Senator Ted Kennedy has passed away after a long battle with brain cancer at the age of 77. May our thoughts and prayers be with the Kennedy family at this time.
- Franny.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
The Health If I Care!?
I tried to avoid this topic because honest to god I have no idea what the progression of the health debate is at this point nor did I want to read into the details. Then I thought, I write for a blog! I can write whatever the hell I want. But I really wouldn't be bringing up this topic if it weren't for me being sick...in the States of all places.
Back in my home country of Canada, I would've gone to the doctors, just to see how he was doing. But since I'm in Chicago, a step into the doc's office, especially being a foreigner, would most likely force me to forfeit my wallet. Why? Well apparently, the wealthy country of the United States of America can't afford universal health care for its good citizens (along with its illegal immigrants). This is another reason why I've stayed away from this topic: I'm a Canadian with free health care and I'm a relatively healthy young adult (except the occasional August bug). How can I understand this issue that millions of Americans are worried about?
Simple: An email from a friend named David Axelrod. Earlier this week I received and email from Axe about a website the White House launched called "Health Insurance Reform: Reality Check". It's a website that contains random people telling you all the good things about health insurance reform. I would sum it up for you, but I didn't watch any of them because none of these people look appealing to me. But the main message is this: Reform=Good. Now I understand!
What I don't understand is where did this "death panel" talk come from? Well, obviously our beloved ex-Alaskan Governor aka unimportant citizen of America, Sarah Palin, has nothing better to do these days than to assume her family, especially her Down-Syndrome baby, is under attack by Obama and his administration. Apparently the evil Obama wants old people to die earlier than they should so they don't eat up health care costs. Well when you put it that way...I'm kidding, I wasn't contemplating that for a minute (not that old people read this blog anyway; but if you're an old person and you're reading this, I apologize, I really didn't mean that). It's the old debate about euthanasia. I'm against it! If you want to die, go find a shady doctor who will inject you with "something special" so you can visit your ol' Ma. Now that I've voiced my opinion on this matter, everything should be settled right? Nope!
It seems that the "death panel" is a very serious issue that was created by the other evil mastermind of health care: Zeke Emanuel, the evil (I need a synonym for this word) brother of Rahm Emanuel. With a few carefully edited words from his many works, Betsy McCaughey, a conservative scholar (I may or may not have italicized that for effect/sarcasm), was able to make the NIH doctor into "deadly doctor". What makes ol' Betsy wrong is that Zeke has been clear from the beginning about his opposition to euthanasia. So her quote about him wanting to limit health care for "a grandmother with Parkinson's or a child with cerebral palsy" is completely untrue --especially the part about cerebral palsy because Zeke's sister suffers from it. Good going Betsy, way to be a dick.
There are many other idiots in this debate, mostly those of the far right, but what's certain is that there are no winners. Just the losers: the citizens (not the rich ones, because they get universal everything) of America. Well, some are more literal losers than others. These people are the ones who don't want government intervention in their medical woes. Sure, the government will leave it to you, but who's going to pay for your medical bills? Who's going to make things cheaper because you keep complaining about how expensive going to the doctors is? Use your brain people, without the government helping you, you'll get nowhere. If I could choose, I wouldn't want my government wasting its time with health care because there are always those ungrateful people who say, "We could've done without them."
In other important news: Shah Rukh Khan was detained at Newark Airport for two hours. No autographs were signed and no pictures were taken at this time.
- Franny.
Back in my home country of Canada, I would've gone to the doctors, just to see how he was doing. But since I'm in Chicago, a step into the doc's office, especially being a foreigner, would most likely force me to forfeit my wallet. Why? Well apparently, the wealthy country of the United States of America can't afford universal health care for its good citizens (along with its illegal immigrants). This is another reason why I've stayed away from this topic: I'm a Canadian with free health care and I'm a relatively healthy young adult (except the occasional August bug). How can I understand this issue that millions of Americans are worried about?
Simple: An email from a friend named David Axelrod. Earlier this week I received and email from Axe about a website the White House launched called "Health Insurance Reform: Reality Check". It's a website that contains random people telling you all the good things about health insurance reform. I would sum it up for you, but I didn't watch any of them because none of these people look appealing to me. But the main message is this: Reform=Good. Now I understand!
What I don't understand is where did this "death panel" talk come from? Well, obviously our beloved ex-Alaskan Governor aka unimportant citizen of America, Sarah Palin, has nothing better to do these days than to assume her family, especially her Down-Syndrome baby, is under attack by Obama and his administration. Apparently the evil Obama wants old people to die earlier than they should so they don't eat up health care costs. Well when you put it that way...I'm kidding, I wasn't contemplating that for a minute (not that old people read this blog anyway; but if you're an old person and you're reading this, I apologize, I really didn't mean that). It's the old debate about euthanasia. I'm against it! If you want to die, go find a shady doctor who will inject you with "something special" so you can visit your ol' Ma. Now that I've voiced my opinion on this matter, everything should be settled right? Nope!
It seems that the "death panel" is a very serious issue that was created by the other evil mastermind of health care: Zeke Emanuel, the evil (I need a synonym for this word) brother of Rahm Emanuel. With a few carefully edited words from his many works, Betsy McCaughey, a conservative scholar (I may or may not have italicized that for effect/sarcasm), was able to make the NIH doctor into "deadly doctor". What makes ol' Betsy wrong is that Zeke has been clear from the beginning about his opposition to euthanasia. So her quote about him wanting to limit health care for "a grandmother with Parkinson's or a child with cerebral palsy" is completely untrue --especially the part about cerebral palsy because Zeke's sister suffers from it. Good going Betsy, way to be a dick.
There are many other idiots in this debate, mostly those of the far right, but what's certain is that there are no winners. Just the losers: the citizens (not the rich ones, because they get universal everything) of America. Well, some are more literal losers than others. These people are the ones who don't want government intervention in their medical woes. Sure, the government will leave it to you, but who's going to pay for your medical bills? Who's going to make things cheaper because you keep complaining about how expensive going to the doctors is? Use your brain people, without the government helping you, you'll get nowhere. If I could choose, I wouldn't want my government wasting its time with health care because there are always those ungrateful people who say, "We could've done without them."
In other important news: Shah Rukh Khan was detained at Newark Airport for two hours. No autographs were signed and no pictures were taken at this time.
- Franny.
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