It's such a shame, when so many other countries in the world have health care plans that cover everyone, that many people appear to have so much opposition to creating a similar system here in the states.
Of course, it always comes down to politics and how much money the people who make the decisions are getting paid from the very companies who would be impacted (mainly the unregulated profit-machines known as our insurance companies).
I bet if you let the people in the hospital and doctor's office waiting rooms around the country make the decision, rather than a small group of high powered people already covered by medical plans who also happen to be getting paid large sums of money from the insurance and drug companies...
We would have had a health care plan in place decades ago.
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Puttin' grandpa down
Rachel Maddow did a very good segment on how "average Americans" are being riled up against health care reform by corporations choosing to spread fear, lies and misinformation in order to protect their businesses that profit from our current health care mess.
As irritated as I get with the "kooks" I see on the news spewing their misinformed views in outrage, there is a part of me that just feels sorry for them and, ultimately, us.
Based on the information that they believe to be true (because they don't feel the need to research the facts), they have every right to be angry and should be protesting the wrongs that they perceive are being forced upon them.
However, because the corporate PR machines are manipulating them with the wrong information, they end up looking like uneducated ass-hats in front of millions of people and adding fuel to the unstable mental fires of others who teeter dangerously close to the edge of reason.
And, more often than not, many of these kooks aren't stupid people.
They're just frustrated people who, unfortunately, were mislead by a few "concerned citizens" pretending to care about them (which they don't) who, in fact, really just want to take advantage of their fragile emotional state for their own financial agendas.
Life is already challenging enough for the average American.
Manipulating the minds of the weak and desperate for corporate gain is just wrong.
Unfortunately, it's the American way...
That needs to change.
As irritated as I get with the "kooks" I see on the news spewing their misinformed views in outrage, there is a part of me that just feels sorry for them and, ultimately, us.
Based on the information that they believe to be true (because they don't feel the need to research the facts), they have every right to be angry and should be protesting the wrongs that they perceive are being forced upon them.
However, because the corporate PR machines are manipulating them with the wrong information, they end up looking like uneducated ass-hats in front of millions of people and adding fuel to the unstable mental fires of others who teeter dangerously close to the edge of reason.
And, more often than not, many of these kooks aren't stupid people.
They're just frustrated people who, unfortunately, were mislead by a few "concerned citizens" pretending to care about them (which they don't) who, in fact, really just want to take advantage of their fragile emotional state for their own financial agendas.
Life is already challenging enough for the average American.
Manipulating the minds of the weak and desperate for corporate gain is just wrong.
Unfortunately, it's the American way...
That needs to change.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Obama in New Hampshire
I watched President Obama talk about Health Care Reform in New Hampshire today and, honestly, how much clearer can he be? He dispelled the many rumors that have been swirling around and answered questions directly from people who had them.
I wish the angry and uninformed would just ignore all the rumors and hearsay that are bunching them up into a collective tizzy and, instead, just get their information directly from the source.
It's a pretty simple concept with remarkable results.
I also liked the question about the need for a focus on mental health care coverage in this country.
A lot of people (and the country) would benefit from that.
I wish the angry and uninformed would just ignore all the rumors and hearsay that are bunching them up into a collective tizzy and, instead, just get their information directly from the source.
It's a pretty simple concept with remarkable results.
I also liked the question about the need for a focus on mental health care coverage in this country.
A lot of people (and the country) would benefit from that.
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