Herbert: Medical Care for our children

“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul,” Nelson Mandela once said, “than the way in which it treats its children.”

There are nine million children who lack health care in the U.S. and millions more who are eligible for coverage but fall through the cracks for one reason or another.

What we need is a national commitment to provide basic health care to all children, not just the children of the well-to-do. This should be a no-brainer. You’re a child in the United States? You’ve got health care. We’re not going to let you die from a toothache. We’re better than that. We’re not going to let your family go bankrupt because you’ve got cancer or some other disease, or because you’ve been in a terrible accident.

The cost? Don’t fall for that bogyman.

There’s plenty of give in America’s glittering $13 trillion economy. What’s the sense of being the richest nation on the planet if you can’t even afford to keep your children healthy and alive?

Screw the children

If I hear about one more pitch for tax deduction, credit whatever, regarding insurance I am going to scream. The people who need insurance for their kids can't afford to pay the co-payments or deductibles. This is a CASH FLOW discussion.

Why would Shrub actually discuss the situation with the governors? He would actually have to know something about it.

When his father ran for re-election, he was out of touch. The Shrub is out of touch about everything. He is such a punk he has never had to deal with any real life issues. He probably doesn't even know what is a co-payment.

I am surprised that he didn't recommend the Veteran's administration as a model.....