HEALTH CARE REFORM NOW! YES, WE CAN!
Today is the day! Sunday, March 21st. Our congress will make history and pass health care reform. It’s time. The cost of health care is skyrocketing. If our children and our children’s children stand a chance at staying healthy and affording a doctor’s care, when necessary, today is the day to guarantee their rights to that care. I admit it is upsetting to read a long article about yesterday’s rallies outside the Congressional hearings on the health care debate and find at the end of it how one person hurled racial slurs at black congressional representatives and even spit at Representative George Lewis of Georgia.
People may be afraid that health care reform may turn out to be a great equalizer for people of all classes, ethnicities and colors. Maybe it is one of the last barriers to economic health and equity in our country. I’m sure that Mr. Lewis easily recalls the days of the Civil Rights Movement when he marched to cure racial segregration. After today, I hope that he does not have to face anymore hateful reminders of those days.
