[Vision2020] Health Care?

Wayne Price bear at moscow.com
Wed Sep 9 17:45:40 PDT 2009


Donovan,

I don't know how it's working out for them, but at least they have it.  
It's up to their government to implement it, but at least they have one!







On Sep 9, 2009, at 5:06 PM, Donovan Arnold wrote:

> How's that work'in out for 'em?
>
>
> --- On Wed, 9/9/09, Wayne Price <bear at moscow.com> wrote:
>
> From: Wayne Price <bear at moscow.com>
> Subject: [Vision2020] Health Care?
> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 11:52 PM
>
> 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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