The Forgotton Millions

fair warning, this is purely a rant piece on the shameless and inexcusable system with all health care in America. now its not a random venting on how we should socialize medicine, or a propaganda piece promoting my personal beliefs...but more of a plea for some human decency. so hopefully u'll continue to read this...

i've been a pretty big advocate of socialized health insurance and care since i grew interested in politics...and the issue is definitely getting a lot more attention with the elections rolling around. but its not enough, and its moving too slowly. i read this article about the failure of our system both on a logistical and human side. seriously....it's just sad.

i don't see how Americans can have so much pride and camaraderie under the ominous daze 9/11, but at the same time can be so ignorant to the millions of us who are slowly dying because they can't afford to take care of themselves in our system. sure on 9/11 we were attacked and we were killed...but by ignoring these millions, aren't we attacking their rights to live? and aren't we killing them?

anyways...hearing stories about this makes me disappointed in our system. but it makes me proud of what i'm trying to do, and it makes me work harder to get there at NACHC.