The Tease of Things I Don't Need

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I've long said that one of the fundamental problems in this nation is the way healthcare is treated as a for-profit industry, and such benefits as are available are generally job perks. This is an inhumane and even inhuman practice, no news to me there.

Having just returned from seeing Michael Moore's SiCKO, I see that if anything the situation is even worse than I'd allowed myself to realize, and the choice to correct things even simpler.

The link above is to Michael Moore's site, where he is continuing to counter the counter-attacks and attempted undercuts of his documentary's message.

As I'd predicted upon watching the latter section of the movie, his use of Cuba as an example part of the attempt to shame us about the selfish state of our healthcare system has drawn in other enemies, as there's a powerful lobby that will not brook anything approaching a hint of positivity about any aspect of Cuba as it has existed since Castro took control. They'll overlook how the message that's being offered is that even in a place like Cuba, where virtually none of us would want to live, manages to have a human-centered, compassionate healthcare system.

There are many powerful, direct messages in the film, but one of the strongest came from one gentleman who was talking about the genesis of Britain's National Health System, which rose from the ashed of Post WW-II Britain in 1948. He noted how during the war there was virtually 100% employment, and stated the realization that if we can find money to kill people we can find money to help people.

If you get the opportunity to see the movie, please do, then visit Moore's website to see what you can do to help spread the sanity. Don't let the fear-mongers dissuade you from helping push this nation into true greatness.