OBieberCare

I'm not quite sure why I chose the title for this post since it's a play on words for a term so often used to the detriment of a historic bill that I vehemently support. Plus it's not even that clever. So please excuse the pun, I thought of it and kind of got stuck on it so here it is.

Anyway, last week the most adorable guy on the planet gave an interview in Rolling Stone. This courageous little cutie tackled social and political issues that most politicians won't even briefly comment on. One of these issues was the flawed American healthcare system. When asked if he'd ever become an American citizen Bieber said:

""You guys are evil," he jokes. "Canada's the best country in the world." He adds, "We go to the doctor and we don't need to worry about paying him, but here, your whole life, you're broke because of medical bills. My bodyguard's baby was premature, and now he has to pay for it. In Canada, if your baby's premature, he stays in the hospital as long as he needs to, and then you go home.""


While I loved his take on such a heated issue, it was not so well-received across the board. Last Friday on CNN, radio host Pete Dominick said that "he shouldn't be commenting on politics...he's 16, what does he know about the world?" Basically, these issues are much to complicated for JB to tackle given his less-advanced knowledge on them (again, because he's 16); and I couldn't disagree more.


The problem is actually pretty simple: people, like Biebs' bodyguard, go broke through no fault of their own because they can't pay for healthcare. In a country that put a man on the moon before anyone else could (and during a tumultuous time in our history, too!), that just doesn't seem right. In my mind, people should be able to go to the doctor if they're sick, get treated, and move on with their lives-without having to stress over medical bills.


It doesn't really matter if it's socialism (it's not, by the way) or the government infringing upon your freedoms (it isn't that either, you can choose your healthcare provider according to HR 3200). What matters is that people need affordable healthcare, and that's not going to happen without some serious government help. So the GOP can continue to claim the unconstitutionality of the bill all they want because people like me, Biebs, and my other level-minded comrades will defend it to the last blog post, editorial, town hall, petition, and election. And ya know, it's easy to defend the status quo when it works for you, it's not quite as easy to consider the well-being of others.


But that's just what I think.