Negaview

You really need to watch this. It is an interview by the incomparable Bill Moyers with the ex PR head of Cigna.  This ex VP (Wendell Potter) lays out some of the tactics used by the healthcare industry to derail healthcare reform.  You see, the healthcare industry does not sell managed care.  They sell consumer products.

They say things about govt. healthcare like ‘beaurocrats will be in charge of medical decisions instead of doctors.’  The funny thing is, that’s exactly what’s going on now.  You have some fucker with a rubber stamp deciding your procedure is too expensive, and since you once had the flu back in ‘92 they’re going to drop you from their healthcare plan.  They also say you will have no choice.  Well i have no fucking choice right now.  I’m stuck with the insurance my company chooses to get.  I do have choices between absolute shit and polished turd AMONG those plans though.

Those people who argue about socialism.  Get your head out of your fucking ass.  We have many many socialized areas in our life.  Half the shit you eat is being socialized.  (Since we pay a subsidy on corn and corn is in turn used in almost everything from coke to chicken mcnuggets).  Our energy used to be ’socialized’ in that it was heavily regulated.  Enron fought this and successfully got this removed in California.  The result?  Rolling blackouts and the ability of Enron to charge 1000 times the going rate for electricity.

This is what happens with unfettered free market capitalism.  Greed will always win out.  Now i ask you, is your health, or the health, livelihood, or life expectancy of a SINGLE human being worth monetizing in this way?  I think deep down you know the answer to that.  If you’re still arguing against it, then you’re just a stupid motherfucker.