Racism and Universal Health Care

Are the majority of people who are unhappy with President Barack Obama racists? Sure. There is really very little doubt about it. The vast majority of these right wingers just cannot bring themselves to accept that America actually has a black man as President. It is driving them a little off their rockers.

Is the well organized opposition to President Obama’s Universal Health Care reforms, such as the “Public Option” due primarily to racial prejudice? I don’t think so. Most of the hostility is being caused by the greed of the health insurance companies and other health care providers who don’t want their comfortable boats rocked. But these fat cats are more than happy to use people’s intolerance and narrow-mindedness to help keep them super wealthy.

Yes, the health care results are worse in America than in most advanced western democracies. We have far more multi-million dollar diagnostic machines and big new fancy buildings, but most other highly developed countries achieve better health care results in terms of verifiable medical outcomes like longevity and infant mortality.

So yes, racism is alive and well in America. And yes, the rich and powerful health insurance companies are more than happy to take advantage of this bigotry and intolerance to help advance their cause.

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