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I like to analyze philosophical quotes, particularly "Chinese Philosopher Quotes", because way of expression is simple but there are always a more meaningful messages behind them.  I consider this form of expression, like an Iceberg of our life journey. The list below is from "Zhuangzi" (in simplified Chinese: 庄子; traditional Chinese: 莊子; pinyin: Zhuāngzǐ) "  and  may I ask: "Which quote do you like best?" and "Why?"

I can tell you my favorite at  the moment are the butterflies. as follows'

"I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly,
or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man."
"I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreams of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man? " See this link to video Chasing Butterflies, You will ask me "Why?" I will answer "Because I see myself as a butterfly when I sit in front of the computer and surf around on the net. I feel,  I 'm a butterfly that is moving from flower to flower, because I never known what will be on the next  link or pages." But I know that the next flower could have something nourishing for me! My other favorite at the moment is "Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing."

Below is a list of the  philosopher  "Zhuangzi"  quotes.
"All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten. The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten. "
"Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse. "
"Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. "
"Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious."
"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. "
"I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man. "
"I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreams of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man? "
"I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river. "
"Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth. "
"Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it."
"Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education. "
"Those who realize their folly are not true fools."
"Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature. "
"We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away. "

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Topic: Healthcare for All
Introduction: It is a well-known and famous issue, within the well developed world,  the US’s health care system is a problem child , that needs reform, so that health care is accessible and affordable to all.


The best and the most expensive 

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Internationally the US has the  largest impact within the Medical area in technology, research, and ground breaking treatment methods. Logically this nation would be statically be top ranking world wide in health care measurement,  like life expectancy. However, in reality the life expectancy in the US is falling sharply behind in worldwide rankings, with a growing number of US residents ,who aren't accessible to health care because of affordability. It is shocking to see the U.S’s health care , falling behind other countries because the healthcare costs soar ahead of them. The United States health care system is the most expensive in the world .
The overall US Health care spending in 2009 was $8,160 per U.S. resident equivalent to nearly 18% of GDP (gross domestic product)
The Healthcare expenditure projected to be $13,100 per resident or accounting for over 20% of GDP by 2018 .

*Link to UN Universal Human right overview

The right to health care 
ccording to the UN universal Declarations of human right in 1948, article 25
“(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.”

The United States is the only wealthy, industrialized country that does not recognize and anticipate health care area as the human right to ensure all citizens have health care coverage. Instead of treating healthcare as a human right, the U.S. generally approaches health care as a commodity—either to be administrated out to the needy as a matter of charity, or to be provisioned by the private sector for maximum profit. While some public funding does exist for certain groups (e.g. those over the age of 65, those poor enough to meet Medicaid criteria, and the military). Problems are US do not adapt healthcare system’s model of the mixture of public and private funding , but rather the heavy reliance on a private sector whose bottom line dictates a focus on profits over people.
Health care policy needs to be about the right to health equally to all of our citizens. The level or quality of healthcare should be an inalienable right of all people, not a privilege of the few. Money should not be allowed to dictate that some should live in good health while others suffer in humiliation and anger.

*Link to Right to Health in America

Simplify and transparency.
Currently the health care system build on option of federal, state, and private funding sources, and hundreds choices of individual insurance plans, and different referral procedures for different types of delivery systems. It results that is to obtain basic care has become a bureaucratic nightmare for individual. The current health care system is becoming extremely complex and entails wasteful expenditures on administrative and litigation costs, making it more and more difficult than ever for individuals to access health care. Because the U.S. health care system frequently delivers inadequate and poor quality health care, and policymakers must streamline  the system to make it easily understandable and accessible for all citizen in our country.
Transparency and simplify regulation within the healthcare  are the beginning step toward making it accessible and affordable to the all.




*Link to Right to Health in America

 Cost control
Government shall act more actively and firmly in aiming for price control, with freezing and decreasing the growth of costs through improved efficiency in the health care system. This will ease the burden to citizens in our society. Providing a healthcare system that is accessible and affordable for all, regardless of race or stature, can only improve our civilization, and protection its citizens with  a dignity and life quality and not constantly emotional fear when illness strikes, because right now it proves to be a significant and potentially ruinous  financially strain on families with personal bankruptcy and more.

The common good is served best by serving all
I believe:
• The right to health is a fundamental human right that all people are entitled to regardless of race, sex, nationality, employment or health status. The right to health is a birthright no different from the right to life or the right to freely express one’s opinion.
• The US is capable of figuring out a healthcare system as other well developed country with accessible, available, affordable, and quality health care. As long the political and its citizens willingness to do.
• The common good is served best by serving all.