Universal healthcare v. universal healthcare insurance

By Michael Fraase

Sunday, 19 October 2008 10:40AM CDT

Section: ESRD

Healthcare moneyA simple question for the Obama acolytes: If the candidate truly believes—as he’s said—that healthcare is a right in the United States, and not a privilege or even responsibility, why is he campaigning on a program to provide not access to healthcare, but rather access to healthcare insurance.

There’s a big difference between the two.

Could the reason be that the candidate is bought and paid for by the US insurance lobby? That would certainly explain Hillary Clinton’s near-miraculous shift from supporting universal healthcare to supporting universal health insurance. Oh, and by the way, if you need a clear indication that the tide is turning in the US electorate just take a look at how the insurance lobby’s contributions have shifted in the last year.

I’ve suspected all along that Obama was little more than just another politician, and this does very little to assuage the perception. And don’t take this as any sort of backhanded endorsement of John McCain’s healthcare plans—McCain’s plan isn’t even worth criticizing.

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