Once again I have chosen to comment on Rachel
Edwards' Blue Stocking Suffragette blog. This time I choose her blog post "Give me your Tired, Your Poor...but not Your Sick" where she talks about the Healthcare system
in our country. I really enjoy the great points she makes on the very important
topics in our government. She has great collection of data of the variation
among the medical areas to help back up all her opinions. I definitely agree
that price regulation among the U.S. is very high in relation to other
countries and I wish there could be an answer for that because our country
needs more regularity to be able to help our diverse communities. I like many
Americans am an uninsured student. My parents are both immigrants to this
country and they have been living on their limited amount of healthcare that
they can afford. They have raised me on their low income non insured jobs all
my life and we have had a couple scares where we have to really debate whether
we should go to the doctor or not. The other good point she makes is that
healthcare is largely privatized and that it makes it very difficult to afford
in many families. I currently have no health insurance, so I live by getting
check-ups when I can afford them or by looking for cheaper alternatives. I agree our government needs to take a good
look at how their healthcare system is denying a healthy way of living for many
people and make adjustments viable to all. In all this blog hits home for me
because it is a real struggle for many Americans everyday and our country
shouldn’t deny us the freedom to live.
