I wrote this back around April 9, 2012, when the Supreme Court was considering what to do about Obamacare. I think it should be junked and our entire system redone in the style of the UK’s NHS. In this strip, and the one for April 24th, I explain why.
I wrote this back around April 9, 2012, when the Supreme Court was considering what to do about Obamacare. I think it should be junked and our entire system redone in the style of the UK’s NHS. In this strip, and the one for April 25th, I explain why.
I drew this back while the Supreme Court was considering whether to strike down Obamacare completely or just strike parts of it. Regardless, I had things to be said. Sadly, I was swamped with work and avoiding sickness, so I couldn’t draw the next two strips in the series, or even post this one until today, 4/23/12.
Screencap source: www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-08-07-cancer-costs_N.htm
From the article:
In 2009 and 2010, as the economic collapse shuddered across the globe, oncologists in California noticed a troubling trend: Three patients who had had serious tumors under control for as long as eight years reappeared in the clinic with massive cancer regrowth which, in one case, required emergency surgery.
In retrospect, this downturn in fortunes should have been predictable: The economic recession had forced the patients to discontinue a life-extending medication.
“In all three cases, the patients developed new symptoms and came in after having missed an appointment or two without us knowing that they had stopped the drug,” said Dr. Katie Kelley, co-author of a letter-to-the-editor in the Aug. 5 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, which describes the cases. Kelley is also assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
And there have been other such cases, both at UCSF and around the nation, either of patients stopping medications altogether or rationing in the hopes of making precious supplies last longer.
From me:
For purely arbitrary, man-made reasons, people are suffering and dying, after finding medicine they need to survive too expensive.
What is the difference between a mugger shooting you on the street for your wallet and a pharma company charging you more than you can afford for the drugs you need to live?
Why do we think the question “Your money or your life?” is a reasonable question to be asked?
What is wrong with our brains????
Episode 8 of the 666cast featuring a rant against our leaders, both elected and paid for! Yep, in this week’s 666cast, I take to task the folks who are leading us. Whether elected or not, they have a responsibility to do the right thing to keep society and the people who live in it safe and moving forward. However, none of the guys at the top are doing it. Whether it’s Obama or the bankers or the head of BP, we’re getting screwed big time and our society is in trouble because of it. Please subscribe to the feed. What do you think?
