Youth And Health Care
You know, being 20 years old means I’m not exactly caring too much about health care. I’m not too young to start worrying about my health, it’s just not one of the top things on my mind at this point.
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking though, and I realize that may I DO need to start paying a little more attention to health care policy. While I myself may not be concerned about it, what about when my parents get older? Who’s gonna pay for the bill? Would I possibly need to help my parents obtain health care?
Youths need to start worrying about these kinds of things. Our parents aren’t getting any younger. Sooner or later they are going to need more treatment, unless your parents are absolutely amazing health-wise (and I know that can’t be true for everyone’s parents. If I one day do need to take care of my parents and obtain health care, it had damned well better be affordable. I mean, let’s face it, Social Security isn’t doing too hot right now. How many families can safely say that Social Security would fix all monetary problems after retirement? Probably not too many, especially with 401k’s being threatened currently.
So, who’s going to have the better health care plan? Of the two parties that actually stand a chance of winning the presidential election, both promise affordable health care. There is huge debate as to which one will actually work, although to me they both sound roughly the same with different execution. I do not see what all the fuss about who’s plan would work best is for, because I don’t think candidates have to disagree on every single issue. Sometimes both sides can come to the same conclusion you know…
There will be a greater population of older people in the upcoming years, and the youth generation needs to prepare for it. It may not seem like a big deal now, but that’s because we’re still rather young and are not forward-looking enough. Whatever the health care solution is of today, it had better be one that I can afford, because if I end up in a situation where I have to take care of my parents, I want to be able to pay for it.
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JollyRoger Said,
October 15, 2008 @ 1:45 am
Not paying a lot of attention to the healthcare mess is understandable when you’re young; a lot of fun stuff is out there to be done, and you can take the abuse.
It becomes a lot more understandable about the time your first child is born. And from there, children give you constant reminders until they’re grown, by which time YOU will be feeling it.t. Youth is a great time to work to get it changed; I wish I’d thought more about it way back when.
Alberto Said,
October 15, 2008 @ 6:23 am
That is an excellent point, and certainly something to think about before starting a family these days…