With 30 Million people joining me in the bizarro world of healthcare "insurance" misery (not something I would wish on my worst enemy) I am slightly hopeful that there might be some real change that disconnect health coverage from employment and create a real solution for everyone.
While I know that the small blip of recession is over for many (those that are rich and do not need income to live and/or have stable jobs that pay enough to live and survive, including healthcare) for the rest of us it is a hard and challenging struggle each and ever day and that number has swollen and perhaps a larger number of people have some small sense of the day to day struggle of many in this country and might find some compassion as they sit in one of several homes.
All this is further tempered by concern that the lobby for status quo is strong and well funded and like a mother, extremely protective of their child, which in this case is a steady large flow of money. They will fight to the death imo to protect their business and no matter who wins the election nothing will change unless we see more catastrophe and failure that brings the country further to its knees (again nothing I wish on anyone or any country) but it seems that it is only in crisis we can find common ground and come together to solve the wicked problems.
Barbara Katzenberg - 4 years ago
I was laid off from my job for an EHR vendor after 17 years this past spring, but doing okay financially and probably wouldn't even do consulting in the industry again at this point. What strikes me--as the pandemic wears on and we are living with the weaknesses of the US healthcare system-- is that at least some of the taxpayer dollars invested in HITECH & Meaningful Use could have been better spent in shoring up our public health infrastructure. But I guess those projects weren't "shovel ready" and maybe didn't have a whole industry lobbying for them.
With 30 Million people joining me in the bizarro world of healthcare "insurance" misery (not something I would wish on my worst enemy) I am slightly hopeful that there might be some real change that disconnect health coverage from employment and create a real solution for everyone.
While I know that the small blip of recession is over for many (those that are rich and do not need income to live and/or have stable jobs that pay enough to live and survive, including healthcare) for the rest of us it is a hard and challenging struggle each and ever day and that number has swollen and perhaps a larger number of people have some small sense of the day to day struggle of many in this country and might find some compassion as they sit in one of several homes.
All this is further tempered by concern that the lobby for status quo is strong and well funded and like a mother, extremely protective of their child, which in this case is a steady large flow of money. They will fight to the death imo to protect their business and no matter who wins the election nothing will change unless we see more catastrophe and failure that brings the country further to its knees (again nothing I wish on anyone or any country) but it seems that it is only in crisis we can find common ground and come together to solve the wicked problems.
I was laid off from my job for an EHR vendor after 17 years this past spring, but doing okay financially and probably wouldn't even do consulting in the industry again at this point. What strikes me--as the pandemic wears on and we are living with the weaknesses of the US healthcare system-- is that at least some of the taxpayer dollars invested in HITECH & Meaningful Use could have been better spent in shoring up our public health infrastructure. But I guess those projects weren't "shovel ready" and maybe didn't have a whole industry lobbying for them.
I retired!