Healthcare reform is coming… healthcare reform is coming!

Okay so wait, I have one question. Does this mean that everyone in America will now be able to sign up for their government sponsored maintenance program? Will we now be able to all have access to any one of our favorite pharmaceutical companies, e.g., Teva and Barr Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, etc?

If this new healthcare reform bill passes that will mean 30 million Americans without insurance today will finally be covered. I suppose you can also say if this new healthcare bill passes the pharmaceutical companies will instantly gain 30 million new customers! Looks like everyone will be able to afford the good stuff now… Adderall, Oxycontin, Prozac, Paxil, Lexapro, Vicodin, Percocet, etc.

Universal healthcare would be awesome however I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop. With all the shenanigans going on in the world and in America who has time to read all the fine print? Who has time to really investigate and make sure this is in the best interest of all people living in this country?

If you were to ask me… no matter what Obama or any other person comes up with for healthcare reform, if there is a single cent of money involved then I don’t trust it. Why is money involved with our healthcare system to begin with?

I don’t care what you call it or how many people you say it now covers, if there is money involved then whatever new legislation that gets passed will eventually become compromised by the insidious and ever preset monster called greed. Medicine and healthcare should have absolutely nothing to do with money!

Don’t even get me started on insurance companies! Oye vay… who do these people think they are? The whole idea of insurance especially with regard to healthcare is neanderthal. The fact that we (as a society) swallow this load of crap is a testament to how conditioned we truly are.

We think it’s okay to have to buy/pay insurance so that “in case” something should happen to us the MONEY will be there so we can fix our broken bones, get that liver transplant or HIV medication… this is not the way it should be but still we are silent.

Healthcare shouldn’t be about dollars and cents, healthcare shouldn’t be about the bottom line. What healthcare should be about is providing medication, trained medical staff and facilities to all people from all walks of life for free… PERIOD!

If you want to ask me… how are we supposed to pay the doctors and nurses? You’re clearly not listening. That type of question is from the stone-age, that type of question is something a neanderthal cave man would ask, that is a question that concerns MONEY. The reform in healthcare we need has nothing to do with money whatsoever!

We need to change the way we perceive healthcare, we need to forget everything we know and start over. Heck we don’t even have to start over, it’s not like there aren’t plenty of other countries out there with amazing healthcare programs, facilities and staff. Canada, France and practically the whole of modern Europe has healthcare plans and benefits that simply put us greedy fat pocketed Americans to shame.

If you haven’t seen the movie SICKO by Michael Moore, please pick this movie up next time you’re at Blockbuster or ordering on Netflix.

There are thousands upon thousands of people who die each day because our laws are so bassakwards we don’t know up from down. There are so many vested interest intertwined that it’s going to take a real honest to god miracle for REAL and TRUE healthcare reform to manifest.

I’ll leave you with this. Healthcare reform doesn’t start with the folks in Washington D.C., or with your local politician. The reform that is needed starts with us the citizens of this super-sized consumer nation. We need to wake up!

Health and money shouldn’t have anything to do with one another. We need to snap out of this hypnotic trance we’ve all been under since birth and realize we can take care of one another without big brother keeping tabs and charging us for the privilege.

Good health and quality living are not supposed to be privileges for those who can afford them. Our quality of life and sustained good health are our rights as human beings.

Peace and love to all.