Governor Jindal of Louisiana says GOP must stop being "Stupid Party"

[DongBeast]

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;39387194]I'm downright insulted by that last statement.
As an American, I would take a small increase in taxes to ensure the safety of my fellow Americans as well to ensure that my own family is given proper medical treatment.
Every man, women, and child deserves the right to be able to visit a doctor's office or the hospital and know they'll have proper treatment, and not be put into harms way for doing so.
Actually let me tell you the fun tale of how my family stands as of the moment... We've got healthcare, my father works a decent job and usually brings in about $35 - $40 an hour at his job[about 75K - 100K a year depending on hours.]
My father also has to take painkillers after dislocating his neck in a car accident with his company vehicle back in 2007. As most painkillers are, they are highly addictive and if you don't pay attention, you can overtake them on accident from not counting them correctly(or taking them in accordance to pain vs. dosage). Right now my father has been on withdrawl for two days, and has to wait another three days before getting his new prescription. The main reason for his over-taking was thanks to the fact we had a dentist which tried gaming our insurance, and would do fillings/tooth repairs over a two day period.
Please note, my teeth are also in a similar form(he's actually left a vein exposed), and thanks to this I tried over-drinking caffeine in the hopes it would numb out the pain[it really doesn't]. If you know anything about pop, it screws up your teeth badly. Now four years on from that dentist screwing up one of my fillings causing major pain to my jaw line, and thanks to my weakass over-drinking pop to compensate for the pain without getting real painkillers... If I wanted to have my teeth repaired, I would have to pay at the least $5,000 to $10,000.
I refuse outright to do this to my family, so I've refused medical treatment for my jawline, and I would rather let my teeth rot out of the gums, and suffer a little dignity from bad teeth, then disallow my family from having proper health insurance.
And even with a good life, thats the life I live. In constant pain, and unable to get treatment, because I'm fucking afraid my niece or nephew will get hurt one day, and we'll be unable to pay for treatment.
So when you think about saying, "Universal healthcare isn't needed!" think about what this country stands for, and think about the other families in the United States, which unlike my own are unable to pay for painkillers when they experience injuries and the likelyhood.[/QUOTE]

Holy shit, that hit me right in the feels. That is an extremely crappy situation to be in and I hope everything turns out well and eventually you'll be able to have some repair done. Everyone deserves treatment for their ailments, especially those who are in chronic pain such as yourself.

[DigitalySane]

Don't understand why you don't have Free health care like here in the uk, My grandad would be dead without it and i'd be paying thousands for my dental.