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I watched Michael Moore’s movie Sicko about our so-called healthcare system in America. I was quite shocked with what he had to say about our system even though it has been a running issue with most everybody I know.
What happened to the Hippocratic Oath “Do No Harm? We have a system now where consultants to Big Insurance decide whether or not people get cared for. You have Cancer, too bad; it isn’t cost efficient for the Insurance companies and they wont make a profit. So instead of getting a treatment that would guarantee your existence you are denied that care and consequently die
Or you have a sick baby with 104-degree temp. Well that is just too bad for you.  Your not at the right hospital for your insurance and you have to wait for hours to get to the right hospital that is in your insurance pay system but by then your child is in cardiac arrest and dies.
Then there are the heroes that risk their lives for our safety? The heroes that worked tirelessly when the 9/11 attacks occurred? Are they being helped with the diseases that they sustained due to the stuff that was flying in the air NO WAY! But if you take a look at Guantanimo bay, where the most successful example of free healthcare is on American soil, you will see the most heinous criminals that caused this tragedy getting regular doctors appt.s, expensive treatments for what ever that ails them and, a regulated diet to keep them healthy.  These criminals have the best healthcare in our country. How is that in balance when good courageous Americans that have protected us die daily for lack of treatment?
France, Canada and the demonized country Cuba has better healthcare that we Americans do. They do not have the bounty that we have yet they take care of their people’s health. Instead of treating the symptoms as we do here with loads of pills, thank you very much big pharmaceutical companies, these countries treat the cause and promote healthier living as a preventative. Their people are happier and their infant mortality is lower than ours is.  How can a third world country have better healthcare than we do?
Why are we paying so much for so little? Why are we working ourselves to death for no benefits and when we do have them we are denied care?  I had to fight for my mother’s health for a life saving surgery when the government turned her down. I prevailed in the end but who says that one life is more important than another is? How can we as a people continue to let paper pushers decide the destiny of so many lives?
It is blantantly clear that we desperately need healthcare reform. It is time for us to have Free Universal Healthcare for ALL NOW for we are all created equal and we all deserve the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Big business and greedy government officials are treading on our inalienable rights and keep us from those pursuits.
Lets stop the horror of people being put out by the side of the road by hospitals, even thought they are desperately ill, because they lacked the insurance and the funds for continued treatment.
Contact your local, state and government officials to help end this healthcare emergency in our country.