http://cblpi.org/senseandsexualityblog/2010/01/no-health-care-for-stds-drunkenness-and-other-failures-of-personal-responsibility/ Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:05:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://cblpi.org/senseandsexualityblog/2010/01/no-health-care-for-stds-drunkenness-and-other-failures-of-personal-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-129 artschoolnerd Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:47:07 +0000 http://cblpi.org/senseandsexualityblog/?p=228#comment-129 Encouraging healthy lifestyles is one thing, forcing is quite another. That said, no one in the United States should go without health care because of poor decisions or because they can't afford it. It is embarrassing that a nation as rich and powerful as the U.S can't provide for its citizens. Regardless of one's political stance it's obvious that our system is broken. Health care costs are rising, benefits are being cut, and fewer jobs are offering it. Why can't both systems co-exist? Offer tax benefits for businesses providing good, comprehensive coverage for it's employees. Allow those without to opt in to the government system. Focus more on preventative care, which costs less in the long run. I personally do believe the government should butt out of people's business. Politicians should stop meddling with abortion, gay marriage and abstinence education. It's not their damn business what people do. Abortion is legal, gay marriage should have no problem existing as a federal institution in a country where separation of church and state is in the constitution and abstinence education is a proven failure and causes more problems by kids not knowing how to prevent the spread of diseases. And yes, I want soda machines back in school to, or at least the option. My senior year was much more obnoxious because of a lack of easily accessible caffeine. Encouraging healthy lifestyles is one thing, forcing is quite another. That said, no one in the United States should go without health care because of poor decisions or because they can’t afford it. It is embarrassing that a nation as rich and powerful as the U.S can’t provide for its citizens. Regardless of one’s political stance it’s obvious that our system is broken. Health care costs are rising, benefits are being cut, and fewer jobs are offering it. Why can’t both systems co-exist? Offer tax benefits for businesses providing good, comprehensive coverage for it’s employees. Allow those without to opt in to the government system. Focus more on preventative care, which costs less in the long run.
I personally do believe the government should butt out of people’s business. Politicians should stop meddling with abortion, gay marriage and abstinence education. It’s not their damn business what people do. Abortion is legal, gay marriage should have no problem existing as a federal institution in a country where separation of church and state is in the constitution and abstinence education is a proven failure and causes more problems by kids not knowing how to prevent the spread of diseases. And yes, I want soda machines back in school to, or at least the option. My senior year was much more obnoxious because of a lack of easily accessible caffeine.

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