DB – The health care “debate”
Yes, the word debate is in quotes…..because, honestly, there is no debate. We have been screwed by unbridled capitalism…the so-called “free market” which allows our Corporate Health Care System to become something that the entire civilized world laughs at……while we allow our own citizens to suffer and declare bankruptcy by the millions.
The chart below really says is all…or at least most of it!
What it says to me, though, might be even worse. It says we so believe in the “religion” of unfettered corporate access to our money – that we will sacrifice our country and fellow citizens to the on the Corporate Profits Altar. And while I know the Business of America has always been business, it was my hope that we would one day understand that business and commerce is designed is supposed to enhance our way of life, not enslave us to it.
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Tags: ethics, health, politics
While I’m certainly not pleased with the bill that will be up for a vote tomorrow I console myself that at least it’s a start. But I can’t help worrying that it will only make things worse. And I hate feeling so fatalistic. I am one of those “single payer” people. National health care is the solution when one looks at the big picture and how lack of access and ability to pay corrodes our entire economy. And no, it won’t be “free”, and it certainly won’t be “cheap”. But look at what lack of it is doing to our economy at present.
This household does not believe that the traditional “business model” is a suitable or appropriate model for something as necessary as healthcare. Neither do we think that “free enterprise” is all it’s cracked up to be. Frankly, there really is very little “free” in the enterprise, as near as we can see! Competition remains non-existant by the exemption from the Sherman anti-trust act that insurance companies have enjoyed for decades now. As long as their aim is to provide dividends for their shareholders healthcare availability and competitive pricing will suffer. Along with everyone else who can no longer afford to be “insured”.
Thanks, Craig!