Wait In Your Health Care Provider's (Hobby) Lobby

This is not an endorsement of today's SCOTUS ruling, nor is it an attack on the decision itself. I, like many Americans, have mixed feelings on the issue (see WashPo article on the CBS poll here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/06/30/americans-are-really-confused-about-whether-they-like-the-supreme-courts-birth-control-decision/).

That said, I take issue with the assertion in this HuffPo column that corporations have more rights than people. Corporations (Hobby Lobby in this case), are not taking away the rights of the people. If the federal government does believe that health care is a right, (spoiler alert: the Progressives do), they should (and can, according to Alito in the majority opinion) be providing this birth control for free (since health care is a right).

Imagine for a moment how much it would cost to provide free health care to every individual in the United States. Well, the White House is on it! In fact, their spokesperson today said they are reviewing their options and are calling on Congress to fix it! (Can you hear the hallelujah chorus? No, no! I meant the "Greatest Medley Ever Told" version from Sister Act..."money, money, money, money, money!" Oh. P.S. It's yours they're throwing around.)

Mitt Romney was right when he said that corporations are people. But no one person (or corporation) has more rights than another (unless you're a convicted felon without restored rights, but that's another argument for another day).

Now about that cost thing...This isn't about partisanship. But it is about cost. To you, to me, to your grandparents and parents and your future and/or existing children and their children and so on and so forth. Health care for all is expensive. And someone has to pay for it (spoiler alert #2: that person is you...but don't worry, not for awhile, China's helping us out for now).

Affordable health care is an oxymoron, but it doesn't have to be! (Except for end-of-life care because that's truly costly. Getting old ain't for sissies, or the 99 percent.)  It's an oxymoron as a result of a broken health care system where we artificially keep prices high because the mega billionaires who own the industry (yes, you too pharma companies) CAN and WILL charge you an arm and a leg to fix your broken arm and leg (a leg for a leg leaves the whole world limping...or something like that, right, Ghandi?) (Oh, P.S. These guys are the conservatives.)

Before you go tearing down SCOTUS and staking out your posts along the battle (oops, I meant party) lines, educate yourself on why we are here in the first place. Ask yourself: what's this really about? (Spoiler alert #3: it's always about the money.) Some feeble minds may be won over by almighty rhetoric, but have you paid attention to Congress? A lot of good that rhetoric has done them...the American public actually prefer cockroaches.

Our health care system is broken, but perpetuating these baseless arguments in the name of "religious freedom" or "individual rights" or "social responsibility"  only serves to antagonize, not to change minds or, more importantly, change outcomes.