Dear Mr. President, I Hope You Appreciate the Free Healthcare I Pay for You to Have
I heard it said by some pundits that President Trump contracting coronavirus and now being hospitalized with the disease is a “teachable moment” for this country, and by that they meant that maybe now the naysayers can finally all get on board with the obvious fact that we all need to wear masks, need to socially distance, etc. Yes, it is a teachable moment for that, but it is also a teachable moment for something else. This whole circumstance highlights the gross, stark and utterly indefensibly inequitable healthcare system in this country.
Let me begin by finishing what I started to say in the title above. Dear Mr. President, I hope you appreciate the free healthcare I pay for you to have, wish I had the same.
But I don’t. I don’t get free healthcare paid for by the government because people like Trump, Republicans, many assorted millionaires and billionaires have all concluded that government run, government paid healthcare is not a good idea and so fight very hard to prevent such a thing from coming to pass. Apparently, though, it is a good idea when it benefits them. Many Republicans, many conservatives, who work in government are more than happy to have their healthcare expenses covered by the government. That is, their care is paid for by the taxes I paid. Let me be…
