I Have Seen Enough...

Working in the hospital setting present tense has shown me all I need to know... the system is a failed mess of non-compassion for the sake of bottom line greed. Sure there are kind people and good working souls who try their hardest to see that the sick and ailing get the best possible human care, but the for profit insurance companies and hospital corporate deities have taxed these jaded professionals to the limit... as I see it, hospitals not only do a disservice to their patient's, they do a worse disservice to the employees who keep their profit margin high.  It is just sickening that the richest country in the world has the health outcomes  that are on some level are not commensurate with those of some third world countries. I have always leaned to the left of politics, socialism is not a dirty word to me. As brothers and sisters on a planet, there will be those individuals who cannot take care of themselves... those who are fortunate to have good health and an income have a responsibility to care care of those who cannot take care of themselves. I am not a Christian... but isn't that what the prophet Jesus would do? Instead we have a system where the caregivers are being taxed to their own physical and financial breaking points, while corporate entities and shareholders want bailouts and bottom line profits maintained so they can continue their lavish lifestyles without impunity. The days are long and arduous for most healthcare workers, the deliberate bureaucracy put forth by these vipers are such that you would have to be a a magician to figure out the changing rules, and even if you did they would still steal your very life from you. I am covering for two such healthcare workers... both are my age, have worked 15 hour shifts to keep up with the demands of their jobs and both are now very ill in the hospital where they slaved and were threatened with dismissal because they were not keeping pace. They probably caught a bug and due to stress, had no immunity or will to fight it. One nurse is on a ventilator and the other is on her way... did they just give up? I believe that health care is a right , not a privilege and when you put profits ahead of taking care of your fellow persons... it is a recipe for disaster. The government has been taking care of the elderly with Medicare and the needy with Medicaid and yet the for profit insurance companies are not taking care of the working middle class who actually pay for their premiums and are still getting sick and going bankrupt in the process. Am I an advocate of universal healthcare? You bet your sweet hard working ass I am.. and for your money, if a loved one gets sick, by all means keep them as far away from the hospital as you can... love and care for them at home. They will be better off in the long run.