The Blue Pill.

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I thought this sort-of 'it's Trump's fault -whatever it is' -garbage was on the wane, but it's a Sunday filler, so I suppose...?

Protecting gun rights as victims go broke.

Greg Milam, US Correspondent:

'You have probably never heard of Kim Gervais.
She is one of the 500 people who were injured in the Las Vegas shooting last month.



Ms Gervais' daughter set up a Go Fund Me page to help with paying medical bills
Because she wasn't killed, she might be referred to as one of the lucky ones. But Kim has been left paralysed by her injuries.
As the New York Times reported, she was recently told of all of the equipment she will need to continue her treatment at home...'

Are you saying that she was unlucky to live and the US public seem more fixated on purchasing candles and holding prayer
gatherings at the murder scenes...? I wonder where this trendy virtue-signalling behavior came from?!
Come on Greg, you surely can't believe that your roundabout-way-of-blaming-Trump-for-everything credo can be panel-beaten
into a valid commentary that involves an non-dead female struggling with the cost of medical bills?

A crazy man is alleged to have indiscriminately fired upon a bunch of people at a concert in a gambling city -where money is
needed to pay for concert tickets, food, drink and travel. Paddock -for now anyway, didn't seem to target low wage earners,
liberal click-baiting Journalists or those against gun laws, he just stuck the barrel out the hote window and let it rip.

'...The list included "an expensive wheelchair, a re-modelled bathroom, a new car and a way to run her business and pay a
mortgage". They quoted the man giving her this list: "You know, your insurance will probably not cover any of this."

And there you have the shocking truth of one of the richest nations on earth: you can be the innocent victim of a violent crime
and then be bankrupted by the cost of the resulting medical care...'

Back in the day, Greg, it was called real life. I have sympathy for this lady and her situation and luckily, she lives in one of the
richest nations in the world, a nation that can afford societal decency as well as currency. Write a column regarding the trials
and tribulations of medical care and launching a 'Go-fund-Me' in Zimbabwe or Sierra Leone and then report on injustice.

'...It is why the continuing arguments over healthcare in America remain so frustrating to listen to -the impact on actual,
real people is ignored...'

Yeah... Trump. Obamacare needs fixing. It was fine when Obama was in office, or not really, but it's still Trump's fault.

'...What sort of country treats people like that?
Where they fight tooth and nail to defend the rights of the guy who bought the guns -and happily let his victims suffer in pain
and go broke. Where friends and family have to hold fundraisers to pay for treatment.
Treatment which, in every other civilised country on earth, would be considered a basic human right...'

Name them Greg... name the civilised countries. Are you pointing at Europe...? A set of nations cowering in the shadow
of gun/truck-wielding religious crusaders and have no rights to bear arms?! I seriously doubt US citizens happily let victims
suffer and I also doubt you confirmed that everyone in the US before you wrote that.

Ignoring your Californian bourgeois perspective on the peasants who fund your salary, I'm still surprised by your attempts
to connect the NRA with a failing medical system. Are you suggesting all people who own a gun in the United States should
be held financially accountable to victims of gun-crime?
All of them...? White, black, young and old, rich and poor?! Or just the first one?

'...This is usually where America's opponents of "socialised medicine" start ranting about keeping the government out of the
healthcare system. People who have never set foot in the UK tell you all about the evils of the NHS.
America is different, they say, and individual liberty and responsibility trumps the collective good...'

Aaah, the old 'if-you've-never-tasted-it, how-can-you-comment?' routine. The National Health Service in the UK is struggling
and waiting-lists are one of the highest in Europe. Dear Greg, whether I use the NHS or not, I read and listen to the company
you work for and Sky News regularly reports on the failing health-care in Britain.

Unless... you're suggesting Sky Journalists fabricate articles and lie?

A group is made up with individuals, those individuals 'collectively' make decisions. See last US election for details.

'...But here's the thing: about 120 million Americans, out of a total population of 300 million, DO receive "government" healthcare
The Medicare and Medicaid systems are the only health safety net for America's vulnerable.
And I have spoken to people who are on Medicare themselves but who are vehemently opposed to any sort of broader system
for the rest of the country.

An American version of "I'm all right, Jack", if you like.because they are retired or on low incomes...'

That's a tenuous leap there, Greg. 

'...We could debate whether a single-payer healthcare system is actually "government" or whether it is more "society" taking care
of each other through taxes. But what's the point -when so many millions think it's fine for insurance and drug companies to make
massive profits and people like Kim are left to help themselves?...'

Kim and others aren't left to help themselves -a habit I believe we should try to get back into, by the way. There's a system available.
You're just using a recent example of victim-hood to set up your next swing at the guy in the White House that you don't believe is
Hitler-but a childish idea that you want to perpetuate for ratings

'...When the man they elected as President promises to get rid of Obamacare but also promises "healthcare for all" - and doesn't
have a single clue how to do either. And, in the aftermath of something like the Vegas shooting, that same President tells the victims:
"We have a great country and we are there for you. We will endure the pain together."

It might be more helpful if the country endured the costs together as well...'

SOURCE:

And you actually wrote the title of the care-plan and never flinched! Trump says he'll get rid of something that's deemed crap with a
previous President's name on it and the creator gets a pass, but the guy in charge now, is to blame.
F*ckin' marvelous writing, Greg... f*ckin' marvelous.

(Pardon my language, it's Trump's fault)