ok 3 things
1. i'm doing my taxes (you know what those are, i don't have to explain)
2. i just saw sicko, the michael moore movie last night. i loved it (much more than i thought i would)
film trailer on film website
3. i broke my elbow on halloween last fall and am just now getting the round up of medical bills, post insurance assessment... a $13,000 surgery that i have to pay 10% of...
blog post about break with cool xray
why aren't my taxes going towards universal health care? it was heartbreaking for me to watch people from other countries explain to michael moore that they pay nothing for health care procedures. i already knew this, but watching those interviews just made me wish america would grow up already. i would gladly pay the thousand dollars that i'm sending the hospital this year to the gov't instead, if it meant that everyone of us could show up at a hospital without fear of what it was going to cost. i know i'm not alone, but i hope our current administration will fight (and beat) the cowboys, who think everyone should go at it alone, and the free marketeers on this essential issue.
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I agree. It's frustrating, but I think we'll get there eventually.
To me, universal health care is one of those benchmarks by which a society is judged relative to others, sort of like a space program or a system of higher education. It says to the world that this society is prosperous enough to take care of its every member. But unlike some benchmarks, universal health care goes beyond mere symbolism -- it makes a profound difference in the lives of individuals, and by extension, to the well-being of society as a whole.
We are prosperous enough to provide health care for everyone in this country, but we have to convince people that this prosperity will be enhanced rather than harmed by universal health care. A lot of people don't believe that, so it will take time and effort to persuade them.
I think Obama is on the right track. I think our chances of success are better with a gradual change of existing institutions rather than a wholesale restructuring.
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