Health Care Reform

Meet Mr. Giraffe. He had an untimely run in with a duo of canines that left him needing serious medical attention. Thankfully though, he's one of 25 million giraffes living in the U.S. that has health insurance, and he was sure that his provider would take care of his rapidly rising medical costs. Due to the severity of his injuries, his stay in the hospital was lengthy, and his rehabilitation time thereafter was also exceptionally long and costly. But, he had great insurance and could rest easy knowing that he was being taken care of. Then one day a letter came to Mr. Giraffe. It was a bill from the animal hospital. A bill? But, certainly this is a mistake. His health insurance had already paid for his initial surgeries and subsequent follow up visits, so what possibly could he be receiving a bill for? Well, it appears that Mr. Giraffe was not completely truthful when he filled out his insurance application. He had failed to mention that he was a stuffed giraffe and that stuffed giraffes are pre-disposed to dismembering by canines. He would have to pay the bill in full or have all of the work done to him, undone. Seeing as how he did not have $750,000, he had no choice but to be taken apart again. He was completely distraught. How could a country as wealthy as his not be able to provide health coverage at an affordable cost. He thought that everyone should have the right to free health care. His friend, Mr. Elephant, called him a socialist and told him to go back to Russia where he belonged. But Mr. Giraffe said, "Socialism? What about the Post Office, and Public School, and the Civil Services? Those are run by the government and funded by our tax dollars. Why couldn't we do the same thing to our health care system?" And that's when Mr. Elephant replied, "Because we can't make money off of people living. There's too many lobbyists to pay."