Senator Obliterates GOP Talking Point On Obamacare’s Maternity Coverage In 60 Seconds
First, I want to say thank you to him. We need more like him in the Senate and he is leaving.
Of course, people will yell than healthcare is not a tax, but, as someone coming from one of these commie country (not really, just France) who has been used to consider healthcare like a common good for which you pay according to your income, not your needs, I could not agree more.
Obamacare is a small step in the right direction, but we need to change mentalities. I cannot imagine the most far right French politician (I have not lived in France for 12 years, so who knows) complaining that men have to pay for maternity care. They may want to get rid of the public system, but this is just ridiculous.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/11/05/2892901/gop-talking-point-maternity-coverage/
During a hearing on Obamacare implementation Tuesday, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee chairman Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) offered a powerful rebuttal to those criticizing the Affordable Care Act’s inclusion of maternity care coverage as one of ten “essential health benefits” categories that insurance companies must offer consumers under the health law.
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HARKIN: Now, I must say there was a story the other day in the paper about somebody who said, “Now I got — I have to take this policy that covers maternity care. My wife and I are not having more children. Why should I have to have a policy that covers maternity care?” I got to thinking about that. I thought, you know what? Maybe because my wife and I do not have any more children and they are grown up, maybe I should not have to pay property taxes to pay for my local schools. Huh? Why should I worry about it? Maybe only people who have kids going to the public school should pay for it. We are better than that in this country. We are talking about being part of our society. It is to our benefit, my wife and I, to support our local schools because that is our next generation, we want them well taught. Same with health care. It is a values system.