We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. So if we are to take these words at their core and apply them to the year 2009 then we must extrapolate that all people are created equal and have certain inalienable rights and one of them has to be have equal and fair heathcare. If we decided we could no longer have a country half free and half slave and we could no longer just have men with the privilege to vote and that blacks and whites must have not separate but equal opportunities but really have equal rights to education and advancement and the pursuit of happiness then it has to be our charge to finally right the wrong of monetizing the most basic right of all–the right to health.

You cannot have a country where some people get the best healthcare and others get none. You cannot have forty six million people without healthcare coverage while others enjoy the very best places like Mayo clinic. It is simply not fair. Not when we can give this right to everyone. The pursuit of happiness must include health. We cannot offer a public option that will only ensure those who can qualify–it is time for the bold step. It is time to INSURE EVERYONE. Like FDR and like Lincoln it is time for Obama to right the wrongs that have been perpetuated by greed and by the immorality of putting a price tag on a person’s health.

The United States does right itself. We do make adjustments to our democracy. Now is the time to make sure that we do the thing right. No half measure. Give everyone the right to choose their healthcare by offering the public option to everyone. Then we can say that there has been true healthcare reform. That we did insure those who need it most. We cannot let the insurance companies twist this thing away. They will. They will find every loophole and insure their monopoly. It is time to go for broke. It is time to fix what has been wrong in our country for so long where some people live and others die simply because they cannot afford to get healthcare or worse they have become a number on an insurance companies spreadsheet. This is our moment to really ensure we all have the same rights. We should all have the right to health. We should all have the right to the pursuit of happiness.