{"id":2456782,"date":"2020-04-05T21:28:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T03:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/health-care-for-all\/"},"modified":"2020-04-06T07:09:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T13:09:42","slug":"health-care-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/health-care-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Health care for all"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"38.198172472873\">\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Do you think health care is a human right?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Do you have health insurance? Do all members of your extended family? Does your neighbor? What will happen to the uninsured during this pandemic if the virus strikes?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Should health care be a right to all, no matter where we live or how much money we make? To me, no one should have to worry about something so very basic to society\u2019s well being as access to health care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In the United States we do not yet have universal health insurance. Forty-four million Americans lack health insurance and 43.5 million are under insured. This number has grown steadily since Trump became president because he and his supporters have tried to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. Why?<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/at-banner-paypal.jpg)\" class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">They don\u2019t believe in government-run health insurance. They think corporations, who charge much more than governments, should be able to make a big profit on health insurance. Those corporate profits make the insurance unaffordable to one-third the population of this country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Trump also does not believe in preparing for a pandemic. Obama, along with getting health insurance to people with pre-existing conditions, also had a pandemic preparedness team of experts in place and shared all the details with Trump. Trump got rid of the team. In early February he sent 17 tons of emergency medical supplies to China because he believed COVID-19 would not touch the U.S. As a result we lack the masks, protective gowns and respirators we need now here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Luckily for Coloradoans, Gov. Polis is working hard to get us what we need. 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