Slowing Down Health Care Reform
I am in favor of slowing the process down a bit. But not for the same reason as the greedy reactionary right wing, which wants to completely kill the implementation of universal health care.
President Obama knows how important it is to fix the system. Fifty million people in America do not have access the health care because they do not have any health insurance. Another fifty million people, maybe more, who do have health insurance could easily be forced into bankruptcy by one major illness or accident in their family. And simple greed has completely corrupted the health care system in America, where it is now mostly about getting rich rather than providing for the sick and injured members of society.
President Obama saw his mother having to continually fight with health insurance companies towards the end of her losing battle with cancer. He understands, or as Paul Krugman says, “He gets it.”
The problem is that this is all being done way too hastily. In a silly attempt to try and slip this past the ignorant right-wing before they could get mobilized, too much emphasis has been placed on haste. Don’t underrate these greedy Republican bastards. They are not as stupid as they look, and they are not the least bit afraid to fight really dirty.
The reality is that the government paid universal health care systems in Canada, Australia, and England work. Everyone is covered, these health care systems work far better than the system in America, and they cost MUCH less. Better results at a lower cost. There would be immediate revolutions in each of these countries if their government tried to change over to the American system of health care.
Americans, especially the Republicans, seem perfectly happy to waste many billions of dollars each year. Especially if some of that money goes to enrich the major campaign contributors of the Republican politicians.
During the presidential campaign Obama said unambiguously that he favored changing over to a single payer universal health care system. This is the only program which will achieve the desired results: Universal health care and a huge decrease in cost. Making this transformation from the greed and brutality of the enormously wealthy health insurance corporations who are in control now, to a more effective single payer type system will not be easy. There are powerful and corrupt entrenched interests who will fight dishonestly and dirty as hell in order to keep these vast profits flowing and to keep this greed operating the way it has been.
To get these forces of evil back under control some toes will have to be stepped on, and some people are going to get black eyes to say the least. We already have learned that President Obama seems to be sort of a sissy. He always seems to buckle under to the bullies. He calls this crossing the aisle, finding the middle ground, or compromise. But what it really amounts to is a genuine lack of moral fiber or strength of character on the part of the President. When faced with certain situations a leader cannot in good conscience just lie down and play dumb.
Eloquence is nice. Obama’s intelligence is wonderful. But the time has come for Barack Obama to fight. He now has to behave like a leader. Barack, show everyone your true strength of character. It is now time to stand up to these corrupt greedy bullies.
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