Comments on: Values on NPR’s Talk of the Nation Science Friday http://valuesconnection.thehastingscenter.org/2009/11/16/values-on-nprs-talk-of-the-nation-science-friday/ The Values and Health Reform Connection is an open conversation, a group blog, and a nonpartisan effort to spark a rich discourse on fundamental values in health reform. It is hosted by the Hastings Center, with Health Affairs as media sponsor. Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:21:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Neil Bray http://valuesconnection.thehastingscenter.org/2009/11/16/values-on-nprs-talk-of-the-nation-science-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Neil Bray Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:31:09 +0000 http://valuesconnection.thehastingscenter.org/?p=282#comment-167 Speakers completely misrepresent positions of Jefferson, specifically stating that housing, education and now health care are rights of citizenship. They are not. The opportunity to access is your right, however, we are not responsible for the individual results. Speakers also barely scratched the surface in discussing each value and its impact on healthcare, specifically responsibility. I would love to see value driven approaches in healthcare, in fact, I thought candidate Obama promised me that such an approach would be followed in his analysis phase of healthcare reform. It seems that phase was bypassed. Entitlement and wealth redistribution are not values of this country, however, they are the cornerstone of our healtcare reform efforts. Every citizen of this country should have access to quality healtcare. To perfect that access, each citizen has the responisbility to take preventive care of his health and contribute proportionately to the cost of providing care. Speakers completely misrepresent positions of Jefferson, specifically stating that housing, education and now health care are rights of citizenship. They are not. The opportunity to access is your right, however, we are not responsible for the individual results. Speakers also barely scratched the surface in discussing each value and its impact on healthcare, specifically responsibility. I would love to see value driven approaches in healthcare, in fact, I thought candidate Obama promised me that such an approach would be followed in his analysis phase of healthcare reform. It seems that phase was bypassed. Entitlement and wealth redistribution are not values of this country, however, they are the cornerstone of our healtcare reform efforts.

Every citizen of this country should have access to quality healtcare. To perfect that access, each citizen has the responisbility to take preventive care of his health and contribute proportionately to the cost of providing care.

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