Comments on: California Senate Approves Single Payer

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:19:48 +0000

It is the responsible thing for a government to provide health care to all its citizens, jj. Bob, in his comment below, mentions that most free nations already do provide healthcare to their citizens.

We are in this together and should help each other, not act as if those who are afflicted or need assistance should just be ignored or stepped over…

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:12:55 +0000

You make a good point for not having a health bill for everyone. Except your argument negates the fact; most free (world) countries have a health program for their citizens. The most powerful country in the world, does not!

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:51:08 +0000

“You can live fine without healthcare, the very existence of the human species over many millennia proves that life manages to persist on this planet without any health care.”

Human history proves that life “manages to persist” without the right to life, freedom of expression, or legal private property, too. For some reason, we in certain civilized nations demand more, however.

By: jj

jj — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:14:50 +0000

The photo shows a demonstrator with a sign reading “Health Care is a human right”.

But is it? Why? Why not food? You can live fine without healthcare, the very existence of the human species over many millennia proves that life manages to persist on this planet without any health care.
But you need food to live or else you will surely die. As is documented by all the great famines in history. So is food a human right too? What about shelter? Surely you could die without having some shelter. So far, we’ve identified medical care, food, and housing as things that are human rights. Well what about transportation? Very important especially when you have to commute. And, don’t forget the land. You can’t very well grow food without land. And you’ll need seeds. And fertilizer, so you’ll either need animals or some stuff from the garden department down at Home Depot.

So, to recap, medical care, food, a house, a car/free transit, some land, some seeds, and/or livestock/fertilizers.

I guess we better get cracking making sure that everyone can be the recipient of a government program to steal the funds from those “other ” people (who presumably are the ones who have all these things of their own already), to pay for all these “rights”.

You know what galls me? There is always a lot of noise about human rights. Human rights this, civil rights that, immigrants rights, minority rights, etc. Never any mention of the flip side, the “responsibility”. When are we going to start talking about human responsibility?

By: Xcave

Xcave — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:35:33 +0000

The idea that it is “highly doubtful” that Jerry Brown would approve this is stupid. No Democratic Governor would ever veto single-payer health care. It would be political suicide.

Will Brown be the one on the front lines fighting to get the Assembly to pass S.B. 810, making calls to senators and representatives? Probably not. But if it is passed, he isn’t about to veto the liberal Holy Grail. It would effectively destroy any chances of enacting the rest of his agenda

By: Momlee

Momlee — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:46:36 +0000

Sacramento doesn’t get it. Single payer is DOA. There will be a revolution if this moves forward. These leftist, socialist are fabulists and ignore what the people want. Let’s stop it in it’s tracks and tell these blooters get out of our lives. We will get this message to them by kicking them out. Get a clue from Washington and concentrate on jobs. We don’t want Washington or California dictating our health care needs.