The dialogue over health care is intensifying. A lot of the debate seems to be agenda-driven. Clearly we should be able to find a better way to provide better health care, so that people can take responsibility for their own health. With careful deliberation lawmakers should be able to insure that health care is dispensed fairly. What people seem most concerned about is inequities in the system. A Christian nation, a civilized nation, should have health care that is compassionate, dispensed with fairness, and available in a timely matter to those who need it.
Two articles that seem to address the issue with clarity and integrity are by David Goldhill, writing in the Atlantic Online and T.R. Reid, writing in the Washington Post.
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