Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Health Care Reform
Please visit the Social Action Center at www.deltasigmatheta.org for a letter from Cynthia M. A. Butler-McIntyre, 24th National President on Health Care Reform.
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I am excited about this medium. I look forward to the intelligent exchange of ideas.
Sorors,
I applaud our forward thinking with this blog! Health Care Reform has quickly become the issue that cuts across all belief systems and divides the nation. One thing we must question is why is the playing field uneven in the same sectors across the country. I have sixteen years in education and never paid a dime other than a $5 prescription copay when I taught public school in California. Yet that is not the case teaching public school here in Texas. This year over $700 of my check goes toward my employer based health care. Shouldn't PUBLIC workers have a Public Option?
Delta has always been at the forefront of change. Starting this blog is no different and expected of such a great organization of the worlds finest in womanhood. Delta was founded while doing Social Action and we will continue its pursuit. Health Care reform is a mandate for change we must have now! If anyone can get it done, it’s us, it’s now, and it’s while following the lead of a great man, Our President, Barrack Obama. Let the peoples’ voices be heard and let’s not shy away from the issues of our day! Our Founders would be so proud of us for taking a stand and the first to Blog about it if they were here today.
Because I live in Michigan, where the domestic auto industry has imploded, I know that health care reform is not only important because it is the morally right thing to do. Health care reform is an economic issue not only for individuals who are being driven to bankruptcy to pay health care fees but the employers who are losing their competitive edge because of health costs. The auto companies pay more for health care costs than they do for the steel they use to make their cars. We need a public option now! For the life of me, I can't even understand why this is controversial.
Employer-based health care not only leaves too many Americans behind, it is a serious drain on American competitiveness in the global marketplace. More American cars are built in Ontario than in my home state of Michigan for one reason: Canada's health care system takes a major cost of doing business off the table for American automakers. American automakers spend more on health care costs than they do on steel to make the cars they build. Health care reform is the morally right thing to do but it's also the right thing for our economy.
Although I agree with health care reform in this country NOW!, I do sympathize with small business owners like my line sister who is worried staying in business. Where can she get more credible information about small business and health care?
Although I agree with health care reform in this country NOW!, I do sympathize with small business owners like my line sister who is worried staying in business. Where can she get more credible information about small business and health care?
Soror,
I am excited and very passionate about the healthcare reform that is so desperately needed, and the sharing of ideas means we take a stand on social issues, especially when for healthcare reform.
I am in full support of healthcare reform for all, regardless of social, economic status, gender, or cultures. Many are uninsured or under-insured due to various economic issues. The healthcare reform should be a safety-net for care.
Sorors,
We need to be more proactive and organize an activity on capitol hill that will draw attention to the need for health care reform. It's critical now that we take action. Maybe develop an online petition that we can encourage sorors, friends and families to sign and present what hopefully will be a 1,000 page stack of signatures to the House of Representatives and Senate Majority leaders. They have to know who we are and what we represent and that we are serious about reform, NOW!
This is a very powerful tool. I hope and pray Sorors use it to equip and ready ourselves for the challenges all will face. There's much work to be done.
MSR
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