Thursday, October 3, 2013

Why should everyone have the same opportunities?

Although Obamacare tries to extend health coverage to Americans, it’s missing two-thirds of the poor blacks and single mothers who are eligible for help. The NewYork Times reports that also missing are more than half of the low-wage workers who do not have insurance.

Why? 
“Because [these people] live in states largely controlled by Republicans that have declined to participate in a vast expansion of Medicaid, the medical insurance program for the poor, they are among the eight million Americans who are impoverished, uninsured and ineligible for help … People shopping for insurance on the health exchanges are already discovering this bitter twist." 
 Jesse Jackson once had a thought on this phenomenon:
"If this were Germany, we would call it fascism. If this were South Africa, we would call it racism. Here we call it conservatism."

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