(January 3, 2019 at 2:23 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Right wing Christians, such as Angelina, fail to mention that their political, economic and social policies create poverty; makes it easier to prey upon poor people.
Angelina, I favor strongly, universal healthcare, a single-payer system and the abolition of the death penalty. Where do you stand on these issues?
I am a moderate democrat who fought hard to try to get Hillary elected, and even helped organize marches for women after Trump won. You should stop stereo-typing people.I am for a health care system similiar to Japan's. This is from a friend of mine.
"We never have the right debate in America concerning healthcare which would get to the root of the problem. Should we allow healthcare to be just another business run for profit? Japan asked this question and said no and set up not for profit corporations to administer healthcare. So now an ultrasound exam that costs many thousands of dollars in the US cost less than $100. Doctors are paid well but there are few millionaire MDs in Japan. Hospitals are not for profit and so a room there is a fraction of the cost in the US. There are NO insurance companies taking a huge chunk of healthcare dollars as profits for themselves and their stockholders and there is no multimillion dollar lobbyist being paid by healthcare dollars to influence Japans government to help them bilk the sick and injured. Because it is not for profit drug companies are forced to compete for the business and the government negotiates far cheaper prices than these same companies charge in our for profit system. Way more money is spent on prevention in Japan because in a not for profit system good health outcomes are rewarded instead of the sickly being profitable in our messed up parasitic system. As long as for profit corporations run our system healthcare will remain the largest government expenditure and the underlying problem of soaring cost will never be addressed because high costs, sick people and large profits is what our system is designed to produce"
The death penalty? I am ok with it being either way, because I think both sides make valid arguments, and I do not think of death as final.
