General Discussion

those words of pain. And make no mistake, that is anger born from the pain over the actual lives harmed and lost because of industry practices.

They will look with disdain upon the people angry at them for - what they would describe as - simply doing their jobs.

Their job is to boost the bottom line. To protect the profits.

They'll publicly claim it is to deliver the most efficient care at the best possible price, but that's not the reality for those needing actual healthcare but are instead being denied life-saving treatments so a few extra dollars can be added to bonus checks and profit shares.

Your life being actuated down to the penny so someone else can make a profit.

If you're too poor to pay, then you're a product that doesn't sell in the land of free markets. Products that don't sell come off the shelf and into the dump bin they go - until you're simply written off and discarded.


America has the best healthcare in the world - or so the refrain goes.

And I guess that is something to be proud of - but what about the availability of that healthcare?

How proud of that should we be?


That man's death won't change anything. It won't. He's one man and his replacement is already on the job (or soon will be) assuring the shareholders that all is well.

I don't know the motive for his killing. I know what the evidence suggests but that's not knowing for certain.

But I do know for certain the anger, the hopelessness, the fear and the grief caused by the "best healthcare in the world" being an industry that places profits over people.