Unfortunately, this is not the case with the majority of Americans. Under the Bush Administration's policy of higher profits for rich CEOs, at the expense of the American workers, most health care benefits have either been eroded, or totally abolished by people who don't have to worry about how they will pay the doctor. Health care benefits are now the sole responsibility of Joe American. Depending on your current health, and the number of children you have, that cost is approaching what most people have to pay for their mortgage each month.
Since many good paying jobs have been exported overseas, most Americans are earning substantially less than they used to. That means their health care is no longer a basic right, but an extravagance; one they no longer can afford. Most people go from day to day hoping that they won't get sick, or need medical help.
So, what happens when they, or their children get sick? I'll tell you what, nothing! They live with it, and hope it will go away. We literally have millions of people living with pain, needing operations, dental care, and antibiotics. Has corporate greed got so bad that they have lost their humanity? Evidently so. Our politicians, felt the need to rally around the bankers and bail them out to the tune of 750 billion dollars (which they turned around and handed out to their CEOs in multimillion dollar golden parachutes, and exotic vacations), but they cannot help heal their own people!
I am not a communist, but the new administration needs to take a long, hard look at nationalizing health care here in the USA. Its time our government got its priorities in order.
2 comments:
Sounds like Karma for your last post. Any chance your sickness comes with the chills?
SJM
Really not that much better up here in Canada for health care. Money gets deducted every week from employers to supposedly pay for that kind of stuff, but when one is sick, and can't afford to get into a private clinic, one has time to die before getting off the waiting list and obtain medical cae. Then again, who can blame the doctors? Politicians make much more $$ than the doc's do. Go figure!
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