It seems obvious that we need to get election reforms first before we have any chance of passing UHC legislation. Shouldn we just all be working towards full voting rights now as a logical first step?
The movement for UHC intersects with several other important social justice issues, such as education, the environment, election reform and racial injustice. Each potential activist and, indeed, every informed citizen should be respected for setting out their own priorities. Certainly, there is some logic to the argument that electoral reform would make struggles like that for UHC likely to succeed more quickly. However, many people and organizations have made the argument that a working democracy will require universal access to health care both for direct and indirect reasons. Directly, it is hard to see how there can be fair representation of our citizenry when disproportionately uninsured, low-income individuals are unable to represent their perspectives at the poll, due to limitations in their health care. Being ill or injured, or living with an ill parent or child one does not enjoy the same ability to attend community meetings, visit the local schools, talk with one’s neighbors
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- It seems obvious that we need to get election reforms first before we have any chance of passing UHC legislation. Shouldn we just all be working towards full voting rights now as a logical first step?
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