Justice issue for the day: the for-profit industry of healthcare

As SICKO prepares to open in a few days, I am more and more convinced that our current healthcare system is truly sick, over-run with profit motives that are like aggressive cancers, waiting to eat us alive.



And like any sickness, especially one of this magnitude, we cannot simply put band-aid treatments on the gushing, frothing wounds. We cannot treat the symptoms - such as proposing to "politely" and gradually extend coverage to more Americans - and think we are creating change or curing the problem.



Uninsured patients are one symptom of the larger problem, and we must not assume that "all we need is universal coverage" and all will be well. This sort of logic assumes that the problem is the uninsured folks themselves, since that is the only thing being addressed in this schema. What we need is to ask, Why?



Why, in the richest country in the world, do a good 50 million or so, go without proper heatlh coverage?


Why, in the country that spends far more than any other nation per-capita on health, do we have embarrasingly poor health outcomes, especially for the marginalized of our society?



The answer, and therefore the solution, does not rest with the victims of this system!



Therefore, a justice-oriented approach leads me to see that removing the for-profit machine that runs our system, including not only the industries (pharmaceutical, insurance, biotech, device manufacturers), but also the workforce (physicians, administrators) is the only medicine worth taking!

Other solutions, watered down to appeal to potential voters, afraid of addressing the 800 pound Gorilla, and instead focusing on the bananas we are feeding him, simply will not do.



In love,

Anthony

Learning how to blog - metaphysics, biomechanics, etc

Feeling like the nervous kid who is pushed onto the stage by his teacher, forced to stare into the blinding lights of the auditorium, and not quite sure what to say to the world, I begin my blogging life.

Uhhh....uhhhh....hel....hello? Is this mic on? Can you all hear me?

I am looking forward to sharing my heartfelt thoughts on love, and its ability to transform the world.

I am also excited to reveal fear and the other motives that seem to over-ride love in our world today.

I am excited to talk about my work in the work of JUSTICE, which has taken many forms.

I am excited to be honest about myself, my white priveledge, and the racism of our society.

I am excited to make some folks laugh in the midst of it all!

In love,
As there is no other way to be,
I bid you farewell for now.