Health care - not an inflamatory post but political in nature

Daniel and I were cruising down the Beltway today, headed to Dr. K's. No, not the Kroger-brand Dr. Pepper, thank-you-very-much. I was thinking about how horrible it must have been to be a baby 200 years ago when Amoxil hadn't been invented yet. Wow. Poor kids. Cloth diapers, no Desitin, no antibiotics, no a/c, no footie pajamas. Ok yes, I'm getting carried away. But seriously. What did mamas do when their babies had ear infections? I was suddenly struck by a rogue thought - isn't that how millions upon millions of babies go through life today? I amended my question - What DO mamas do when their babies HAVE ear infections?

That thought opened the door for a whole other slew of thoughts. This one is the point of this blog - I honestly think that people who vehemently support the health care bill (henceforth referred to as "liberals") believe that people who oppose the health care bill (henceforth referred to as "conservatives") don't give a rip about what those mamas do. I happen to be pretty conservative, especially for my age, and I really, truly, honestly do care about those mamas. It actually stings a bit for me to think that my liberal friends probably believe that I don't care. What I don't understand is why those liberal friends a) would even come close to drawing that conclusion based on my opposition of universal health care and b) why Washington (and those who support the public option) believe that we have to "level the playing field" and demand that every man, woman, and child in America partake of a system designed to help "those mamas." While I believe that health care should be available and affordable (heck, in some cases, even free), especially for infants who have no means to provide for themselves, I do NOT believe that I should be subjected to substandard care as a means to provide for "those mamas." Why does that make me a right-wing, conservative nut job?

This, by the way, is an open forum. If you can respectfully answer a or b, please do! Or if you can offer up an opinion that might sway me on a or b, please do!

Anyway, I generally keep my mouth shut about most things (make that all things) political. But this thought just kept nagging at me today and I thought I'd throw it out there as food for thought. Thanks for listening.