Our Health Care System Sucks!!

I just watched a documentary by Michael Moore called “Sicko”. It was about our health care system in the United States compared to some other countries health care systems.

It was really sad to see that the United States has a poorer health care system than Cuba.

In France they pay nothing for their health care.  Everything is paid for. Their doctors actually get bonuses if they can get their patients blood pressure lowered, get their patients to quit smoking, etc. The healthier their patients are, the better pay those doctors receive. The doctors there are paid very well.

I believe the salary they said they received averaged about  200,000 a year.

The patients pay nothing and have a longer life span than Americans.

It frustrates me so bad. So many people, including myself, need medical attention and can’t even receive any. If they have insurance they still sometimes refuse to go, due to the cost of the bill of what their insurance didn’t cover. With all the money in the United States, you would think that we would have the best health care available.

Why is it we have to suffer?

The American people are scared of our government, it should be opposite. The government should be scared of us.

I just don’t know why so many people have to suffer. Then all these insurance companies slap “denied” on people that are desperately in need of  help.  I wonder how those people even sleep knowing they are killing people off when they deny them coverage. The saddest part is it is all about money. Saving the company money;  not saving lives.

I have been considering on going back to school and getting into the health care field. I now,  am thinking twice about it. Everyone keeps telling me, the health care field is the way to go because it will always be around. This is true, but I know  what kind of person I am and I know I would not be able to refuse to help someone because they have no money to pay or any insurance.

I don’t want to work in that kind of atmosphere, even if the pay is outstanding.  Wanting to become a doctor or a nurse, usually means that you want to heal people.

How can you do that when you have to turn the poor away? You can’t.  That is just my opinion. I guess I will just have to find something else to do. That is just not my calling as I once thought it was.