Question by wolfgangmeyers: Universal healthcare in the US — how can we make it happen?
I can’t express how tired I am of the incessant multibilliondollar propaganda machine that is spreading fear and ignorance among our population in the united states regarding a public healthcare offering.
The fact is that it works, and it works very, very well in all other first world countries on this planet. Do we need to hire government officials from other first world countries to show us how they make it work? I feel powerless to stop the ignorance that so many people are helplessly and emotionally bound to.
I know health insurance corporations are holding on for dear life with all of the lobbying going on and the spread of lies about how universal healthcare is going to ruin the country (pretty sure they’ve succeeded, too). These corporations are acting in their own interests, not in the best interests of the American people. We must shrug off their stranglehold on our healthcare system. I’m tired of being charged these ridiculously large “deductibles” — they are a huge incentive to not seek treatment! So we will end up with a less healthy America.
Now… how do we change it? The only way possible is if we are united in the vision of what we want to accopmlish — in my case, this is the same kind of healthcare that we can see in Canada, the UK, France, Cuba, etc. Are there already formed organizations to this cause? I’m asking for as many good ideas as possible on how to make this work, it is pathetic to think that we can’t change our own country for the better. If you are a pessimist and are going to tell me it won’t work, that it’s not possible, please don’t take up space in the responses, those are not the answers I am looking for. If you are a right-winger or otherwise and have an opposing view, please share, I would like to hear both sides.
Thanks in advance for taking time to answer.
Best answer:
Answer by UrbanPhotos
Physicians could go on strike until a bill is passed.
What’s really pathetic is that some people are opposing healthcare reform just because they don’t like Obama for whatever reason They’d oppose anything he wants to do.
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