warning: insurance soapbox... read at your own risk

People have lost their moral compass.

Not to sound like a raging neo-con, but what has happened to our humanity?

Take this, for example:
"A slim majority of Californians, 53 percent, said they would be willing to pay more -- either through higher health insurance premiums or higher taxes -- to increase the number of people who have health insurance." -- SF Chronicle

That makes me sick. Just sick. Yes, 53 percent will part with some of their precious precious MONEY so that more people can LIVE. But that means 47 percent of Californians are cold-hearted ... people. Well, I've made very little money in the past year, and I would give my entire savings account if I thought it would make a dent on the misery caused by our health care system to millions of others.

Seven million people in California are uninsured. I will be joining them on Friday. Hopefully, I will be getting some travel insurance to cover the emergencies, but there's plenty of people way less fortunate than I.

47 percent of people would rather spend money on another ski trip to Tahoe or another Lexus SUV or another yacht rather than providing insulin to an elderly diabetic. There are some freakin' RICH people in California. But I bet the RICH people are mostly in that 47 percent of inhuman slime.

Travel insurance won't pay for my last rabies vaccine. Why? Because they have done a "cost-benefit analysis" and determined they'd rather risk me dying of rabies than pay 200 dollars for the last shot. How do these people sleep at night? I mean, really?? They are KILLING people with their cold accounting. I can't even make coherent arguments when it comes to this because I am so enraged.

I guess that's how capitalism works. Everything is numbers, money. Your child needs a flu shot? Hmmm, how much will that cost? You need food? Well, we're going to have to charge you. Don't have money? Oh sorry. No food for you. You don't have any money? You must be a failure! You certainly can't be intelligent, because smart people always figure something out.

Yes, I figure something out. I guess I am smart. I plan. I save. But I can't buy into this huge machine. That's why I can't be a doctor. I can't deal with this system. I couldn't let people DIE because they didn't have insurance. I can't fight all these ignorant fools who swim in money rather than seek friendships or experiences or human connection.

It will be good to leave this country. People can be monsters. Though I guess that's everywhere nowadays...