So Health Care ?

The Town Meeting last night on ABC should ( if you bothered to watch) tell you who exactly is against ANY CHANGE in the current Health Care "Industry".

Emphasis on any change and "Profit " or INDUSTRY as opposed to Profession that takes care of the sick.

There was a Time in our country when Health Care was NOT a For Profit Industry but actually a Profession that was dedicated to taking care of people who needed care.

Them days is LONG GONE !!!

Ever since the Industry went to a For Profit Structure it has gone steadily and slowly Down hill - as far as " patients " are concerned.

If you really want to know who is Opposed to any reform in Health Care- follow the Money and the Line of arguments ( like last night) from Drug Companies-Hospitals-Doctors-etc etc. You get the picture.

There was NOT an Over abundance of Ordinary People that need health care represented last night in that group and that Obvious Fact should tell you WHO wants to maintain the system as it is. Rather than making sure everyone in America has access to affordable health care.

People who do not have insurance right now or are "under insured" need the help and they have needed the help for decades. It has not been that long ago that My Family sacrificed our own Health because we did not have Insurance because we could not afford the COST of It at that time- it has only got more costly since then by the way.

I know what it is to struggle with the concept of putting off the care your family needs so that you can pay the Mortgage and Utilities or buy your food.

So when I hear people from "The Industry" ( Doctors-Insurance Co''s- Drug Co's etc) making arguments that our system is the best in the world?? I wonder How bad off is the rest of world then? In our Country we have over 46 Million UNINSURED and who the hell knows how many Under Insured people we have.

I have a background in the Insurance Industry ( I am a reformed Sales Agent) And I know why the Insurance Companies exist - TO MAKE MONEY - simply - and only for that purpose, they have "share Holders Now".

The Companies " Have always Cherry Picked from the POOL of possible insureds so that they could "exclude those people that have conditions they Actually might have to pay for care on" SHAZAAM SAM. Isnt that why Insurance is supposed to exist in the first place ???? The Law of Large Numbers was and I expect is still widely quoted in the insurance realm. Meaning a large enough pool of people sharing in the risk can bring down the cost ?? OK - then if the Insurers are "excluding people by default" then how in the hell is the law of large numbers being used ?? It is but it is being used to DENY BENEFITS to those who need it most and therefore Pad the Profit Sucking Pockets of Insurance Companies and Doctors and Drug Companies.

I hear the occassional person who says if we get National Health Care we will lose our choice ?? Really - what choice do you have now my friend? You can only get the care that YOUR DOLLARS will buy you personally right now - the insurers have seen to that along with te Drug Cos and Docs. Some say if we had Socialized Care like in ALL OF THE REST of Developed WORLD ( we are after all the ONLY COUNTRY that does not have universal care for all its people) we would be worse off than now ?? HOW SO ?? If we all are "covered" and we then have people going to the Doctor rather than waiting for the illness to become severe- that person now is More Healthy. I am describing exactlt what takes place now under our "system"

People put off care early on because they dont have insurance or They Have Insurance and the COMPANY has excluded a pre existing condition and the Patient does not have the money to pay for the care they need.

If we want to make sure we Americans can live Healthy Productive Lives then we should want to REFORM this Profit Hunting System we now call "Our Health Care System".

Profits are not everything - many many organizations exist in a Non Profit Universe that are productive and Caring Organizations across the world.

And Again we are the ONLY Industrialized Country that DOES NOT give our ouwn citizens Universal Health Care. ( We are paying for Every IRAQI to have health care right now -go figure)

So you want Health Care Reform - follow the money and Arguments to see WHO is Trying to PREVENT it from Happening.

Then take a stand AGAINST THEM