Once regulator
Now our sublime instructor
Thank you Nancy T

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Can the structure and form of haiku
Give the health reform wonks any clue
To the answers they seek?
Perhaps the mystique
Can be helpful. Who knows — do you?

Very yin and yang – a lovely breath of fresh air.

Health care for all
Deserves public discourse.
Consider, the blog.

The present health car “reform” is ludicrous. It is based on false premises and will be a total failure.
The idea that people don’t want to buy health insurance is false.
They want to, but can’t afford it. True reform would focus on bringing down the costs, not forcing people to buy insurance. Saying that the uninsured are costing the health care system a lot of money is a blatant lie. The better someone’s insurance is, the more health care costs that person generally incurs.
The system is near a breaking point-if many more people are given access to medical care, there will be further collapse. Imagine ER waits twice as long, for example.
True reform would remove the profit motive from the system-this means doing away with the insurance companies, who are only interested in making money, and having a single-payer(government) system, like every other first world country.
I have to laugh or cry when I hear people taking the present pseudo-fascist approach to reform seriously.

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