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Monday, September 17, 2007

Speaking of Hillary....

her health care plan comes out today.

From what I've read, it's thoughtful, practical, and would cover all Americans. Just what you'd expect from the good Senator. However....

I still want what Old Europe has. Kucinich is the only one who's proposing it. It's called 'single payer health insurance.' NOT FOR PROFIT, people. That's where it's at.

How long will it take to break the stranglehold the insurance industry has on our national security? That's right. For-profit insurance has caused hospital closings, a perennial, debilitating shortage of nurses, and a culture of people who make their illnesses more serious by not getting the care they need. We now have in-hospital infections that will kill you faster than the one you wanted treated. Our population is needlessly, scarily vulnerable to a massive terrorist attack of any kind, because we don't have the resources to treat the sick and wounded that would result from it.

If Dennis Kucinich were President, would he be able to implement single-payer health insurance? Would he be able to uncoil the tentacles of Big Pharma and Big Insurance from around the necks of the American people?

I don't know. But I'd sure like to see him try.

1 comment:

Dirk Gently said...

it's thoughtful, practical, and would cover all Americans. Just what you'd expect from the good Senator.

for once, i disagree with you.

but of course you are right about a single payer solution. and dennis.