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Why I hate winter

Besides the fact that the days are shorter, the temperatures cooler, I can't (don't) ride my bike, or play golf as much as I might like, it seems all my frustrations and disappointments get accentuated this time of year.

Dealing with customers at work becomes increasingly more difficult, not to mention the fact that it's dark when I drive to work in the morning, and dark for the drive home. Even this morning, a simple thing like no water in the Sparklets water fountain, when I went to fill my tea pot, seemed to take on added significance. And even worse, I lost one advertiser on my blog.

But my biggest disappointment has been with the poll I have been conducting on this website and three others. But I'm not sure which is more disappointing, the fact that only 26 people have voted, or the fact that 16 of those who did vote, think health care should be treated like any other commodity, and distributed according to the ability to pay.

Where's the compassion?

Why does the US treat health care like a commodity, distributed according to the ability to pay, while the rest of the industrialized world treats health care like a social service, providing at least a basic level of care to all their citizens, assuring no one has to endure long waits in ER's, be treated with a lack of respect, or go bankrupt or lose their life savings simply because they have the misfortune of getting sick?
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Becky said…
I love winter because I get to use my fireplace and it gets colder so I have yet another excuse to knit.

I find it hard to believe that the majority of people think health care should be based upon our ability to pay for it. If I didn't have healthcare provided through my employer I couldn't afford insurance because of preexisting conditions. Same for my husband who had cancer 23 years ago.
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