And The Winning Numbers Are . . . . Congratulations Ma'am - You Hit The Healthcare Jackpot!! As For The Rest of You Sorry Fucks - Better Luck Next Time Losers!!!

It should be enough to make anyone with a conscience weep for the sorry state their beloved country has come to:

Twice a year, Tennessee holds a “health care lottery” that gives some hope to the uninsured residents in the state who can’t afford health coverage. Tennesseans who meet certain requirements — in addition to falling below a certain income threshold, they must be elderly, blind, disabled, or a caretaker of a child who qualifies for Medicaid — may call to request an application for the state’s public health insurance program, known as TennCare.

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/03/25/1769351/tennessee-lottery-medicaid/


I mean really --- a lottery for the uninsured (poor) to determine which lucky winners have a chance at receiving some possibly life-saving healthcare?  At what point do we just start being honest with ourselves and admit that the American dream has morphed in to the movie "The Running Man?" - remember that flick with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Richard Dawson?:

Plot

By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and American society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where "runners" attempt to evade "stalkers" and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.

Only in the modern, real life case the plot line can be modified a tad as such:

Plot

By 2013, the global economy has collapsed and American society has become a corporate run, oligarchy state, which exerts death panel like control over ordinary American's lives . The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of reality game shows in which the poorest in society fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Paul Ryan, where "runners" attempt to evade "stalkers" and certain death for a chance to be granted affordable access to the nation's healthcare system.

This country is so fucked - and I state that with an unfathomably deep sense of sorrow.


----TFG