From a compelling piece by Chris DeWald
I considered myself “a Republican” and have issues with both political main parties. I want to tell you what changed my thinking of politics along “Full Republican” lines.
In May 2006, I found myself lying in a bed and could not move due to having a bilateral brain-stem stroke. My current insurance company would only treat me enough to get me on my feet and out the proverbial door of a hospital. Now, this is the same insurance that all City of Staunton employees receive, and also employees of the school district.
How much longer are we going to let health care become inaccessible to so many. how much longer are we going to let insurance companies have so much say over what's available to patients (and make huge profits while denying health care to people who need it), and how much longer are we going to think it's all right to spend billions of dollars on the military but too expensive to take o health care for our citizens?