US Healthcare System vs This Pandemic

 Can we not now, with this pandemic, recognize and admit that our for-profit health care system in the US is clearly hurting Americans? We are supposedly, reputedly the "wealthiest nation in the world" and have the "best health care system in the world" but, but it's not universal health care.

We are the only Western, industrialized nation IN THE WORLD without universal health care.

We are the only nation in the world that has citizens declaring bankruptcy due to health care costs.

The number one cause of bankruptcy in the nation is health care costs.

With all that, finally, and, again, this pandemic, we have MORE DEATHS from this pandemic than ANY OTHER NATION IN THE WORLD.

Can we not see a connection between this for-profit health care system and all these pandemic deaths?

Can't we?

And then, can we maybe do something about all this?

We are, after all, "exceptional."

Right?

America's Obscene, Grossly Immoral Health Care System

 I just saw this out on Facebonkers.

How SHIPs Can Help With Your Medicare Questions and Problems

The rest of the industrialized world all has universal health care but not the good, old, proud, stupid Americans, oh no. We not only have the only health care system completely tied to profit and profits but we have, by far and away THE MOST EXPENSIVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. 

Yes sir and ma'am. Far and away the most expensive. 

U.S. Healthcare: 

Most Expensive and Worst Performing

And complicated? 

Heck we have a system mostly for the elderly that's so difficult, companies and organizations actually have to create systems and places and events for people to LEARN how the whole system functions.

Additionally, finally, at least here, today, the US is the only nation, also, the ONLY nation, in the world, where citizens go bankrupt, broke, from and because of medical bills.

The only nation.

Additionally, it is the NUMBER ONE CAUSE of bankruptcy--medical bills---at roughly 40% of all bankruptcies in the nation, consistently, year after year.

Insane.

We Americans. We're "exceptional" all right.

Exceptionally stupid. Exceptionally proud. Exceptionally gullible.

Yay, Capitalism, huh?

Ain't we great?