A Nation Of Charlie Gards

August 10, 2017 at 6:48 p.m.

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Editor, Times-Union:

The baby Charlie Gard is dead and the British government made sure it would happen thanks to the National Health Ser­vice, which considered the life was expendable. His parents loved him and wanted him to receive the best care possible in case a miracle cure could happen. But in their infinite wis­dom, the NHS officials decided they knew better and didn't allow the baby to be treated in the United States, where lives are precious except in the abortion clinics where unborn lives are considered "unwanted tissue."

Many Democrats support single-payer health insurance because it will allow the government to decide if a person deserves to have medical care. Democrat Senators had the chance to ex­press their beliefs by voting for or against single-payer. But most voted present and didn't want the voters to know for sure if they favored Washington controlling our lives.

In England, if you go outside the health care system, you are thrown off of it and never allowed to use it again. You can be financially ruined.

Obama supports a single-payer system and might have intended for it to collapse so that the citizens would demand government-controlled health care. If that happens, we will have two health care systems. There will be the best health care for those that can afford it like Obama and the rich Democrats who want "the little people," as Hillary Clinton calls them, to have substandard health care with its waiting times that could mean people will die needlessly and the restrictions that put money ahead of lives.

Abortion is considered a litmus test by Democrats to deter­mine if a Democrat deserves to be supported. Democrat women support the extermination of unborn children like the Nazis sup­ported the extermination of the Jews. I find it ironic that many black women support abortion, which a century ago was a way to exterminate black lives, for the good of society.

If single-payer health care is passed, we might not see too many commercials about children's hospitals because parents may fear they will have to pay full price for health care if they forsake the system. Operations that are now scheduled days in advance might be scheduled to take place weeks or months from the time they should be performed.  People will die, and many life-saving experimental procedures will not be carried out because they won't be allowed. If the Republicans that voted against the repeal of Obamacare put us on the path of heartless single-payer, will they be re-elected? The voters will decide.

Obamacare was designed to fail, and the backdoor support of it by Republicans may cost them control of Congress and prevent better policies we should have from President Trump.

Rick Badman

Warsaw

Editor, Times-Union:

The baby Charlie Gard is dead and the British government made sure it would happen thanks to the National Health Ser­vice, which considered the life was expendable. His parents loved him and wanted him to receive the best care possible in case a miracle cure could happen. But in their infinite wis­dom, the NHS officials decided they knew better and didn't allow the baby to be treated in the United States, where lives are precious except in the abortion clinics where unborn lives are considered "unwanted tissue."

Many Democrats support single-payer health insurance because it will allow the government to decide if a person deserves to have medical care. Democrat Senators had the chance to ex­press their beliefs by voting for or against single-payer. But most voted present and didn't want the voters to know for sure if they favored Washington controlling our lives.

In England, if you go outside the health care system, you are thrown off of it and never allowed to use it again. You can be financially ruined.

Obama supports a single-payer system and might have intended for it to collapse so that the citizens would demand government-controlled health care. If that happens, we will have two health care systems. There will be the best health care for those that can afford it like Obama and the rich Democrats who want "the little people," as Hillary Clinton calls them, to have substandard health care with its waiting times that could mean people will die needlessly and the restrictions that put money ahead of lives.

Abortion is considered a litmus test by Democrats to deter­mine if a Democrat deserves to be supported. Democrat women support the extermination of unborn children like the Nazis sup­ported the extermination of the Jews. I find it ironic that many black women support abortion, which a century ago was a way to exterminate black lives, for the good of society.

If single-payer health care is passed, we might not see too many commercials about children's hospitals because parents may fear they will have to pay full price for health care if they forsake the system. Operations that are now scheduled days in advance might be scheduled to take place weeks or months from the time they should be performed.  People will die, and many life-saving experimental procedures will not be carried out because they won't be allowed. If the Republicans that voted against the repeal of Obamacare put us on the path of heartless single-payer, will they be re-elected? The voters will decide.

Obamacare was designed to fail, and the backdoor support of it by Republicans may cost them control of Congress and prevent better policies we should have from President Trump.

Rick Badman

Warsaw
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