VOTE FOR HEALTHCARE

Sunday's Democratic presidential debate revealed little about the health care crisis in America. The candidates seem to focus on issues important to them while commenting on the present president's actions quite contrarily. The war in Iraq took precedence over all followed by Iraq's weaponization and terrorism. Immigration was discussed. Many homeland issues were briefly touched on, but not emphasized.

Where is the love for the people of America? Shouldn't more attention be focused on health care, jobs, wages, housing, homeland security, etc? The issues discussed during the debate missed the mark. There must be more focus on the American people!

Great health is true wealth. It should be a primary concern for our next president. To keep our nation wealthy, we must be healthy. For the record, one candidate, Governor Bill Richardson, had responses for many of the health care concerns America faces.

This is evident on his website. There was a report entitled "The Candidates Side-by-side on Health Care". Many issues were left blank by the other candidates. Governor Richardson left no blank spaces. He has an "innovative national health care plan" (as does Senator Obama, 15 pages while Senator Kucinich lists a universal health care plan as the top issue). The other candidates had a page or two on health care.

As election time draws closer, hopefully health issues will be number one on every one's list. Great health, true wealth?