One of the great motivations in bringing President Obama to office was the huge unequal distribution of wealth in the USA. Some people have huge amounts of dosh and millions of others have little or nothing. There was such a thin line of money keeping people in their homes right across the US last year so that when Johnny in Arkansas couldnt pay his mortgage the ripple effect was staggering.They went down everywhere like a pack of cards.
And so it is with healthcare over there. I saw a report on this on BBC News 24. Something like 27 million have no healthcare whatsoever in the USA. The american system runs on insurance, very high insurance, so if you cannot afford the insurance you are outside the system...leaving you with no healthcare.
Unbelievable in this day and age.
Obama has pledged to fix this problem. Among many other problems of course. But this is why his message resonates with so many working class people. He has identified the difficulties at the lower end of the social scale and has pledged to fix them. Let's hope he can. Lets be clear, horrifying to mention it in the 21st century I know but that is basically a communist principle.
Reading the above you can see why our NHS is such a blazing success story. It has its flaws but even with flaws its a masterpiece of socialism.
