Conservative Arguments FOR Healthcare Reform

Here are conservative argument for health care reform that I think any fair-minded person can agree with regardless of your political affiliation or beliefs.

By passing comprehensive health care reform we have the opportunity for the federal government to truly affect the general welfare in a positive way for all Americans as guaranteed in the United States Constitution. How? It's simple. A healthy nation is a productive nation. Think of all the man-hours being lost today due to workers being ill, in pain, or disabled. If we were all just a little more healthy, a LOT more would get done and therefore, more money would be made and we would ALL prosper.

Also, healthier citizens are happier and that means less crime and violence as well as less division and hate. It would mean less domestic violence and less child abuse. More jobs and better salaries means less burglary and theft, less homeless, less hungry and less poverty. And, of course, it would result in more business too because happier people have a tendency to do more and spend more money. This stuff is just common sense, but it rarely is brought up in the debate for health care reform. Why are you opposing it again?

Let's say you just care about more jobs and economic growth. Great! The 'public option' being proposed by Democrats will give a competitor to the insurance industry to bring costs down. The insurance that businesses provide to their employees will be cheaper and some will even take the public option. That means more small business jobs and more profit for small businesses. The CBO reports that, despite claims by HCR opponents, private insurance companies will actually gain MORE customers due to lower costs.

Want more business arguments FOR health care reform? If 47 million people suddenly have health insurance, there is sure to be an increase in demand for medical services and pharmaceuticals, so expect the stocks for these providers to do extremely well. Those businesses will need to hire more people to meet this demand, therefore more jobs created due to health care reform. Salaries will also be positively affected. The public option is good business, good for jobs and good politics!

But what about the conservative principle of fiscal responsibility, you might ask? The answer is simple: We can't afford to keep things the way they are. Our broken health care system represents 16% of our Gross Domestic Product. Health care costs are leading individuals to bankruptcy at an alarming rate. If nothing is done, it will only get worse. That means less income in the form of taxes for all levels of government and therefore a loss of public services you've taken for granted your entire life. Without economic growth, the only way to go is down. A public option would clearly be good for business, good for American's health, productivity and overall prosperity.


We are still feeling the negative effects from eight long years of a conservative administration and 'representatives' who completely abandoned this supposed principle of fiscal responsibility by turning a surplus into record deficits. When a Republican president wanted to drop bombs, they never questioned the cost, but if Democrats want to reform a broken health care system which will directly help American citizens by protecting our life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, suddenly we can't afford it?

Yes, health care reform directly affects all three of these inalienable rights set by our founders in the Declaration of Independence. The "Life" part is obvious. Healthcare is essential for life. "Liberty" involves how insurance companies currently profit by denying health care benefits as well as the lack of real competition in the industry. Currently most people get insurance from their employer. When costs come down, you can choose between companies and coverages because they will be more affordable. It is also an injustice infringing on your liberty that an insurance company decides what medical treatment you get and not a doctor. At least we can vote for whoever represents us in government. That is the power of our great democracy. Your "Pursuit of Happiness" is being infringed on when insurance companies take advantage of you, for example, by denying coverage based on a pre-existing condition or refusing to pay for your benefits solely for their own profit and greed. Obviously, healthiness contributes to happiness and lower costs will reduce financial hardships which are a detriment to an individual's well being. With all three of these inalienable rights currently in jeopardy by a broken health care system, I am shocked that more true conservatives don't come out in support of health care reform.

10 More Conservative Arguments FOR Healthcare Reform

1. Illegal immigrants are explicitly not covered.

2. Legislation does not subsidize abortion.

3. Insurers that deny lifesaving treatment, or ignore Living Wills can no longer keep these practices secret.

4. The bill promotes entrepreneurship by letting people keep their healthcare when they quit their job and start a business.

5. More Choice = More Freedom. The public option is OPTIONAL. It's another choice designed to give much-needed competition to an out-of-control insurance industry that is making record profits by denying health care benefits.

6. Emergency room care for the uninsured is guaranteed at public expense so it makes sense to bring these people into the insurance system, and to offer less expensive, long-term preventive healthcare. This will reduce costs for everybody.

7. Accountability for costs, quality, and value of providers, suppliers, and administrators is public.

8. Coverage does not discriminate by type of illness or ability to pay.

9. Both the Preamble and Article 1 Section 8 of our US Constitution guarantee that the government will promote and provide for our defense AND general welfare. If you believe that the federal government should provide a military for defense, then you should also support the idea of providing health care for all US citizens.

