[Vision2020] Health Care?

[Wayne Price]

REALLY makes you wonder!





Article 31 of the Iraqi Constitution, drafted by your right-wing  
Bushies in 2005 and ratified by the Iraqi people, includes state- 
guaranteed (single payer) healthcare for life for every Iraqi citizen.

Article 31 reads:

"First: Every citizen has the right to health care. The State shall  
maintain public health and provide the means of prevention and  
treatment by building different types of hospitals and health  
institutions.Second: Individuals and entities have the right to build  
hospitals, clinics,or private health care centers under the  
supervision of the State, and this shall be regulated by law."

There are other health care guarantees, including special provisions  
for children, the elderly, and the handicapped elsewhere in the 43- 
page document.Under force of arms, President Bush imposed his  
particular idea of democracy on a people not asking for it - perhaps a  
noble undertaking in one context and a criminal violation of  
international law in another. Bush's followers are proud of the Iraqi  
Constitution, a model for the world, they told us.So, according to the  
American political right-wing, government-guaranteed health care is  
good for Iraqis, but not good for us. Not good for you. They decry  
even a limited public option for you, but gleefully imposed upon the  
Iraqis what they label here as "socialism," with much Democratic Party  
member support.
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