It is with some despair that I watch the goings-on in the health care reform debate. I truly believe that this historical period is not only our best shot at real reform, but most likely our only shot, and it is enraging to watch the influence of the health insurance lobby, physician's lobby (AMA) and other powerful special interest groups frame the debate. Our current system of care amounts to passive eugenics, purposely weeding out the sick and allowing them to suffer and face untimely death because they are a 'drain' on society--or more accurately, a drain on health insurers bottom line. Isn't that exactly the same rationale eugenicists have used for decades to support their vile policies?
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