When you hear most discussions about healthcare, they almost always revolve around cost-cutting and saving money, as if the purpose of the health industry is to make money – newsflash, it isn’t. It’s about having healthy, long lived people, and that’s an investment that will more than pay for itself in the long run. 
“Safety net providers are imperative … and some of their funding streams are in serious danger,” said Lucien Wilson, director of the Insure the Uninsured Project, a consumer organization.
Law makers have argued that most of the people left uninsured are illegal immigrants (which is a poor excuse in itself), but the fact is, less than one quarter are in this position. Melissa Stafford Jones, president and chief executive of the California Assn. of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, said many of the patients who are uninsured now still won’t have coverage next year.
“Those communities are still going to need care, and we need to have a safety net to serve them,” she said.
Here’s an interesting fact: in a census, Americans were asked “Who is responsible for my health?,” 100% of respondents answered, “I am.” When asked, “Who should decide your health care?,” without exception, everyone said, “I want to control my own health care.”. People want to control their own health, and it’s only natural! 
