Submitted by pda_ill_admin on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 21:59

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written by, Bill Bianchi

We have a moral, social and financial responsibility to provide all residents of the US access to quality health care when needed. That was the message delivered to 21 participants at Ebenezer Lutheran church adult forum early Sunday morning March 9th.

Dr Anne Scheetz of Health Care for All Illinois (HCAI) invoked the biblical story of the Good Samaritan as a model for our moral responsibility to change the current health care system from one that allocates services unequally and arbitrarily-depending on the need to ensure corporate profits--to one that delivers comprehensive health care to all regards of employment, marital status or financial condition. That message is boiled down to one short statement: Everyone In; Nobody Out.

Other presenters included Jim Rhodes of HCAI and Metro Seniors and Bill Bianchi, PDA Chicago.

The presentation sparked much audience participation, in addition to Q & A. Several participants shared their experiences with health care abroad, which gave a means to compare with the US system. Questions from the audience included "What about wait times in a S-P system?" How will we pay for it? What can we do now to bring it about?