I wanted to write about health care for our 100W research paper so I'd be more knowledgeable about it, but 'K-Dub' suggested that it might be too broad of a subject. Well, maybe writing a paper on it would be difficult, but I recently watched 'Sicko' and there was one part that I really like that I want to discuss/paraphrase.
Moore interviews a British Parliamentary member who gives an interesting theoretical view of health care. He states that if people really voted for those who represented their interests, that would be a real democracy. But, in a capitalistic society, there is an unequal balance of power and influence in favor to the rich. In a way, it favors the elite to have a shitty health care system because debt causes hopelessness, and the hopeless don't vote.
He says that two ways people are controlled are if they are frightened or demoralized. An educated and healthy people are harder govern because they challenge the system, but a population of depressed, downtrodden individuals tend not to see that they're being screwed over by their government, or in this case, the health care industry, and rather take orders and just hope for the best. He believes that people don't really have a choice in what kind of health care system they want, because "choice depends on the freedom to choose, and if your shackled to debt, you don't have freedom to choose."
I wish I remembered the name of the Parliamentary member, cause he's one smart dude.
-Michelle Park
2 comments:
Now you know why I don't want the ignorant to vote. I'm sure if we put health care in terms that everyone can appreciate then it would get national funding. Preventative care for kids now means not having to fund a lifetime of their illnesses.
You should find out the name of the British politician and whatever more you can of his ideas.
The name of the former British MP is Tony Benn, a very interesting man indeed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Benn
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