CIVIL RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE ALSO

This week we celebrated The Fiftieth Anniversary of The signing by President Lyndon Johnson of The Civil Rights Bill, legally ending Racial Discrimination in this country. It has been noted at the celebrations and commemorations that while there has been much progress in Race Relations, there is still a long way to go. It has also been noted that there are today many other groups whose Civil Rights have been and are being fought for, Gender Equality, Sexual Orientation Equality and Equality for People with Disabilities. There is, however, another group of us who are still fighting for equality, or at least to maintain our recent gaining of it. While I would not dream of comparing The Health Care Law to The Civil Rights Law because I would not dream of comparing my experiences as a White Man with a preexisting condition to the experiences of Black People in The South prior to the 1964 law, the fact remains that Health Insurance Companies refusal to cover those of us with Preexisting Conditions prior to the passage, signing and now full implementation of The PATIENT PROTECTION and Affordable Care Act was a form of discrimination. Therefore, this law is a form of Civil Rights Legislation, and those that will not stop talking about undoing it want to deny those of us with preexisting conditions Basic Civil right to be treated equally before the law with regard to decent, basic Health Care at an affordable rate. The fact that no detailed alternative that they have put forward even acknowledges that the term 'preexisting conditions' even exists is further proof that Republicans believe this form of discrimination was perfectly acceptable and should be allowed to continue. Therefore, I call on everyone with a preexisting condition or knows anyone with a preexisting condition to join the resistance to undoing or even bad mouthing this law and making sure those that do pay a heavy political price for their views, words and actions, particularly come November. There was a time when I could have been reasonable about this, but that ship sailed when the crowd cheered when one of the candidates answered yes when asked if those with preexisting conditions should just be allowed to die. Since no Republican I know has ever said to me those that did that did not speak for them, even though I know of at least two that I have told more than once that I have a preexisting condition, I consider all Republicans to hold this view and support this cheer. While the fight for Racial Equality and Civil Rights absolutely MUST continue to be fought until it is totally won, along with all of the other groups noted above, the Fight for People's Civil Right to decent, basic Health Care at an affordable rate, regardless of Health Status, must also be taken up and fought until the enemy is utterly obliterated, wiped eternallv clean from the face of existence. So let us fight ALL Discrimination until it is gone, by no means limited too but also not forgetting about those of us with less than spotless Health Histories.