Excerpts from my Facebook Rant

In the marketplace of ideas, truth is the central component to proper decision-making. If you are going to denigrate health care reform, please make sure you base it on the facts.

Why is health care reform relevant to you? Because you are only one job loss away from losing your coverage and if you get another job, then you are faced with the "pre-existing conditions" obstacle. Health care reform is not simply about... giving coverage to the uninsured, it is about controlling spiraling health care costs that will soon make health care cost prohibitive for the majority of Americans. Think about your rising premiums; think about your rising deductibles; think about what happens if you or one of your family members faces a major illness.

The reality is that a majority of Americans favor some type of heath care reform, and the reality is that when Americans learn the facts about the Democrats' proposals, they support this type of health care reform. Don't you owe it to your...self to learn the facts rather than rely on those who seek to gain from distorting the truth?Read More

Also for those who suggest that health care is not a right, if the right to bear arms (and therefore imperil life) is a right, then shouldn't the ability to save life be a right as well?

And for those who fear larger deficits, our President has said the plan has to be revenue neutral. Plus where were you when our prior administration led us into an ill-fated war over illusory WMD; a war for which we are still paying today and will be for years.

I do apologize for the flurry of posts, but I am passionate about this issue. A couple of days ago, a group of us from my church provided dinner to homeless teens. None of them seemed to be enjoying their homelessness. As for benefits, they get at... most 18 months of benefits then they have to head back to the streets. There is no health care on the streets. A just society thinks about all members of society.

Hasn't the last year shown us that immensely qualified people can lose their jobs through no fault of their own? And with it, they lose their health care? Why should the ability of people and their families to get health care be reliant on their job?