overheard

America's for-profit medical system is an insult to the dignity of human beings,
an assault upon all that is sane and holy.  It is an abomination.  If I needed another
reason to advocate socialism and the elimination of capitalism (Global Warming
alone would be enough) then America's for-profit health DONT-care system would
give it to me.

An eighty-eight year old lady enters the health facility at the assigned time.
Waits for doctor for an hour.

Doctor arrives and begins commanding the staff: Hurry up!  I cannot stay here until midnight.
Ignores eighty-eight year old lady who he's supposed to operating upon. 

When the eighty-eight year old lady arrives--and she's here for her second cataract operation,
and this time it's for her  LEFT eye, she is greeted with the question, "Let's see....It's for your Right eye?"

"NO!" she says.

To which the Nurse or some other creature replies to her, "Sorry we don't handle that side of things
it's the doctor's responsibility..."

Later she is given too much anesthesia and loses the rest of the day.

She complains to the doctor when she sees him the next day, and he responds, "I don't handle that.  I only contract with this company, and they are responsible for who they hire...."

Oh, the poor man.  He probably was thinking about what sort of animal he'll be shooting on his next African Safari.  (No joke; when I met the man, he did tell me about his trip to Africa for a safari.  As if I was interested.  As if I had anything but disgust upon hearing that the man could think of nothing better to do during one of his numerous vacations......)

No one is responsible in this inhumane system, but money does go into someone's pockets.
"Not me" said the nurse.
"not me"  said the weary physical therapist.
"Surely not me!" said the exhausted in-home care-giver.
|Who's left?
|Why, good old Mr. Safari and the investors who own everything........