By Doug Draper
Whatever happened to the ‘audacity of hope’?
Less than a year after his inauguration as president of the United States, the person who turned those words into a rallying cry is already dashing hope that his country will ever establish an affordable, universal health care system for its people, and millions of Americans and possibly even Canadians are the losers.
As of this posting, it’s beginning to look like nothing short of Christmas season miracle will keep U.S. President Barack Obama’s promise of fair and affordable health care for all American citizens from turning into another windfall for private health insurance companies through a health-care bill that will make in mandatory for millions of uninsured Americans to buy insurance from them.
And how much longer will it be before Canadians have no choice but to purchase health care insurance from these private corporations too? Continue reading
