“Euthanasia … can only be used when an animal is suffering. By definition, you cannot euthanize a healthy animal.” — Nancy Box, Longmont
“We are here with compassion and care for the animals ‘no-kill’ shelters turn away Denver Animal Shelter,”Melanie Sobel’s excuses for moving the Denver Animal Shelter away from no-kill are both disheartening and misleading. Yes, words matter. As such, she should do some research on the no-kill movement.
No-kill policies result in more animals suffering and dying badly. In Las Vegas, for example, three dogs were abandoned in the parking lot of a publicly funded shelter, which has no-kill policies, after it turned them away. One dog was run over and had to be euthanized. In Louisiana, a dog who had been refused by a publicly funded facility with no-kill policies died after being abandoned in a crate behind a levee on a hot day. Those are fates far worse than a humane death.
Things like the 80/20 rule, which states that for-profit insurers must cap their potential profits at 20% , are necessary. Why do health care expenses keep going up when things like computers, other manufactured goods, software, and internet services go down in cost over time? Because health care is primarily a service industry, not a product industry.
I have four more years until Medicare, a federal government health insurance. We need real solutions, not health-sharing plans. Health-sharing plans are not health insurance and should not be confused with real health insurance. We need to advocate for a health care plan that works for all.
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