One of the complaints being made about whatever Congress is doing about health care is that the process is being rushed.
Since 1943 Congressman John D. Dingell of Michigan has introduced a bill for universal health care coverage of one form or another in every session.
John Dingell, Sr. died in 1955 and was replaced by his son, John Dingell, Jr., who is the current Dean of the House as the longest serving member.
I fail to see how 66 years is a rush to judgment.
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Heaven forfend that the US rushes into something so obviously bad for americans! For all of its faults I give thanks that we have our NHS
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Americans don’t want to admit that our system is about greed, not health care. When it was about health care most people could afford it, but no longer.
I lived in Europe. I could afford, on a military salary, to see local doctors when going to a military facility wasn’t “convenient” depending on why I was where I was. I didn’t feel a need to submit bills for reimbursement, the amount involved wasn’t significant. In the US you need $100 dollars to walk through the door of a clinic, and several hundred to go to an emergency room.
People seem to forget that “promote the general Welfare” is in the Constitution when money is involved.
Actually it was Teddy Roosevelt who first called for universal health care and national health insurance so its actually been a lot longer than 66 years.
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Teddy made it part of the platform for the Progress [Bullmoose] Party in 1912, but John Dingell [pere et fils] have been submitting a bill to each new Congress since 1943. The 1943 bill actually was the basis for Medicare, as John Senior’s first bill started with coverage for people receiving Social Security and then expanded. only 26 years to get the first part enacted and nothing since.