America Is the Greatest Country? Look At Our Health Care -- And Weep
Whether you call it Trumpcare or Ryancare or They-Don't-Care, the new Republican health care plan is not about providing more care or coverage: It's about providing a huge tax cut for the rich, while cutting coverage and care for the poor and vulnerable.
About four years ago, I wrote this article on our flawed approach to health care. Instead of using our national wealth to promote national health, we do our level best to turn health care into a for-profit system driven by market priorities. Long ago, health care became a political football to be tossed about and fought over by the heaviest hitters. The weak and the infirm? You can find them, crushed on the field of "play."
Sadly, a motto I first saw on a bumper sticker still rings true: "Our national health care plan? Don't get sick."