Health Care is Like a Locked Cadillac for the Rich

One must admire the panache of the Republicans and others who loudly boast that America has the best health care system in the world. Raising their well dressed arms and pointing in no particular direction with their manicured nails attached to fingers cared for by one of the best heath coverage systems in this country they shrilly tell all who will listen about the poorly run systems in Canada, France, and the United Kingdom under government control. Not that any of them have ever tried any of those systems because they are all well covered by the Federal employee health insurance plan, not to mention the fact that there are usually paramedics and physicians hanging around the congressional sick rooms anyway. Additionally, we should not forget that these poor souls were well covered, well insured and well heeled people before attaining their offices to begin with; after all, the idiocy of a poor man running for political office is no longer a pipe dream, it is simply a pipe probably filled with crack or some similar substance. But, alas, I digress. The question is do we have this great and wonderful health care system? The answer is a resounding yes, if you can afford it. Therein lies the rub and it is not just the 47 million without any health insurance. Oh nooooo! We must also consider those who could only afford marginal insurance and are nothing more that one catastrophic diagnosis away from homelessness, food stamps, and the welfare line. It would be well for most everyone to read the fine print on their health insurance policies and see who really makes the decisions and what their real maximum limits are, ... and of course how easy it is for the insurance company to walk away.
Yes, here in America our great health system may well be the Cadillac of Health System in the World. The problem is, the car is locked and only the rich and the powerful have the key and seem to have no intention of sharing. All the rest of us can do is sit around it and say... "Ain't That Great"!!!!!!