That "Socialistic" Phrase Most Hated Most Needed

 It is my fervent hope with the current administration, we can get something that will help the masses.

How many of us know people who are totally uninsured? No type of insurance in the least. Personally, I've known one person who went without insurance for ten years. They finally obtained insurance under the Affordable Care Act about seven years ago. I was always in prayer that no illness nor harm befell this individual. I also know someone, right now, whom by her own admittance hasn't been able to see a doctor in fifteen years. And she has Asthma and Diverticulosis. She eats next to nothing in order to not have flare ups. The Asthma meds she manages to keep at the ready and pays for through her meager income, which now has been reduced to unemployment insurance, due to the pandemic. Know of anyone who shares these situations? There's millions of uninsured Americans. In the midst of a pandemic, no less.

I, too, have availed myself of the Affordable Care Act, nicknamed Obama care, and let me tell you, nothing about it is affordable, if you've no income, a small one, self employed, or in my case, cannot afford to keep the insurance you had on your job. Once I retired,  I'd have to pay the full amount of insurance through my former job. So while I was working and had top shelf insurance, and only paid one tenth of the premium, it would have increased to over six hundred dollars per month! That's a lot. There is nothing affordable about it. Oh you can do what I did at first and take some janky insurance, and wind up getting nothing in return, no doctors in your area, and a gigantic deductible.

And why? Greed. Insurance Companies have lobbyist who shell out huge amounts to our elected officials to keep it off the table. President Obama had the right idea, but even though at the time, he, too, have all three branches, it was scaled back, watered down, because our elected officials couldn't stand the thought of losing those campaign dollars... ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. Google it. More than a couple Democrats didn't want it. At All.

Advocates for Medicare for All have won the policy debate, a recent study from the Congressional Budget Office, shows again, that single payer saves money, controls costs, and covers everyone, including long term care. But again, it lacks the support and backing from those who would need to do so, including the 46th president. But this, right now, is prime time.    

Then also, the lies they spin in order to justify not enacting are on a plane with Trump lies. One is, you'll wait months to see a doctor. Not true, and I had two Canadians I met at a union conference tell me that is a lie. Another lie is that the doctors and facilities are second rate. Our neighbors to the north have universities in the country, and many doctors are trained abroad as well, and many were trained right here in the U.S.. But like what we just experienced in this country and still are, if you tell a lie long enough, you can gaslight a bunch of gullible people into believing it. 

But what galls me most is the compensation the CEO's receive. In 2017 Aetna's CEO earned $225,744 PER DAY! Anthem's $101,605 P
ER DAY! Cigna's $168,677 PER DAY, Humana's $131,493 PER DAY! AbbVie's $131,588 PER DAY! WHY???? WHY????

In Canada, and most countries, doctors bill to provincial health authorities, who set prices from the doctor costs down through the procedures. Canadians and other countries patients are left with NO BILLS ZERO COSTS. In Canada, for instance a hip replacement is around $650.00. In America, the average cost is $1634.00. According to my research,

by Kristen Campbell, for the publication, DR. BILL Canadian general practitioners earn pretty much what their American counterparts do. Specialists on the other hand, depending on the specialty, in honesty, can earn far more in America. However, she states that there is a lot of misrepresentation is salaries on this side of the border.

In conclusion, when is American going to do right by its citizenry. Health care should be an absolute right here, as it is in every developed country on the planet. Germany, France, UK, Italy all have it. We just can't seem to stop sucking from the teets of the insurance industry. During a pandemic, there is no better time than to allow all Americans the security of guaranteed healthcare. Families go bankrupt due to medical bills. Lose homes. It's outrageous. America has always been a trailblazer, except in this one area. People are forced to use the emergency room as their primary care physician, which pushes up the costs for everyone, because we all share in that.

Contact your Senators and Congresspersons and tell them to get on Medicare for All. Think of your fellow Americans. Tell them to do likewise.

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