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Showing posts with label health care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health care. Show all posts
Friday, August 21, 2009
Frustration
I am so weary of hearing ignorant people, distorting facts and misinterpreting words - trying to stir up hatred against someone who is just trying to do the right thing.
My thought - How come the richest country in the world, so far advanced in technology and medical knowledge, is such a miserable failure in providing good care for its sick and elderly, compared to many other countries with far less?
Answer - We are morally bankrupt.
As I see it, there is just one way to turn this around - And, no, I don't imagine it will ever happen. That would be for new legislation to be passed stating that every member of Congress shall be covered by exactly the same rules that apply to everyone in the U.S. - no better, no worse. If they and their families were not safe and secure with their own comprehensive health care coverage, they would see to it very quickly that it was available for all.
Not a startlingly new idea Just a simple and rather obvious truth. Of course, the catch is, the people who would have to pass such legislation are the people who would be on the losing end of it.
My thought - How come the richest country in the world, so far advanced in technology and medical knowledge, is such a miserable failure in providing good care for its sick and elderly, compared to many other countries with far less?
Answer - We are morally bankrupt.
As I see it, there is just one way to turn this around - And, no, I don't imagine it will ever happen. That would be for new legislation to be passed stating that every member of Congress shall be covered by exactly the same rules that apply to everyone in the U.S. - no better, no worse. If they and their families were not safe and secure with their own comprehensive health care coverage, they would see to it very quickly that it was available for all.
Not a startlingly new idea Just a simple and rather obvious truth. Of course, the catch is, the people who would have to pass such legislation are the people who would be on the losing end of it.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Health Care - and whatever
Brack Obama has promised us that he will try to get us a good, strong, sensible health care program. (Operative word: "try") He is working hard to keep that promise.
Personally, I do not agree with everything he suggests. Have any of us ever agreed with everything a politician has suggested? But I do believe it is at least about a thousand percent better than the sorry state of our present system.
The "business as usual" people do NOT have the welfare of the public at heart. Our congressmen, secure in their own health care benefits as well as all sorts of other percs, are not willing to rush to our rescue. Nor are they anxious to appease this upstart president who seems hell-bent on forcing them to act like hard-working law makers and actually get something accomplished for the good of their constituents. Maybe they need a real kick-start from said constituents.
My son asked me the yesterday, how come they feel they deserve to take a month's vacation, while we continue to suffer? He has a point.
I listened to Mr. Obama's press conference on the subject. I love to listen to that man talk! After hearing all the "Yes, but..."s and the "What's the hurry?"s and what is supposed to pass for intelligent argument from the nay sayers, hearing him speak calmly and coherently, directly and to the point, and as my son said, just saying what needs to be said, is so refreshing. Hearing someone with authority actually make sense for a change is almost enough to make me cry for joy.
And then there's the Press. Oh, Mr. Cronkite, we miss you so! On an evening when the whole point is to discuss health care, there has to be an alleged reporter who must ask a stupid question entirely off the subject. (and don't tell me that was not deliberate) And so the next morning, are we to hear a good solid discussion of what was said about health care? Of course not. We are told by the "news people" that what WE want to hear is about the off-subject bit. "Everyone" is talking about nothing else. No no. THEY are talking about nothing else.
While I'm ranting, may I add that I really do not see any virtue in these public polls of opinion on such matters. There is certainly a time and place for the public to express opinions, but I see no place on a "news" show for an email survey of the public on their reaction to such things. I would really, really like to just hear the news - real, honest-to-God news, straight up. Then let me make of it what I will. Give me the facts and let me go from there.
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Guess I can't leave well enough alone. I feel I have to add something here. And that is that no, I don't agree with the whole plan. As I have expressed many time, what I really feel we should have is a single pay system. The insurance companies have such a strangle hold on us and their lobbyists have so much influence already that I don't believe Mr. Obama is going to get from Congress anything near what he wants. But he is in there trying, and in my book, that counts for a lot. If he doesn't get it, no doubt he will be blamed for whatever the result.
Personally, I do not agree with everything he suggests. Have any of us ever agreed with everything a politician has suggested? But I do believe it is at least about a thousand percent better than the sorry state of our present system.
The "business as usual" people do NOT have the welfare of the public at heart. Our congressmen, secure in their own health care benefits as well as all sorts of other percs, are not willing to rush to our rescue. Nor are they anxious to appease this upstart president who seems hell-bent on forcing them to act like hard-working law makers and actually get something accomplished for the good of their constituents. Maybe they need a real kick-start from said constituents.
My son asked me the yesterday, how come they feel they deserve to take a month's vacation, while we continue to suffer? He has a point.
I listened to Mr. Obama's press conference on the subject. I love to listen to that man talk! After hearing all the "Yes, but..."s and the "What's the hurry?"s and what is supposed to pass for intelligent argument from the nay sayers, hearing him speak calmly and coherently, directly and to the point, and as my son said, just saying what needs to be said, is so refreshing. Hearing someone with authority actually make sense for a change is almost enough to make me cry for joy.
And then there's the Press. Oh, Mr. Cronkite, we miss you so! On an evening when the whole point is to discuss health care, there has to be an alleged reporter who must ask a stupid question entirely off the subject. (and don't tell me that was not deliberate) And so the next morning, are we to hear a good solid discussion of what was said about health care? Of course not. We are told by the "news people" that what WE want to hear is about the off-subject bit. "Everyone" is talking about nothing else. No no. THEY are talking about nothing else.
While I'm ranting, may I add that I really do not see any virtue in these public polls of opinion on such matters. There is certainly a time and place for the public to express opinions, but I see no place on a "news" show for an email survey of the public on their reaction to such things. I would really, really like to just hear the news - real, honest-to-God news, straight up. Then let me make of it what I will. Give me the facts and let me go from there.
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Guess I can't leave well enough alone. I feel I have to add something here. And that is that no, I don't agree with the whole plan. As I have expressed many time, what I really feel we should have is a single pay system. The insurance companies have such a strangle hold on us and their lobbyists have so much influence already that I don't believe Mr. Obama is going to get from Congress anything near what he wants. But he is in there trying, and in my book, that counts for a lot. If he doesn't get it, no doubt he will be blamed for whatever the result.
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