Healthcare Anger
Dec. 4th, 2015 08:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogDamn it, I'm so tired of seeing people forced into doing things like creating go-fund-me accounts to pay medical bills. This is god-damned ridiculous in this country. There is no legitimate reason for the United States' healthcare system to be structured this way. There is no reason to continue to accept this system as it is. There were moments in my 700 mile drive to get dental care for my girlfriend and I that were enjoyable. But the fact that I had to make that trip is inexcusable. Just inexcusable. And you know what's worse? The fact that I *could* make that trip puts me in a position of privilege. I had the *privilege* of driving three states away for healthcare and a part of me is grateful that I had the car and disposable income to do it with. The United States may not be a third world county, but there are sure as hell people living here who, in very significant aspects, wouldn't know the difference.
I was just finishing that rant up when Miriam called. We talked for a bit which is a wonderful thing. I'm not as angry as I was when I started this, and I can look at it with some distance. Doing so, I'm still content to let it stand as is. I do not see this as an acceptable situation.
It's hard to know what to do. One thing I can do, as can you if you're in the US, if laws and regulations allow, is to vote for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary. Especially if you're in a contested state. He's the best option available at the moment for national implementation of things like a single-payer healthcare system, free higher education, and similar socialist policies.
(I know some people will argue that voting is useless. There's a rational argument to be made for that, but here and now is a poor time to make it. We can talk about it another time, but I can't do so calmly at the moment.)
I was just finishing that rant up when Miriam called. We talked for a bit which is a wonderful thing. I'm not as angry as I was when I started this, and I can look at it with some distance. Doing so, I'm still content to let it stand as is. I do not see this as an acceptable situation.
It's hard to know what to do. One thing I can do, as can you if you're in the US, if laws and regulations allow, is to vote for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary. Especially if you're in a contested state. He's the best option available at the moment for national implementation of things like a single-payer healthcare system, free higher education, and similar socialist policies.
(I know some people will argue that voting is useless. There's a rational argument to be made for that, but here and now is a poor time to make it. We can talk about it another time, but I can't do so calmly at the moment.)
