Sen. John Kerry’s Spin on Insurance
The Hill, one of DC’s political inside-the-beltway magazines, ran an article on its blog today by Sen. John Kerry, D-MA about insurance for kids. Here’s how it starts:
The fact that nine million children in our country live without health care is unacceptable. When it comes to family values, it’s time for Congress to start putting its money where its mouth is.
Ok, I have a problem with this statement, and it’s not even with what you might think of first. My problem is the continued notion that health insurance = health care. They are two distinct things. You do not need health insurance in order to have health care.
I’m not naive - so I understand why this confusion of terms is happening. It’s simply this - If people believe the spin of politicians across this country that health insurance equals health care, then how much easier it is to push universal health insurance.