I think that a pertinent current event/issue that is being debated in the United States that relates to the conditions of working poor women is healthcare reform.
I think that a lot of people are scared by the possibility of “government-run healthcare” and I honestly do not blame them. If working poor women can’t get their child-care subsidies paid on time or make too much money at their low-wage job to receive public services, how could we rely on the crazy bureaucracy to take charge of our healthcare system?
I am of the belief, however, that everyone deserves quality healthcare, especially those in the most desperate of situations. I do not think that poor working families should suffer because the system puts them down. Working families should not have to be forced to make ends meet and just get by. Just because someone works a low-wage job does not mean they are undeserving of being able to stay healthy.
Like it was said in one of the earlier videos we watched for the course, “the oops in life should not be able put you in the gutter.”
I really think that employers should provide healthcare as a benefit for their employees. Unions provide great benefits to their members and their families, but in states like Arizona who abide by the hypocritical “Right to Work” policy, the working poor are unable to fight for these benefits for fear of termination.
I really believe that universal healthcare would remedy some of the burden we have put on the working poor’s health costs, especially working poor women who already have more than others to swallow.
I think the problem is that as a country we have come to view the impoverished as lazy and non-working even with all the statistics and studies. We continue to refuse help to those that need it most, and I think extending healthcare benefits to the most needy would really held their situation.
About Me
- Kasey
- I will be graduating from Arizona State University in December. Even though I feel like I have made the most of my college career, I am scared about what the future holds for me. Graduate studies are in my future, but what I ultimately want to do with my life, well, that is in limbo. I want to make a difference. I want to be challenged and challenge other people. I am an alumni of Omega Phi Alpha, National Service Sorority. I served as president in my final year, and it was definitely a challenge. Now, I am helping to found an organization on campus called Running Start, which is a non-profit geared toward getting young women interested in running for political office.
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Kasey,
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree with you more. Our health care system is one that works but needs some fixing. Universal health care would give every citizen the piece of mind that they would be cared for if anything were to happen to them medically. I have a great job that provides excellent benefits and realize that not everyone finds themselves in similarly good situations. We as a society do tend to overlook the less fortunate. I also agree that we need to focus even more attention on these people that have more needs. In providing universal healthcare to everyone what sorts of problems may implementing such an overhaul to our health system have?
Frank,
ReplyDeleteI think that the problem people have with overhauling the healthcare system stems from money and greed. The only reason people don't want to restructure the system is because there is a possibility they will lose money, and *this is sarcasm now* we can't have millionaires losing money to help poor people now can we?