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Copyright (C) 2009 by F. Scott Sinclair. All Rights Reserved.
Op-ed:
Because as the pundits have rattled the airwaves with their vitriolic
remarks about not having enough doctors, facilities, etc. to handle
another 47 million Americans; hence, they've managed to make
the argument for a government plan in the process. In other
words, medical care is only available to some no matter what
plan(s) are eventually adopted (whether that's a government
plan or collective private plans, or a combo thereof):
those with means and privilege don't like to be inconvenienced,
and that translates into rationing. Or in this case scenario, at
least 47 million Americans must be shut out of the health care
system in order not to inconvenience those who have paid the
full price of admission to the health care club in America. Because
even if the 47 million uninsured had enough money to buy
into the exclusive medical insurance club, there still wouldn't
be enough doctors or resources to handle them. So, only people
who can afford the most expensive care available can join the
club that is governed by the marketplace's theory of supply and
demand (or in this case, scarcity--whether intended, contrived,
or not). Those who are unemployed, and those who are uninsured
for other reasons, are considered to be collateral damage:
acceptable and necessary losses; just like a 4 or 5 percent annual
unemployment rate is acceptable and considered normal to any
healthy economic system. This is nothing more than pure greed
and selfishness, another arrow in the casket of the middle-class
and below. An acceptable aberration and deviation from the norm
of a smooth running, profitable health care system. Such callousness
will eventually take its toll when those marginalized awaken in a
cold sweat some August night. Time waits for no man...or woman.
May God show his mercy upon thee: all of us, and may our
Congress person's show wisdom in bringing this life and death
matter to a successful conclusion. Amen.
