Empathy, Conservatives and Health Care Reform

There is another great article by our friends at Hip Hop Republican about what is lacking in the GOP’s health care message.  There is little doubt that Republicans have the right ideas about health care, but we have to articulate our views to the public.

The liberal argument for health care reform is based on emotion and it works. I’m hardly rooting for a single-payer system, but I know what it means to be without healthcare, and as I’ve stated earlier, I know what it is to be sick and without health care. Democrats may have the wrong perscription to solve the issue, but at least they seem to care.

That’s not what I find when I listen to fellow conservatives. There is no talk about what it might mean to not have health care or to have your benefits cut, or to deal with the rising cost of perscription drugs. As Mark notes, there is some talk about “socialized medicine” and how the US has the best health care system in the world and how we should focus on free market solutions.  There is no talk about people’s fears or concerns about this issue.