Precious Moments

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Confucius wrote: "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

Cornel West: "Next time we will fail better."

On 10 March 2010, Alan Grayson introduced a bill (H.R. 4789) which would give the option to buy into Medicare to every citizen of the United States.

Grayson said, “Obviously, America wants and needs more competition in health coverage, and a public option offers that. But it’s just as important that we offer people not just another choice, but another kind of choice. A lot of people don’t want to be at the mercy of greedy insurance companies that will make money by denying them the care that they need to stay healthy, or to stay alive. We deserve to have a real alternative.”

The bill breaks the citizenry into eligibility age categories:

(A) Individuals under 19 years of age.
(B) Individuals at least 19 years of age but not more than 25 years of age.
(C) Individuals at least 26 years of age 25 and not more than 35 years of age.
(D) Individuals at least 36 years of age and not more than 45 years of age.
(E) Individuals at least 46 years of age and not more than 55 years of age.
(F) Individuals at least 56 years of age and not more than 64 years of age.

Now, where have we run across this idea before?

Medicare for All.

Senate Bill 1218 [110th Congress] Sec. 2202 introduced April 25, 2007, by Senator Edward M. Kennedy!

The thing about precious moments is that most of the time you have no idea how precious they really are until much later. And then you can only wish that you had savored them a little more, held on tighter, locked that feeling away so that it wouldn’t be lost.

We could have been there already!

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