Indeed it is a deeply crying shame that the US cannot provide free healthcare to the entire population like so many other ‘developed’ countries in the world. Healthcare should not be market driven, PERIOD.

Absolutely no one should be allowed to make a profit from some one’s medical misfortune.

But, since the days of Ronald Reagan it is, and now a large part of the US population on all sides of the aisle, on the street, in the office, on the band stand and amongst politicians, believes that to provide free healthcare to everyone, to take it out of the market, will dismantle Capitalism and somehow take away our freedom.

This is so completely wrong people! Providing free health care would in fact create so much MORE FREEDOM for all because, just think about it, no one would be scarred to the bone if they are hurt, thus relieving one hell of alot of pressure! It’s that simple.

I recently had a great lunch time talk with Howard Jones and David Stopps while in Boston on tour. They are from England where health care is free for everyone. To them it is unthinkable on the absolute deepest level that anyone would have to pay for healthcare. I asked them about the quality of care given and they said it was great. Howard said that perhaps, because of their system, they may not have some of the cutting edge technologies that we have in the US, but in England you have the option to purchase extra health care and you can receive ‘SLIGHTLY’ (as David Stopps put it) better health care services. Howard just got rid of his extra healthcare services.

I’m sure that if ever the US came to its senses and provided free care for everyone, that they would never never diminish their drive for developing the best medical technology and then to make it available.

BUT alas, for now, I’m talking UTOPIA here, Obama’s plan is a ‘market based’ solution and such a solution will never provide total coverage for everyone. And I’ve heard recently that he’s gone from saying that he’ll insure 46 million who are now uninsured, to something like 20 million. So damn sad, tragic!

Wake up America, the market does not care one iota about PEOPLE. It never has and never will. It cares ONLY about money and there are some things in life that are 100% about PEOPLE and not about MONEY.