Comments on: January: Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. with the Nevada Caucus http://www.healinghealth.com/blog/archives/112 Susan Mazer's Blog Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:27:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Henry Domke http://www.healinghealth.com/blog/archives/112#comment-34 Henry Domke Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:58:32 +0000 http://www.healinghealth.com/blog/archives/112#comment-34 Susan, "I am interested in how you would solve this problem. It seems to me that denying anyone health care... is far worse that giving care to everyone" I could not agree more! I would solve this problem the way all other developed nations on earth have solved it, provide universal healthcare to all citizens. I've been Family Physician since 1979. From the beginning until I changed jobs to work on Art full-time, I hoped and assumed our country would enact some kind of Universal Health Coverage. The fact that it has not happened and that we have 49 million uninsured citizens is profoundly disappointing to me. I've tried to understand how this could be true. Here are a couple thoughts: 1. As Americans we value individualism more than we value the common good. 2. The Insurance companies would be devastated by universal coverage. They are organized and rich and they will be sure that universal coverage will be defeated. They have done a great job making Americans fear Universal Coverage. 3. Our country has politically shifted to the right and with that we have an increased suspicion of anything that the Government does. I covered some of this on my blog last year. You might want to see the post from April 24th: http://www.healthcarefineart.com/2007/04/the_future_of_h.html As a side note, I might mention that your posts the last year seem to be focused on doom and gloom. This seems to be the opposite of what you are doing with your business. Susan,
“I am interested in how you would solve this problem. It seems to me that denying anyone health care… is far worse that giving care to everyone”
I could not agree more!
I would solve this problem the way all other developed nations on earth have solved it, provide universal healthcare to all citizens.

I’ve been Family Physician since 1979. From the beginning until I changed jobs to work on Art full-time, I hoped and assumed our country would enact some kind of Universal Health Coverage. The fact that it has not happened and that we have 49 million uninsured citizens is profoundly disappointing to me.

I’ve tried to understand how this could be true. Here are a couple thoughts:
1. As Americans we value individualism more than we value the common good.
2. The Insurance companies would be devastated by universal coverage. They are organized and rich and they will be sure that universal coverage will be defeated. They have done a great job making Americans fear Universal Coverage.
3. Our country has politically shifted to the right and with that we have an increased suspicion of anything that the Government does.

I covered some of this on my blog last year. You might want to see the post from April 24th:
http://www.healthcarefineart.com/2007/04/the_future_of_h.html

As a side note, I might mention that your posts the last year seem to be focused on doom and gloom. This seems to be the opposite of what you are doing with your business.

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