Health Care and Freedom

March 30th, 2011 Barry Deutsch Posted in Health care | Comments Off

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The scene: A woman in casual business wear addresses the reader directly. Panel one Woman: i’m TRAPPED in my job, because my kid is sick, and if i change jobs there goes my health insurance! Panel two Woman: i have a great idea for a business start-up — the kind of thing that could change my life! but i’m TRAPPED in my job because of the health insurance. Panel three Woman: the job recently forced me to relocate to IDAHO. i HATE living in idaho! i miss my family. but i’m trapped in my job because… well, you know. Panel four Woman: my boss assigns me unpaid overtime and makes inappropriate comments… but i can’t tell him to SHOVE it, because i’m TRAPPED. Panel five Woman: so my friend tells me that to solve all these problems, i should support single-payer health care. and i said to her, ARE YOU NUTS? Panel six Woman: once the government gets involved in health care, we won’t be FREE!