Hillary Clinton announced this week that, as part of her candidacy for president, she was incorporating a plan for Universal Health Care. The costs would amount to around $110 million a year, obviously not a great figure, but the American people are in dire need of a better system for Health care so that everyone has the opportunity to get medical attention. This new health care system would offer Americans more coverage than they were able to afford previously, giving more choices in health care plans and ultimately lowering the costs. If people are not able to afford the basic health care plans, then there will be a number of tax credits to help people get the medical attention they need.
I believe that the most important factor in this proposition is Clinton's incorporation of the "Individual Mandate," which requires every American citizen to have some sort of health insurance, similar to how a number of states require everyone to have auto insurance.
First off, this is a very effective move on Hillary Clinton's part, bringing up an issue that everyone is debating over. With her support on an issue such as this, she is guaranteed more voters who are concerned about the issue of health care costs. A majority of Americans today cannot afford health care, therefore they are not getting adequate medical attention. If a man is sick and does not have insurance, he needs to be able to pay for it out of his own pocket or he's out of luck. Other countries who have Incorporated the idea of universal health care, such as Canada, live longer, healthier lives because they have the ability to receive health care that is equal to everyone else.
Thursday
Missouri Abortion Law "Alterations"
Hey guys, this is Stephanie. This week I found one of the more interesting current even topics (for me at least) to be what's going on in Missouri with the so-called raised health expectations for Abortion clinics. So, if you haven't heard about this, basically Missouri is trying to BAN abortion without actually banning it. They're being super sneaky and found a way to run all of the clinic (and doctors) out of business so women would not have the option to have an abortion in that state.
These absurd health code "corrections" include:
-widening hallways (because obviously its really a major health risk to have small hallways)
-raising ceilings
-installing locker rooms
-rerouting plumbing
-creating surgical "suites" with emergency resuscitation equipment, even if there are no surgeries performed in those rooms.
Although Missouri claims that it intends to improve these environments for the safety of the women who have abortions there, the changes that they are requiring ultimately will end up costing about $1 million, a great deal of money which most of the abortion clinics do not have. These clinics that cannot afford to pay for the "necessary" changes will be forced to close down. Now, all in all this is a bad idea, because no matter what some women will go to all means possible to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, and if these clinics, which seem to be relatively safe now, are shut down, then young girls and women will be forced to become involved in extremely dangerous back-alley abortions, which are much less safe where no one cares what the size of the hallways and ceilings are.
Although a number of these clinics do not tend to the women in the way that they should, they should not have to go to outrageous costs and procedures in order to be deemed safe by the government. It is ultimately the women's choice what to do with her body, and the state should not be able to rid her of places where she can get a procedure that she feels is necessary. There are ways we can make abortion clinics safer, but widening hallways and putting in lockers does not change how well a women is treated and how she feels after the procedure.
-Stephanie Dotto
These absurd health code "corrections" include:
-widening hallways (because obviously its really a major health risk to have small hallways)
-raising ceilings
-installing locker rooms
-rerouting plumbing
-creating surgical "suites" with emergency resuscitation equipment, even if there are no surgeries performed in those rooms.
Although Missouri claims that it intends to improve these environments for the safety of the women who have abortions there, the changes that they are requiring ultimately will end up costing about $1 million, a great deal of money which most of the abortion clinics do not have. These clinics that cannot afford to pay for the "necessary" changes will be forced to close down. Now, all in all this is a bad idea, because no matter what some women will go to all means possible to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, and if these clinics, which seem to be relatively safe now, are shut down, then young girls and women will be forced to become involved in extremely dangerous back-alley abortions, which are much less safe where no one cares what the size of the hallways and ceilings are.
Although a number of these clinics do not tend to the women in the way that they should, they should not have to go to outrageous costs and procedures in order to be deemed safe by the government. It is ultimately the women's choice what to do with her body, and the state should not be able to rid her of places where she can get a procedure that she feels is necessary. There are ways we can make abortion clinics safer, but widening hallways and putting in lockers does not change how well a women is treated and how she feels after the procedure.
-Stephanie Dotto
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