Thu, 10/23/2008 - 1:38pm — a little night ...
That was the front-page header given to this AP article in today's Metro (freebie newspaperlet).
The ailing economy is leading many Americans to skip doctor visits, skimp on their medicine, and put off mammograms, Pap smears and other tests. And physicians worry the result will be sicker patients who need more expensive treatment later.
This WaPost version is much more fleshed-out, and chilling.
Say it with me! We can't afford NOT to have single-payer.
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epidemic
at some point I am going to write a post about single payer and infectious diseases. The shorter version is that the people without access to health care work in the food service, hospitality, janitor and sanitation, hospital, nursing homes, and retail. In other words, those least likely to be diagnosed and treated for infectious diseases, those least able to take a sick day, are those most likely to come into contact, directly or indirectly with members of the public. You could not design a better habitat for an epidemic were that your purpose.
That's the tack I often use with libertarians
And other people that are primarily self interested.
You can't go wrong with suggesting THEY will benefit from universal health care by not catching a dreaded disease from those that serve them. Many of them have never thought of that.
In fact, I bet it gets them to wondering about that. You can practically see the little light bulb light up in their heads.
"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot." - Albert Einstein
"You'll catch something dreadful from the servants!"
Indeed.
Even in their gated communities...
[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Chomsky and Health Care
There is an interview with Chomsky on Real News Network in which he points out that the public has been asking for real health care in huge numbers for a long time. He uses the previous lack of response from the political classes and the current beginnings of a response to illustrate how American democracy really works. He also suggests that voting for the lesser of evils is not a bad thing. Go listen.