The Sick and the Mighty

I haven’t bothered to address Healthcare for a while now, simply because it’s a source of frustration. For me, the solutions always been based in the realization of what the problem really is, not what people perceive, or want it to be.
First, know that I’m a firm believer that healthcare is not a privilege, that it is a right. That you have the right to affordable and quality medical care just as much as you have the right to drink affordable and quality-clean water. When I use the word affordable, I mean two things. First, that I have the money to pay for it without breaking the bank and second, that there exists a fair return  on my investment.
Healthcare is not affordable!
Why? Well start with a drive around your community today, or better get out your phone book and turn to medical services. How many surgical centers have sprung up over the last few years, how many additions to your local Hospital? If it’s anything like my community, it sure seems to be the fastest growing business sector and my Hospital is always under construction. It’s called the Medical Arms Race and it’s one of the reasons that your Insurance Premiums are outrageous. Then there exists the old reliable ghost of corporate greed and power.
In this case, the greed and power of HMOs, Pharmaceutical and Insurance Corporations. This outright greed and corruption is so flagrant, so visible, that we accept it as due course, and say nothing.
Doesn’t it bother you that Senator Baucus, the Chairman of the Senate Finance committee that was holding hearings into Healthcare reform, received $183,000 from Insurance Companies and another $229,000 from Pharmaceutical companies and while they had a seat at the table, proponents of Single Payer were not even invited.
I’ll argue that it does not matter if you agree or disagree with a single pay healthcare system or any other type of plan that might be considered, that if you are not bringing all considerations, and all parties to the table, nothings going to change.
Here’s a decent video worth watching!