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I can't believe we are still having these conversations about healthcare for all. Obamacare is a step in the right direction. Every time I see Ted Cruz on television, I can't help but shake my head. He claims that Obamacare is hurting the middle class and the insurance industry. He blames Obamacare for reduction in work hours for middle class workers. He blames Obamacare for everything that is wrong in the US. First of all, if the insurance industry is hurting, it's done it to itself. After years and years of gorging workers into paying high premiums for little service, they deserve to be hurting now; just as its customers have for years. Reduction in work hours for middle class? Erm.....how bout the economy bottoming out and wall street doing what it wants after being de-regulated by the Republican Party? Maybe Sen. Cruz wants to blame outsourcing on Obamacare. I'm a front line healthcare worker that has worked on both sides of the border. Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Hilary Clinton had healthcare nearly fixed back when her husband was in office, but thanks to Bob Dole and the Republican Party calling it "socialized medicine" and putting a scare into the general population that the US was headed for a communistic state, the whole thing was crushed. It's not communistic at all. Its universal for all in the country. When I work with my patients, it doesn't matter if they have insurance or not. We are all covered under our universal healthcare plan. I'm not chased and getting constant memos about making sure patients are charged. My attention is totally focused on patient care.....not money. Wanna talk cost???? When I was in the states, about a third of my paycheck went to taxes and insurance premiums. I had an ill child and had to fight with the insurance company for everything he needed. Here, I'm still paying about a third of my paycheck in taxes, but whatever healthcare I need, I've had without any problem. Mental healthcare is covered. I can't say we've had any mass shootings up here. The US gov't and all Americans have to change their outlook on healthcare overall. Its not a business, it shouldn't be a money maker and its can't be just for the wealthy or those impoverished. The middle class is the engine of the US economy and deserve affordable healthcare that provides services all members need. Sen. Cruz, stop the fanatical crying. You're a junior senator trying to make a name for himself and has not shared anything with any basis or intelligence that could be considered productive. To him and the rest of the Tea Party, its about big business and making more money, not about the regular, working class families.