Monday, March 30, 2009

Health care for everyone, please.

Here is a sad story about a health clinic shutting its doors. This clinic supported a wide range of the Half Moon Bay community, rich, poor, insured, uninsured. It is precisely for this reason that the clinic eventually faced bankruptcy. Without the support of federal money designated for clinics that only work with the disadvantaged, and without the financial security of an entirely insured or paying clientele, the clinic had to stretch itself too thin to provide equal health care for all. "The tragedy from a national point of view is that unless the model changes, America will be divided in its care of patients. If you're poor, you'll go to one place. If you're wealthy, you'll go elsewhere." This quote from the article points out a major problem that needs to be addressed, separate, but unequal care, a sort of economic segregation within our current heath care system. This is a problem that could be fixed with some sort of universal health care. Thoughts?

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