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The Bush Sequel – Starring John McCain, Pt.2 -- the Storyline

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On the other side of the line, we see the Blue Army, led by a less-military figure, sometimes called “the Negotiator”. The Blue Army’s strategy is to take the best of what we have from the health care system we currently have and enforce a unified direction, based on a utilitarian philosophy, meaning “…generate the greatest good for the greatest number of people”. On their right flank, they plan to shore up the weak employer health insurance system with exercise. Exercise a “membership fee” to the “employee well-being fund”, for those employers who decide to opt out of active participation and not offer health insurance plans to their employees. ( This also serves as incentive to offer health insurance.)

On the left flank we see the hurting masses (over 47 million of them). These are the creation of one of the greatest anomalies any developed nation has faced. They are those who either can’t afford health care or those who have been rejected by the current system because of poor health conditions (“Our health care system can’t help you, you’re not well). It’s not certain if this group is able to speak. Perhaps it’s because they’re not collected enough to speak with one voice. The monumental task of the Blue Army is to organize these to a point where they can speak collectively. The stakes are high, but the reward could be a focused effort to provide affordable health insurance to nearly all of these destitutes and save them from bankruptcy (most common cause today is medical expense), death (18,000 in 2000, 22,000 in 2006) or both.

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