I first found this Salon article through a posting at DisInfo.com a great Digg alternative for folks who like to think for themselves but still like to see what sites/articles other, like-minded, folks are checking out. The Salon.com article in question is entitled "Is a shortage of patients hurting hospitals?.
The headline alone turned me off to reading the rest of the article, though--the DisInfo post points out: "Hospitals, doctors, and dentists are of late experiencing a shortfall of patients, as people who have been laid off lose their insurance (and thus the ability to pay for treatment)"
So, this is where the rubber hits the road--the private health care industry, that forces all Americans to pay for health care is now too expensive for a growing number of Americans to pay for.
The economic downturn is now putting a tremendous number of human lives at risk.
And it's all in the name of making a profit, making a living, keeping businesses alive.
So, now businesses are more important than the lives of average Americans.
THIS is where our wonderful system has taken us.
Maybe now we can agree that capitalism unbridled is a bad idea.
Maybe now we can agree that the free market in all corners, unregulated, is a bad idea.
Perhaps, at this point, we can move toward universal health care for everyone since so many more of us now, thanks to the mistakes/insane greed on Wall Street and in Washington DC, can't afford a doctor's visit.
I don't see any other way to cut this one.
You can't blame all the people who got laid off during this economic crash for getting laid off.
Free health care MUST happen now.
If only our politicians would realize this.
Orignal From: Economic Crash Now Directly Risking Human Lives
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