If you've ever read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, you know that "Wonderland" is not a happy place to be. Nothing makes sense there, and when Alice tries to get out of the underground warren she falls into, she is thwarted at every turn by absurdity. Nothing is as expected; everything is illogical; nothing makes sense; frankly, the place is terrifying.
Just like today's health care system in these United States of America.
Now, I've had some good doctors, and I'm not here to doctor-bash. Nearly all of the absurdities I've been subjected to have been thanks to the insurance companies--you know, the ones that are supposed to pay for services to make us healthier but, in fact, are money-making entities far more interested in lining the pockets of their CEOs and shareholders than in taking care of the sick who rely on them and who pay for their coverage. We are their customers, and if they didn't have a monopoly on the whole thing, they couldn't get away with what they do. If we had a choice about how to pay the astronomical costs of taking care of ourselves--those skyrocketing costs ALSO thanks to those same filthy rich CEOs and soul-less company owners--we'd never shop at their "stores," ever.
But we can't vote with our feet. We can't take our business down the street to get a better deal. They've got us in their gnarly fingers and are pushing pins into our inert bodies while pocketing all the money in their bank accounts overseas--not even keeping our dollars right here in the good ol' USA.
Oh, well, hey. That's what Obamacare is all about--breaking that monopoly.
