Tuesday, September 29, 2009

SINGLE PAYER OR BUST

It has become increasingly obvious that so-called Obamacare is a farce. Of course the racist and other opposition to Obama may have obscured this for some. When you combine far right lunacy with a naive willingness by many to believe Obama is progressive despite his deeds it might seem to confusing but it is really just a big disappointment.

Its a big disappointment for the 45,000 Americans dying every year because they have not health care. That is an annual death toll and the complete responsibility of the Healthcare Denial Industry, the people that skim health care dollar to build multiple mansions, accumulate billions of dollars of personal wealth and fatten the wallets of investors. Obama doesn't offend the predators and has allowed the healthcare deniers to design his Obamacare then he is apparently just fine with it all.
Even Business Week noted his cozy relationship with Big Pharma and the Health Insurance Racketeers. His rhetoric against the insurance companies is superficial and belied by his secret agreements with them.

Of course the biggest pile of rubbish is the idea that all this is going to happend way down the road after two hundred thousand or more people have died for a lack of health care. How can I believe in any government plan that kicks in after the politicians enacting the legislation are out of office?

Better to stick with single payer as the demand and to build that movement until single payer is a reality. Whether that can be done under this President or under these two ruling parties is yet to be seen.
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