(BTW universal health care would require a 'single-payer' system and not the 'public option' being proposed by Obama and Democrats in congress. Liberals are compromising because a solution to this problem is THAT important.)

10. A Republican party that often cites their own moral values as an advantage should put compassionate common sense in front of ideology and partisanship.


There sure does seem to be a lot of good conservative arguments FOR health care reform. Wonder why you never hear Republicans or right-wingers talking about these positives? Unfortunately, that's because it seems to be all politics and no common sense with so-called 'conservatives' these days.

CONFIRMED: Obamacare includes "Death Star"

As the great Sarah Palin says "In honor of the American soldier, let's stop making things up!" so I am not going to hide the truth any longer about the Democrats' motivations for attempting to reform health care for Americans.

It's official! Cleverly hidden in the legislative language of H.R. 1138 is a provision to spend at least $77 TRILLION DOLLARS on the Obamacare Death Star which is scheduled to destroy Earth on October 10th, 2010 or "O-Day." Darth Barack's true agenda is now clear: The death of each and every living organism and the destruction of our beloved home planet itself!



Some say that, since he never could produce a birth certificate, Obama is secretly an evil Sith Lord in disguise who has come to eliminate the human race under the guise of providing universal health care. His hypocrisy must be as strong as the force! It is said that his ultimate decision to destroy the Earth came while attempting to get valuable information from a female "domestic terrorist" who had been caught attempting to protest at one of Emperor Obama's Coruscant city-planet-hall meetings. Without some sort of rebellion, led by a forgotten son that is somehow able to find the one weakness (which is hopefully left open) in the Obamacare Death Star to exploit, then we are doomed.

More facts about Obamacare to worry about before our ultimate demise on O-Day:

- At the age of 65, seniors are thrown into a Sarlacc Pit.

- (Thanks to a tip from Mr. Bob A. Fett) It outlaws private bounty hunters by providing a Empire-run system making it impossible to compete.

- The disabled and handicapped are frozen in Carbonite indefinitely.

- Expect massive cuts to Mon Calamari-care.

- The Empire will have direct, real-time access to individual galactic credits standard accounts.

- Wookies are not covered under any circumstances.

- A R2 unit will perform your colonoscopy.

- Yoda is forced to speak using a linear sentences structure.

- They will issue a mandatory Imperial ID Holocron that will spy on you.

- Jar Jar Binks will be your Health Czar.

- Emperor Obama has dozens of Czars or "Darths."

- Blaster and Lightsaber wounds are considered pre-existing conditions.

- Clone-marriage is legalized.

- Tauntauns used for emergency warmth AND preventative dental care?!

- Illegal Ewoks are fully covered.

- There's not enough Imperial credits to cover the entire galaxy so expect tax increases on your Speeder Bike.

- Greedo shoots first, asks questions later.

- Public money would be used to fund a Rancor Pit under Jabba's palace.

- There will be an Empire between you and your Medical Droid.

AL.com is Guilty of Censorship

Recently I've been taking the truth to the people in al.com's politics forums. It has been a daunting task as the vast majority of people who post there are right-wingers who promote any and every lie being told about the Obama administration and Democrats with ZERO facts to back up their delusional opinions. I have always conducted myself in an appropriate manner and followed the website's policies without deviation.

However, It didn't take long before my posts, and only my posts, were being deleted for no reason other than some moderator obviously didn't like what I had to say. Today my account was disabled. My crime? Setting the record straight on the common lie that health care reform legislation will supply free health care to illegal immigrants. I was even able to find a blatantly right-wing news source to support the fact that both the House and Senate versions of the bills actually prohibit subsidies to illegal aliens, but the al.com forum moderators can not handle the truth.

Apparently, if you're liberal you get censored and banned, but if you're a wingnut - any crazy conspiracy theory you want to write about, regardless of facts, is perfectly okay. Not only that, but the wingers frequently use childish name calling and rarely engage in anything even vaguely resembling civil discourse. It is clearly obvious that al.com does not want any dissent from the right-wing talking points, propaganda and lies that are the only opinions allowed on their forums. In their forums it is practically North Korea - not the America where our right to freedom of speech is held dear and they should be ashamed of themselves!