The Congress that could?

Silence is the best policy when you have little ammunition…

How will the Insurance Companies possibly defend themselves from the facts with which Mr. Moore confronts them in his film “Sicko”? Insurance Companies could lie and say that these atrocities are not happening or accuse Mr. Moore of lying. We are talking about health…the very essence of human life and existence. Silence is the best policy when you have little ammunition to defend yourself with.

Health Insurance is a sinking ship in very rough seas. When there is such high demand for medical services, why not profit from the sick? Because it is immoral…that is why. Whether or not the United States of America accomplishes a Universal Health Care System, free for all Americans, remains to be seen. Now the question is what can be done to stabilize the U.S. health care system and keep the coming financial storm from wiping it out completely? We have to do something. This fragmented system needs a change agent and the people of the US, insured or not, can and will be the change agent.

Is it too much too late?

Insurers are scrambling to finally try to do the right thing. A touch of preventive care and a ton of ephemeral profit-driven marketing propaganda can not redeem the damage that is done. Is it too much too late? What we Americans realize is that we have been taken advantage of. It is a rare moment in the life of a business that presents itself now to the health insurance industry. Sweeping regulation is around the corner just to keep the floodgates of their horrific failures from being lethal. It is not about lobbying. It is about being American. Americans are about to step up and show the rest of the world why they have always respected us. We take care of our own business at home with dignity. America needs to refocus itself on our own issues.

…where is the Congress that could?

Defense of freedom comes at a very high cost, but so does not being healthy enough to fight for our rights. Every American deserves health insurance as a public service. Let’s regroup and defend our own people’s needs first. Then, we can redefine our role as a world leader. Reality is we have to increase taxes, anyway. That is where the money will come from. We are living on borrowed time. We need fiscal responsibility in the midst of this health insurance crisis. We need these programs to realize our potential as the giving, generous people of America that we are. Stop electing politicians who can’t get the job done. Immigration, health care, social security and defense…where is the Congress that could?