The Audacity of Blame PDF Print E-mail
Written by Lassie   
Tuesday, 09 February 2010 09:51

Received in my inbox from Organizing for America:

A few days ago, President Obama told a story about an OFA supporter in St. Louis who had volunteered during the campaign and organized her community for health reform, but recently succumbed to breast cancer.

She didn't have quality insurance, so she put off crucial exams and didn't catch it early enough. And while she fought cancer, she also spent her final months fighting for a chance at health reform so others wouldn't go through the same thing.



The President told this story to remind Congress, the nation, and us: We can't tell her family we're giving up on reform because it's too hard, or too risky.

Congress is weighing options and hearing plenty of special interest voices telling them to give up. They need to understand that their constituents want them to keep fighting. So today, we're relaunching our Health Care Action Center to give you all the tools and information you need to fight for reform.

Do we know that the OFA supporter would have survived even if she had "quality insurance," or was her cancer too pervasive to defeat? As an ovarian cancer survivor, I dare say my insurance would not have saved me had I been one stage deeper with my spreading tumor. My chance for survival was just over 50%. We all have family and friends who lost their battles, despite being covered. Would government-run healthcare have saved her? Remember John Edwards' claim that electing John Kerry as President would have made people like Christopher Reeve walk?

There's no question that health care reform is needed. But to blame ObamaCare opponents for this poor woman's loss to cancer is beyond belief. Tell OFA that if government takes over our care, that cancer patients will be waiting months to get seen and diagnosed - let alone getting treatment (if the panels have a say). Don't believe me? Check out the survival stats for Canadians and Europeans under socialized medicine. Government doesn't produce, and it certainly doesn't heal.

Cross-posted and comments welcome at FreedomDogs.