Healtcare and happy people

I have a new post at OneUtah on the topic of healthcare reform and the public option. I've been thinking about this a lot since a conversaton with my sister about an Oprah segment about Denmark, the so-called happiest country. It troubles me that American politics are so tied up in profit-making enterprises more than looking out for the welfare of the its citizens.

I don't expect to see a public option come out of any legislation that is passed. I think we'll see something so watered down that many people will again fall through the cracks. As I said in my OneUtah post:

In the U.S. we make wealth a priority. And we take care of education, K through 12 anyway. But we are shamefully unwilling to address the healthcare needs of ALL American citizens. It is unfathomable to me that we have such a discriminatory system that provides the best healthcare for our elected leaders and for government workers, but it’s a crap shoot for everyone else, many with high premiums and deductibles, an unbelievable number with no insurance at all, and even the well-insured driven to bankruptcy–the double jeopardy of being struck by a catastophic illness in the U.S.

The truth is, before we'll have real healthcare reform, we're going to need some political reform. We're going to need to remove the money factor that allows big busioness to not only affect the outcome of elections through financial supply, but also allows them to write their own self-providential legislation.

Any bets on when that might change?

In the following clips, Jon Stewart answers the question: Do we really want to become Sweden?

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
The Stockholm Syndrome Pt. 1
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
The Stockholm Syndrome Pt. 2
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis