Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Health Care: Who will be in charge 10 years from now?

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Health Care: Who will be in charge 10 years from now?

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Actually the essay really addresses the question, "What do we have [the current proposed bill] that is better than what existed before Corporate America pulled out all the stops and poured money into the tea pot that is Washington, D.C.?

Let’s see. Insurance companies will not be able to drop you from coverage because you get sick. You will not be denied coverage if you have a pre-existing condition. You can keep your insurance plan, if you like it.

Those are the advantages, but he goes on to list all the many disadvantages.