Regarding the need for a complete national healthcare system for our country, that covers all citizens in need of healthcare services: Freedom without opportunity is the devil’s gift, and the refusal to provide such opportunities is criminal. The fate of the more vulnerable offers a sharper measure of the distance from here to something that might be called civilization. While you are reading this,1,000 children in our nation will die from easily preventable disease, and almost twice as many women will die or suffer serious disability in pregnancy or childbirth for lack of simple remedies and care. UNICEF estimates that to overcome such tragedies, and to ensure universal access to basic social services, would require only a quarter of the annual military expenditures of the “developing countries.”. It is against the background of such realities as these that any serious discussion of human freedom should proceed. It is widely held that the cure for such profound social maladies is within reach. This hope is not without foundation.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 06:01:32 +0000
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