Health Care
Hello! – Here I am again:
I am persuaded to share a few thoughts about Health.
This wide-ranging subject of Health Care is pretty much on people’s minds these days, here in Ontario as well as, all across Canada. The U.S. indeed has its own contentious health problems.
We in Canada, Ontario, in particular have a government funded health insurance scheme, which is guaranteed to take care of some of our health care problems. However as you know, at the present time the Federal Government claims to be lacking the necessary funds to honor its share of the bargain. The result is a large number of health care centers along with their doctors, nurses, technicians and staffs have had to close. This of course shortchanges the general public who are suffering various stages of ill health.
There is a lot of debate about privatizing certain sections to try to take care of the shortfall caused by the closing of facilities. Right now, I want to say that we need less and less instead of more privatizing of businesses as well as institutions. While we are on this of subject, I feel that I should point out that much of our health care related industries are now already privately owned and controlled through shareholders. For one example, consider the mega corporations controlling the Pharmaceutical Industries. These are the mega corporations who produce the vital drugs and other chemical and medical products for hospitals, clinics and home care use. Then we must remember the various industries, large or small who produce the numerous items used in the entire field of human health. Companies privately owned and operated for profit fabricate those special beds, stretchers, ambulances, and X-ray equipment, etc. As a well-known comedian is fond of saying on TV, “We are all in this together”. This “Hayseed Philosopher” goes on record endorsing the evolution from Privatization to Public ownership of all Industries free from Business and Profit. Along with this shift of operation must come a new concept of “trade”, the distribution of all the goods and services from these industries, which would now become under the control and management of the People!
The health of the individual, of whatever ethnic background, sex or age, whether a citizen or a visitor, is the greatest asset in the world. On the health of these individuals rests the security and sustainability of the rest of Nature and the World.
Health is the inherent right of every human being. Let us take the necessary steps to claim it!
Timothy Haystubble (Grass Roots Philosopher)