Providing Universal Health Care Should Be a Common Goal

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President Barack Obama gave his health care speech this past Wednesday. It was disappointing to hear a Republican Congressman yell out "You lie!" when Obama said no illegal immigrants would receive benefits under his plan, as well as the boos and hissing during parts of his speech by the Republican side the room. The question now is, how long before we start seeing congressmen reach across the aisle, taking a swing at someone who disagrees with them.

Hispanics continue to have the highest un-insurance rate of any racial or ethnic group in the U.S. In 2008, nearly one in three (30.7%) Hispanics had no health coverage, compared to about one in nine (10.8%) non-Hispanic Whites, nearly one in five (19%) non-Hispanic Blacks, more than one in six (17.6%) Asians.

For Hispanics, socialized medicine is not an evil description of a health plan. Watching children suffer because they can't afford to take them to the hospital is evil. Not being able to afford the care their parents need is evil.

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Providing Universal Health Care Should Be a Common Goal

President Barack Obama gave his health care speech this past Wednesday. It was disappointing to hear a Republican Congressman yell out "You lie!" when Obama said no ...

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