What kind of a people are we?

I know we’re not going to get healthcare reform like I want, namely single payer insurance. But what I can’t for the life of me figure out why we can’t get some basic, common sense changes such as:

1. NO PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. Everyone needs protection from the high costs of health care so that means everyone needs insurance.
2. Subsidize insurance for individuals and small businesses owners who want to provide employee coverage and require that EVERYONE have basic coverage.
3. Prohibit insurance companies from dropping or denying coverage to a policy holder when that person gets sick.
4. Prohibit insurance companies from charging high premiums for crappy coverage for people who are self-employed or whose employers don’t provide insurance coverage.

What kind of responsible person would deny coverage to another American? What kind of responsible person would think it is a good idea for an insurance company to deny/limit coverage just because someone was born with a genetic condition/disease? What kind of person thinks that just because “my coverage” is okay, our system doesn’t need help? What kind of nation are we, what kind of people are we, that we do not care for the least among us–the children, the sick, or the poor? It is a disgrace that we have so many Americans under-insured or without insurance. It is a disgrace that the leading cause for bankruptcy in America is the inability to pay medical/health costs. And it is a disgrace that any Democrat or Republican stand in the way of just these basic common sense reforms.

What kind of a people are we?