Healthcare Funding for Americans

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I'd like to share a proposal I have for an equitable national healthcare plan which I believe fits perfectly into our current age of accountability. It's based on the following simple premise:

"Whosoever shall knowingly participate in or contribute to the decline of the general health of the masses shall likewise participate in or contribute to the restoration and healing efforts necessitated by same."

Essentially, this means:
Widely available knowledge and data about known adverse health effectsof numerous products show ever-increasing proof that we are poisoning ourselves every day, and when our daily dose of poisons builds up to critical levels, we find ourselves ill and in need of Health-Care. Oh, what a viscious circle!!

~It's known that our polluted environment affects health in adverse ways.

~It's known that chemicals in our foods and other products we use cause adverse health affects. ~It's known that everyday job stresses cause adverse health effects.

~ Material Safety Data Sheetsspecify which organ(s) are targeted by some products.

~Many product labels indicate that the product "contains substances known to the State of California to cause....(health effect filled in here)."

~It's known that our foods, cosmetics, and many everyday products cause adverse health effects.

See:
pesticides
household products
herbicides
fertilizers
food processing
food additives
genetic alterations
cell phones
electromagnetic forces

And, there is SO much more!

So.....why shouldn't those who knowingly participate in or contribute to the adverse impact to the general health of the population be held accountable and responsible to participate in and contribute to the improvement, restorationand healing of those adverse health effects imposed (in part) by them?
Likewise, we, as indivuals, are responsible through personal choices:

~We don't have to use that product that tells us California knows it can contribute to our ill health.

~We don't have to eat all that "junk-food".

~We don't have to eat processed or genetically altered foods.

~We don't have to drink, swim, fish the polluted waters.

~We don't have to use tobacco products.

~We don't have to have all the latest electronics or other EMF emitting items.

~We don't have to put on deodarants, lotions, or other cosmetics.

Essentially, we don'thave to partake of anything that we've learned may cause us harm...but how easy or practicable is it to truly avoid them all?

And...

~We dohave to breathe the polluted air.

~We do have to participate in the work environment.

~We do have to lead a 'normal' life within our society...and we're virtually 'forced' to accept what's put there for us, with little or no true knowledge of the dangers associated with that.

~We do have to accept and trust the systems in place to protect us all.

If our government can sue the tobacco companies for billions of dollars for deceit and covering up known adverse health facts of tobacco products, why should any other known harmful productmanufacturer liabilities be any different? As consumers/end users/likely sufferers, we have a right to protection from such damages.

-Why shouldn't manufacturers who use "chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer or other health problems" be held accountable for the impact their profit-driven business has on the health and welfare of the uninformed population?

-Why shouldn't food and cosmetic companies who use known harmful additives, preservatives, flavor enhancers, etc. be held accountable?

And this list goes on and on!

Basically, "We are what we're exposed to, or expose ourselves to".

Many diseases and illnesses are at least effected by, if not caused by the things around us and the everyday things we've come to take as "OK", because we believe that our Government is keeping a close eye on all this, for our safety (see http://www.usmedicine.com/article.cfm?articleID=993&issueID=69). I'm not saying they're not doing anything, but, unfortunately, we know there's much room for improvement.

I believe the "moral, right solution" is for all to share equitably in all areas of the general health of our civilization.

So...please pass it on...!

"If you're going to help make me sick, you better be ready to help make me well, too!"