Lack of appropriate access and outcomes to healthcare for the most vulnerable citizens, specifically minorities, the elderly and the poor, are a matter of life and death. Dr. Martin Luther King once said, “Of all forms of inequalities, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.”
Providing full access to needed health services was not available to vulnerable citizens, thereby making quality of care difficult to address up to this point. Policymakers have accomplished access to functionally high quality and affordable healthcare and will ensure a healthier society has finally become a reality.
Advocating for the vulnerable population is crucial. If someone can afford health insurance or obtain it through employment, that is satisfactory; however, society must support individuals who are unable to afford their own health insurance.
Enacting the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) is an excellent way to accomplish this. Repealing the ACA would be devastating, unintelligent, a waste of resources, and certainly a travesty for millions of Americans who benefit from this landmark legislation.
Elected officials should be encouraged to offer their unanimous support for this valuable legislation to meet the healthcare needs of the population. The United States government helps individuals who are in need, (and) we must support underserved citizens and help them obtain access to highquality healthcare, preventive care, and not use the emergency department for non-urgent service accesses.
Inflicting uncertainty and confusion jeopardizes people’s health; outcries about executing unneeded changes just to suit a group’s agenda might threaten the constitutionality and legitimacy of the ACA. These actions will hamper the integrity of the organization and fail to admit needs for balancing ideology and morality.
Dorothy Pierce
Jackson