Tuesday, February 24, 2009

SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE!! IF NOT NOW ...WHEN?

WITH THE BANKS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES BANKRUPT...LOOTED TO THE BONE BY WALL STREET GREED...

THE BIGGEST BARRIERS TO SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE HAVE NOW BEEN REMOVED...

OBAMA SIMPLY MUST MAKE THE US ECONOMY COMPETITIVE WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD ON HEALTH CARE COSTS...

MOST OF THE WORLD HAS UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE...AND NO ONE SPENDS MORE THAN THE US... EVEN THOUGH THE OUTCOMES IN THE US ARE FAR BELOW THE RESULTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE HEALTH CARE IS CHEAPER AND MORE READILY AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE...

AT THIS POINT IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE US ECONOMY...THE KEY STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS SIMPLY MUST BE ADDRESSED...IF NOT NOW...WHEN?

NEVER MIND THAT HEALTH CARE ...WAR SPENDING...AND WALL STREET LOOTING ARE REALLY BEHIND THE COLLAPSE...

SETTING UP A VIABLE AND SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURE FOR THE "NEW ECONOMY" TO GROW IN...IS ESSENTIAL...

WITHOUT HEALTH CARE AMERICANS WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH GLOBAL WORKERFORCES...WHERE THE GOVERNMENTS SUBSIDIZE THEIR INDUSTRIES WITH UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE...AND OTHER "SOCIAL SAFETY NET" BENEFITS THAT AMERICANS DO WITHOUT...OR TRY TO GET FROM EMPLOYERS...

THIS NOTION THAT WE NEED A "UNIQUELY AMERICAN" HEALTH CARE PLAN IS A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT...

THERE IS NOTHING UNIQUE ABOUT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC...EXPECT PERHAPS THEIR EXTREME STUPIDITY...

AND A NEAR TOTAL IGNORANCE ABOUT HISTORY, THE ECONOMY AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN PROTECTING THE ECONOMY AND THE PUBLIC...FROM THE LOOTERS ON WALL STREET.

SO LETS CUT THE BULLSHIT THIS TIME...OK..... JUST DO IT!

SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE NOW...!!

PERHAPS SOME MEASURE COULD BE ADAPTED TO LET THE RICH OPT INTO PRIVATE PLANS...BUT A MANDATORY "CANADIAN STYLE" PLAN WOULD BE THE WAY TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE TO THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNINSURED OR UNDER INSURED BECAUSE OF FAILING COMPANIES...AND INSURANCE COMPANY GOUGING THROUGH ABSURDLY HIGH INSURANCE PREMIUMS...