– so the rest of the citizens are free to die of their diseases.
These same politicians take a similar attitude toward seeing that the less
fortunate have adequate nutrition. Cuts are being enacted, and others
proposed, to cut funding for the SNAP program, which is meant to take care
of nutritional needs for the poor and elderly. Stipulations have been put in
place that restrict more and more people from receiving this help. Many
states follow the federal guidelines which state that any able bodied person
between the ages of 18 and 49 must work 20 hours per week to qualify for
the program. These individuals may remain on the program for three
months out of every 36. You may think that this sounds just, requiring ablebodied persons to work. But with jobs scarce and no great outlook for
enough jobs in the near future, how is this fair? Food pantries and soup
kitchens are already taxed due to the number of unemployed. Will the
churches pick up the slack? I don’t think so. Their funds are used in
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