News & Politics QotD: Real Life Issues

Which "political issue" affects you most in your day-to-day life?

Health care. Every day I deal with people who have insurance problems, lack prescription drug coverage, or are worried about their high co-pays/deductibles. On the home front, I worry about family members who don't have coverage or have to pay an enormous amount of money for COBRA coverage. For the most part, my family and the people I work with are lucky because they live in Minnesota. We have several governmental safety nets for those who are not insured and the company I work for offers programs for those who are not eligible for insurance, but this is not the norm in the United States. I've seen Sicko. I know Michael Moore's biases. Despite his one-sided portrayal of the health care system, he's right, the system in the United States is broken. I've worked with people who are from Wisconsin or North Dakota and it's frustrating knowing that there is nothing out there available to them--no emergency insurance, no prescriptions, no rehab, no doctor to follow up. I hope this year--this election--things will be different. We need to stop focusing on the divisive issues of abortion and immigration and start working on solutions to the many important issues we face in this world.