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To: tejek who wrote (219636)	2/18/2005 4:38:18 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (2) of 1576329

Tejek, "the percentage of children covered by state health-care programs increased to 26.4 percent" post-gazette.com I have to admit, I do not understand why people would have children before they can responsibly take care of them. It's beyond belief if a person has a child before they are able to take care of the child. There are exceptions, like if a person loses their job or experiences some unexpected event, but isn't that different from a person that doesn't even consider the well-being of a child before having one? Don't people consider the impact on their children before taking such a step - it seems selfish when they don't. Maybe I lean too much on the side of responsibility. RE: "some offer it to families of four with incomes as high as $56,550." Why would someone have four children when they can't afford that many? Barring some unexpected event such as a layoff or illness, it's irresponsible and seflish. RE: "About a third of the 45 million uninsured nationwide have a household income of $50,000 or more" I guarantee you that if my income were only $50k, any child of mine would have health insurance. It's irresponsible people don't make other adjustments in their life in order to make darn sure their children have health insurance. Health insurance should be a parent's top priority. Would like to see the Democrats create more programs that encourage responsibility, rather than the current system which encourages a poliferation of children in poverty. (Conversely, would like to see Republicans be more open to such programs.) The current system is broke - we flip between Dems creating programs that don't encourage responsibility and Reps eliminating them. This is what currently happens. I think a better solution is a compromise where a program gets created but it encourages responsibility. For example, the person making $50k but doesn't pay for health insurance should have their paychecks deducted for health care. Period. In many foreign countries, there's no excuse for a worker to not pay for health care because it is taken out of the paycheck whether they like it or not. Regards, Amy J

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