Wajahat and I share our respective stories of our daughters surviving life threatening illness while overcoming the crucible of obstacles from insurance corporations
Thanks for taking this bold initiative to highlight the deeply wounded healthcare system we have in US ..... needs a major surgery here with no one to pick its cost .... LOL .... let me know if their is a COPAY !!!!
Qasim , I agree with you and it is high time to even have a new definition of the word "Murder"
picking a gun and shooting one or denying genuine medical claims / treatment and facilities, and claiming the life , both resulting in the common end ...... death and end of life. The distinction you make is one versus 68000 thousand or more gone with the broken healthcare system, is understandable and should help in defining the Murder in its real sense.
Heard Wajahat for the first time and hold him highly for his opinions and the work he is doing.
Great effort and to ramp it up with your personal tragic experiences , touched our hearts and of those who are going through such crisis.
Everyone I speak to , knows the BIG CARTEL ( Pharma / Medical Insurance and Hospitality )
they only work for their ends to meet .......... GREED FOR PROFIT !
That was a great discussion on the irrational "healthcare" system that we continue to have in this profit hungry country. It was very informative regarding the amounts of money that go into the pockets of insurance execs and the numbers of people dying each year because they can't get adequate healthcare to save their lives. Thankfully both your daughter and Wajahat's daughter survived, but that would not have happened without the additional resources being used to facilitate their survival. However, what needs to happen to change this murderous system? Many of us have signed petitions, written letters to our Reps and Senators and even the outgoing President, yet nothing changes because this country is deeply invested in the capitalist corporate dominated system. I too believe like Qasim, that this will not be an inflection point for the CEO's of the insurance companies as they are not willing to give up those billions in profit in order to save human lives and that is unconscionable. Something else needs to happen to change this murderous system under which we are forced to live. What will it take for this capitalist corporate dominant system to be eliminated and for universal healthcare to be available to all, as it is in the rest of the rational, humane world?
Good. 1) We spend double what real countries spend. 2) Our results are worse than many (and not just to the disadvantage of minorities. 3) We don't insure everyone, and with the private insurance model, deductibles prevent even insured people from having access.
The commonest cause of personal bankruptcy in this country is and always has been an inability to pay medical bills.
And other critically important value in having "Medicare for all," "single payer," or any similar term is that that one payer has great power to beat down costs. "You want X number of dollars for such-and-such? You can't have it. You'll get Y number of dollars."
In this country, we have a medical industry. It is not a health care system, and it commonly has little to do with caring for anyone's health. Like the jaw-dropping question of whether providing treatment is a sustainable business model. Man, has the way been lost.
The reader is the writer is the rider is the ridden. Universal nothing is the glorious upshot of capitalism. Mortality has its downside. Deal. Baby baby it's a wild world, hard to get by upon a smile.
Great conversation, and now I have a new Substack! ♥️
Excellent conversation! Thank you!
FDR&UN.org: FREEDOM FROM FEAR
MsFDR:"Do one thing every day that scares you."(aka long established science of anxiety, fear, etc.)
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-four-stories-of-america-part/comment/81328432
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-four-stories-of-america-part/comment/81332794
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-four-stories-of-america-part/comment/81330876
Thanks for taking this bold initiative to highlight the deeply wounded healthcare system we have in US ..... needs a major surgery here with no one to pick its cost .... LOL .... let me know if their is a COPAY !!!!
Qasim , I agree with you and it is high time to even have a new definition of the word "Murder"
picking a gun and shooting one or denying genuine medical claims / treatment and facilities, and claiming the life , both resulting in the common end ...... death and end of life. The distinction you make is one versus 68000 thousand or more gone with the broken healthcare system, is understandable and should help in defining the Murder in its real sense.
Heard Wajahat for the first time and hold him highly for his opinions and the work he is doing.
Great effort and to ramp it up with your personal tragic experiences , touched our hearts and of those who are going through such crisis.
Everyone I speak to , knows the BIG CARTEL ( Pharma / Medical Insurance and Hospitality )
they only work for their ends to meet .......... GREED FOR PROFIT !
That was a great discussion on the irrational "healthcare" system that we continue to have in this profit hungry country. It was very informative regarding the amounts of money that go into the pockets of insurance execs and the numbers of people dying each year because they can't get adequate healthcare to save their lives. Thankfully both your daughter and Wajahat's daughter survived, but that would not have happened without the additional resources being used to facilitate their survival. However, what needs to happen to change this murderous system? Many of us have signed petitions, written letters to our Reps and Senators and even the outgoing President, yet nothing changes because this country is deeply invested in the capitalist corporate dominated system. I too believe like Qasim, that this will not be an inflection point for the CEO's of the insurance companies as they are not willing to give up those billions in profit in order to save human lives and that is unconscionable. Something else needs to happen to change this murderous system under which we are forced to live. What will it take for this capitalist corporate dominant system to be eliminated and for universal healthcare to be available to all, as it is in the rest of the rational, humane world?
Sending you both and your families metta. 🙏🏽📿🪷GREAT show.
Thank you Sharron ❤️✊🏽
Great job, Qasim! I just finished watching the interview.
You really know your stuff & made a very compelling case for universal healthcare.
Good. 1) We spend double what real countries spend. 2) Our results are worse than many (and not just to the disadvantage of minorities. 3) We don't insure everyone, and with the private insurance model, deductibles prevent even insured people from having access.
The commonest cause of personal bankruptcy in this country is and always has been an inability to pay medical bills.
And other critically important value in having "Medicare for all," "single payer," or any similar term is that that one payer has great power to beat down costs. "You want X number of dollars for such-and-such? You can't have it. You'll get Y number of dollars."
In this country, we have a medical industry. It is not a health care system, and it commonly has little to do with caring for anyone's health. Like the jaw-dropping question of whether providing treatment is a sustainable business model. Man, has the way been lost.
Double happiness!
I just made this comment on Wajahat's site:
"Oh, my goodness! Two of my favorite Substack personalities together!"
❤️✊🏽
The reader is the writer is the rider is the ridden. Universal nothing is the glorious upshot of capitalism. Mortality has its downside. Deal. Baby baby it's a wild world, hard to get by upon a smile.
Poetically stated
Two of my favorite people!