When it comes to the fight for both sides of the Universal Heath Care both sides have a frame for there movement. The anti Universal Health Care movement is predominantly made up of Republicans and Tea Party Activist. They use slogans such as the National Rife Associations “Don’t Tread on Me” while waving a flag that is consists of a snake coiled up getting ready to strike any of those threatens their way of life. With the saying “Don’t Tread on Me,” it means I have a way of believing and don’t mess with my beliefs and my ways of life or I will attack. The anti Universal health care people use speeches to show people how with the start of the healthcare bill is the start of the government trying to control us and our life. They believe that the government is using health care so they are able to make the people reliant on the government and train that that they cant function without the government aid. While the side for Universal Health Care use stories of people who are in poverty stricken areas, working jobs at minimum wage and are unable to pay for their healthcare. During Presidential campaign, President Obama used stories, such as Joe the Plumber, to show the struggle of a man who owns his own business and is barely making ends meet in this tough economy. By this story Pesident Obama was trying to pull on out heart strings and make us feel bad for Joe the Plumber so that way we would support him in universal health care. Both sides of the movement recruit heavily thru Facebook and other social networks. They also use media outlets such as Fox News and MSNBC to try and get the message out and for us to get to the rallies.
The Universal Healthcare debate is much like the Pro-life movement and Environmental movements because it seems to split the political parties. Just like the democrats tend to support the health care law and they tend to support both Pro-choice and stricter environmental laws. While Republicans and Tea Party Movement tend to be Pro-life and not in favor of both the healthcare and environmental regulations. I think both sides have a face for their Universal Healthcare debate. While the people who are for Universal Healthcare have President Obama and Nancy Pelosi for there face, while the against have Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin. Both sides do political talk shows and interviews while their side is right and try to gain support for their moments. Much like every social movement I feel that both sides use fear to attract and retain members. For example The Tea Party uses fear that the government is trying to control our lives and this is just the first step. They state that with healthcare the government is stripping us of our freedom of choice and limited government. With this it tends to bring members to join in support and helps keep them locked in. The same goes with the side for healthcare the government is trying to make people believe that insurance companies are bad people who are taking advantage of you and forcing you to pay an arm and a leg. They are trying to make you believe that without them regulating it that you will be taken advantage from the insurance company and pay more then you should.
The person who tends to be for Universal Healthcare is primarily people for the Democratic Party. Also people who are younger college students and people who are unable to get healthcare due to their job or lack of money tend to be in favor of Universal Healthcare. People against healthcare tend to be more republican and be tending to be older and established in their current carrier. They tend to be the working middle class who already have healthcare for their families through their job. People against tend to be white with no specific gender and religion.
Some consequences that I feel that both sides of my movement is that they are divided and not willing to corporate or change in any way. Both sides are fighting back and forth and not willing to sit down and do some give and take. Its either one side wants Universal Health Care or nothing at all. With this I feel that there is certain consequences that are coming up because some parts of the healthcare bill are needed while others might not be needed but both sides are not willing to negotiate causing the American people to split. I feel that the people who are in the middle of this debate that supports certain aspects of the healthcare bill and doesn’t support other parts are being excluded. There is rarely or non that I could find that are middle of the road in this healthcare debate and as a result these people are being excluded from the fight.
Unfortunately, both sides are framed the way they want to be and there is little hope to change them now. However I do believe if there is a group that would form that takes the best points from one side and the best points from the other I feel that this debate will see a real hope of ending the debate and the fight over healthcare.
Sure, universal healthcare sounds nice, but I tend to disagree with many other in my age demographic. I do not pay for my own health insurance yet, but I soon will. If universal healthcare happened in the United States, everyone would be covered by this rule--including the people who do not work. It doesn't seem fair to reward those who do not stimulate the economy with free healthcare. I tend to not fall for the sympathy card, so the story about Joe the plumber won't swoon me over any time soon.
ReplyDeleteJoe the Plumber was used by the McCain Campaign to paint Obama as a socialist for his answer to a question Joe asked about Obama's tax policies. Obama did not use Joe the Plumber as a symbol for health care reform. Joe the Plumber campaigned against Obama.
ReplyDeleteThank you for pointing that out and I do apologize for that error, I was given bad information that I should have double checked.
ReplyDeleteLynlea, I lost my job a few months ago that had amazing healthcare benefits and my new job doesn’t offer health benefits till your with the company over 6 months. So as a result I had to buy my own. The coverage is alright but I pay a lot more then I did with my old company. It was hard to get and on the salary I make its hard to afford but its still better coverage then I would have if I had Obama Care. This past week I have been in and out of the hospital with a horrible case of pneumonia and it felt good knowing that I’m covering my own bills and not the government. It makes me feel good that I’m working my butt off working two jobs trying to support myself making my own American Dream and not relaying on the government for anything and I hope to keep it that way. I know that there are good people out there that need government assistance to help get back on their feet and I respect that. But there are people out there that are using the government finding loop holes to not work and just take free money and hand outs from the government. These people are bleeding the U.S. dry of money, money that we don’t have to waste. These people who I agree are not stimulating the economy are now going to be rewarded with free healthcare. Does that seem right? Heck it starting to sound like a better deal to get fired from my jobs and sit on my butt at home collecting unemployment and eating Doritos.
Everyone here brings up really important points. The healthcare debate is a difficult one because sick people cost a lot of money when they don't have insurance, which makes it more expensive for the rest of us. I think that the best way to deal with some of these issues is that if you are an American citizen - and a citizen only - you are eligible for free healthcare. Not that I am hating on illegal immigrants or people here on a visa, but let's face it...they don't pay most of the taxes that the rest of us pay, and therefore shouldn't be entitled to free healthcare, food stamps or other subsidized programs, or even public education. In Arizona, more than 70% of our budget goes to K-12 education spending and ACCCHS (public healthcare for the poor). I think if we stopped allowing people here illegally to receive these benefits, we would spend a lot less money on these programs as a whole.
ReplyDeleteFacts show that the best healthcare available in the world come from mostly socialist systems (universal healthcare). We have just become so used to the system we have, we cannot see how it could be better another way. I think the biggest problem with the healthcare reform bill was that it removed the public option. Now, insurance can and have been raising their rates significantly because people have to have insurance and they have to get it from private entities. Either the public option should go back in, or this bill is useless as it will continue to increase the amount of money most people spend on healthcare/insurance.
Lauren,
ReplyDeleteI agree and disagree at the same time. I think that if you are an "American citizen-and a citizen only" then you should be eligible for free healthcare but I also think individuals who are here on a visa should be able to get healthcare at a lower rate not free but at a rate they can afford. I have studied immigration and visas and most individuals who come to the United States are on a business/working visa. With this being said they are coming to the United States to work and most of the time they are doing jobs that the normal American citizen will not do such as working in kitchens cooking for long hours, and also working on farms. I think if a person is willing to come to our country and do work that American citizens will not do then they should be able to get healthcare at a rate they can afford.
-Omar