Get Em' High

S.S.Patel reporting live on remote access for the latest input on why our beloved country is satisfy and/or content with having roughly 15 percent of the population to be uninsured. Well let us start with the U.S. mind state for the last couple years, which were not in healthcare realm. I think the main concern for the last couple years is fighting terrorism due to the massive attack which led to the most lives lost on mainland America soil since the Civil War. So the government was concerned with health, but health only as a byproduct due to violence. Getting beyond 9/11, there was not really general public campaigns about health insurance. I mean yes, there may have been a few, but the mass public did not have grasp on the knowledge. I know lack of education or lack of passion is not an excuse for the public, but uninsurance wasn’t a big issue. I mean, you have school education reforms, space program to develop, and blue collar labors trying to compete for jobs, and at one point there were high approval ratings for Bush Sr. and even Bush Jr.

Life under Clinton mask the truth of Monica Lewinsky, but also the dire need for healthcare reform, which could have been the best spot to do so, due to stable economic success. Things just swept under the carpet until a pile up occurred and just burst due to the economic turmoil that we face as a nation today. This 15 percent is only seen or talked about today because of the economic trouble the nation faces. I wonder if the economy didn’t foul up under Bush Jr, would healthcare and uninsured individuals be an issue currently. My guess is probably not because our nation politics seem to always be driven to current day to day issues, and not too much of setting up a long term hold. It seems like election year is the only year when the general public care for reform or change. Or maybe Americans take to heart the phase, if is not broken, then don’t get it fix. So don’t go to the doctors unless it’s broken or impede daily or work activities. Going to the doctors is inconvenience and America frown upon inconvenient truths (until it are told by Al Gore).

Anyways, trying not to digress from the question, US allow this to happen, because it can, simply put. Other prevalent issues side curb the uninsured population. It probably wouldn’t have got this bad, if bonuses such as in England where doctors get paid for having healthy patients (taken from PBS video). It seems like in England, the doctor office is becoming the local type of pub, where people can come in to socialize. Wow, we could make a new Fall pilot similar to the classic Cheers, but instead everyone meets at the doctor office and drink of choice would be water and O2 for the elderly. But in actuality, if America could somehow adopt social insurance and be more preventive, America would not have to allow 15 percent uninsured because everyone would be covered. But again, would America be like Japan who typical resident goes 3 times often than Americans? I would hope so. It’s a double edge sword with capitalism and free market and the sword is on the back of the uninsured.

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Kanye West – Champion; Kanye West, Talib Kweli, Common (photo from nike run concert thanks to Timiyin) - Get 'Em High