Making Basic Healthcare a "Right" In Utah
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(KCPW News) Basic healthcare services are a "right" that should be protected in the Utah Constitution, according to some low-income advocates. Members of the Crossroads Urban Center, Utah's Hispanic community and the Disability Rights Action Committee are calling on the Utah Legislature to amend the state constitution to ensure healthcare for all.Democratic State Senator Scott McCoy will sponsor the amendment. The groups also want full-funding for dental and vision services for Medicaid recipients, and for the state's health care plan for low-income children. The Utah Department of Health estimates more than 300-thousand Utahns lack health insurance.
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1. Ron Regehr said:
Rights come from God. "Free" medical care comes on the shoulders of hard-working men and women. McCoy is a shameless vote chaser who knows better.
3. Scott McCoy said:
Ron,
Who said anything about "free" medical care? Maybe you should understand the proposal before you start calling people names and disparaging people's motives. And by the way, rights come from constitutions drafted by men and women, not God. I don't think God had a hand in the right to vote or the right to a public education and at one point in our human history God's blessing was attributed to slavery but somehow men figured out that the right not to be another man's slave was the right thing to do.
Scott
4. Jessica said:
Senator McCoy intends to start a dialog that is much needed in this state where special interest, not people interest dominate the majority. Thank you Sen. McCoy!
2. Diane Fosnocht said:
It is hard to work if you have healthcare needs and your employer cannot afford health insurance for their workers. I applaud Senator McCoy's courage to make more moral policies that protect low-income children and the families who are trying to care for them.