Comments on: Health Reform is a Civil Rights Issue http://ourhealthcaresource.com/2010/01/18/health-reform-is-a-civil-rights-issue/ Raising national awareness about options for health care reform. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:14:57 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Thank you, Congress, for doing what's right | Our Health Care Source | Health Care Reform | Medicaid Reform http://ourhealthcaresource.com/2010/01/18/health-reform-is-a-civil-rights-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-851 Thank you, Congress, for doing what's right | Our Health Care Source | Health Care Reform | Medicaid Reform Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:50:37 +0000 http://ourhealthcaresource.com/?p=477#comment-851 [...] the contentious year-long debate, Congress has done what’s right for the American people. Making health care a right – not a privilege – is a fundamental element that has been sorely missing from the ideals [...] [...] the contentious year-long debate, Congress has done what’s right for the American people. Making health care a right – not a privilege – is a fundamental element that has been sorely missing from the ideals [...]

]]> By: Angelica http://ourhealthcaresource.com/2010/01/18/health-reform-is-a-civil-rights-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Angelica Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:24:31 +0000 http://ourhealthcaresource.com/?p=477#comment-392 The biggest civil rights issue at this time is that we are not protecting the rights of the most vulnerable among us. A person is a person no matter how small. Martin Luther Kings stated that If one person has no rights, none of us have rights. Listen to Dr. Alveta King, Dr. Martin Luther Kings neice. Listen to what she says, if he were alive today he would be out there speaking for the rights of the unborn to live. Listen to the stories of the women in "silent no more" and look at the "preists for life" web site and decide, what kind of care women deserve. Women deserve better than abortion. Abortion is not healthcare, and as nurses and doctors we have a right to act according to our consciences. These are the things that I beg you to make sure are a part of this healthcare reform. Yes, I want care for all. I volunteer my time and talents to take care of those who fall through the cracks. Yes, I am for the life and better life for everyone, just don't leave out the smallest of our people and leave us to our consciences, give us a choice to go by our conscience. Please also, advocate for openess and transparency in the plan, so we all know what we are voting for. Also, please advocate for those we voted for, to listen to the people that have elected them. The biggest civil rights issue at this time is that we are not protecting the rights of the most vulnerable among us. A person is a person no matter how small. Martin Luther Kings stated that If one person has no rights, none of us have rights. Listen to Dr. Alveta King, Dr. Martin Luther Kings neice. Listen to what she says, if he were alive today he would be out there speaking for the rights of the unborn to live. Listen to the stories of the women in “silent no more” and look at the “preists for life” web site and decide, what kind of care women deserve. Women deserve better than abortion. Abortion is not healthcare, and as nurses and doctors we have a right to act according to our consciences. These are the things that I beg you to make sure are a part of this healthcare reform. Yes, I want care for all. I volunteer my time and talents to take care of those who fall through the cracks. Yes, I am for the life and better life for everyone, just don’t leave out the smallest of our people and leave us to our consciences, give us a choice to go by our conscience. Please also, advocate for openess and transparency in the plan, so we all know what we are voting for. Also, please advocate for those we voted for, to listen to the people that have elected them.

]]> By: Dick Chelten http://ourhealthcaresource.com/2010/01/18/health-reform-is-a-civil-rights-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Dick Chelten Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:53:51 +0000 http://ourhealthcaresource.com/?p=477#comment-359 Nicely stated. It seems to me that many folks who have been given health insurance as an employee benefit, are turning their backs on others who have no coverage or have lost both coverage and jobs. "I've got mine; you get yours" shouldn't be our nation's answer to the health care crisis. Instead, folks with coverage should be reminded to "Walk a mile in my shoes" before stepping on those measures designed to assist those not fortunate enough to be employed and covered. Nicely stated. It seems to me that many folks who have been given health insurance as an employee benefit, are turning their backs on others who have no coverage or have lost both coverage and jobs.
“I’ve got mine; you get yours” shouldn’t be our nation’s answer to the health care crisis.

Instead, folks with coverage should be reminded to “Walk a mile in my shoes” before stepping on those measures designed to assist those not fortunate enough to be employed and covered.

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