In the United States today all too many in the media
and others are equating the current US health care hodge-
podge mess with the single payer health system as an extreme,
and this isn't just simplistic and reductionist non sense, though
it is that, but an outright fallacy of the false equation. Something
such as single payer which provides high quality health care
for all at much less expense than the status quo rip off with
choice of providers and true health care democracy, with the
people through their government in charge is clearly not extreme
in any sense, but in the sense of being extremely good. But
then ethics has never been a strong suit for neo cons and
their types historically with their ethically challenged background
going back to their ideological ancestors saying monarchs in
England and the rest of Europe ruled by the grace of God. What
could be expected from such morally inferior types, and yes
that's what the hell they are.

But those who would get single payer must recognize that they
have the deck getting stacked against them, with the president
already tipping his hand toward a minimalist of the worst type
weak kneed commitment to an almost nothing public health care
option which would give a built in advantage to the privately
funded and private health industry controlled plans for health
care in the USA. This is made worse by evidence continuing
to mount and being reported in the alternate media of health
insurance and pharmaceutical industry monetary influence on
key players in the debate in the US Senate. The more this is
exposed the more it will at least help to put these individuals
on the defensive about opposing single payer as well it should.
But even more brazen is the fact that all in the US Congress including
the strongest opponents of single payer for this country's people
get that "terrible form of socialized medicine" for themselves with
not one of said strong opponents of single payer ever refusing
such health care coverage for themselves like the proverbial
hypocrites they are. This needs to get out. The truth on this is essential
to bring much needed pressure to bear to force action on these
phonies and those who are weak kneed.

Of course, this weak kneed president is simply a cynical Daley
machine politician in the first place, and not the change we "can
believe in" as his hagiographers are so hell bent on saying he is. But
be that as it may, we have the power to put pressure on him and on
other big time politicians by exposing the real truth about them and
what they're really all about including their conflicts of interests fueled
by the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries buying up of stock in
them.

We need health care "of, by, and for the people," a "radical idea,
but what the hell let's do it anyway regardless what the US mainstream
overrated media have to say as an echo chamber for the quid pro quo/
status quo and the rip off and corruption of the old and older order
made more corrupt as it has had too much power for too long with all the
privileges, pomp, circumstance and all the rest along with it. Oh, and
"roll over Katie Graham/tell Obama the news." Because we uppity
progressives already know and have been speaking truth to power
about it, and as some might say, "Ding dong the wicked witch is dead,"
the wicked witch of the US mainstream media that is or "Do not send
to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for them." Put bluntly the era of
"Elmer Fudd nation" and the sleeping dog mainstream media in a happy
convergence seem to be coming to an end. The laptops of today's
progressive/alternative media have now begun pointing a bright floodlight
at the corruption and injustice of the system in a way that Graham warned
against, thus an opportunity is upon us, and we progressives must seize it
and while we're at get single payer for all as well. Those with the power
won't give up without a fight and probably fight dirty, but this an unprecedented
time of opportunity for us progressives.

Worst case scenario, we should only allow multi payer systems of health care
such as those in France or Germany which I just got back from vacation
in which (1) only allow those in private sector to sell basic health
insurance which are non profit organizations, (2) are strictly regulated by
the central government, and (3) aren't allowed to refuse coverage to
people based on their health conditions.

Absolutely we need to avoid the Dutch error of letting for profit health
insurance companies getting their foot in the door on health care, which
has led to 250,000 people losing coverage and another 250,000 who are
behind on payments. This all got started in 2006 when the Netherlands
first allowed non profit organizations providing health care to change
over to for profit companies and for profit health insurance companies
to come into being. With British health care, beginning in 2002, profit
making health insurance companies started getting their foot in the
door of British health care initially only with elective surgery, but then
for treatment of diabetes, and then other care, until in 2008 for
profit health insurance companies are moving toward dominance
and displacing the National Health Service and leading much lower
quality of health care including destroying doctor-patient relationships
and continuity of coverage. United Health, based in Minnesota is one
of these companies, as well as one indicted "for swindling taxpayers and
patients. . ." This move in the direction of privatization of health care
has produced terrible results, with efficiency only for these companies
and anything but efficiency for patients in their health care. When
those on the right want to point their fingers at problems with British
health care, they need only look at the fact that the health insurance
industry has got its foot in the door. The facts about the British health
care trends have come out in a British magazine I subscribe to.