Friday, October 07, 2005
Rich people and rich people cures
After Christopher Reeve (remember him? The sainted liberal poster boy who was crippled playing polo and whose medical bills--in the millions--were payed for by his Hollywood friends?), I had begun to hope that maybe we had heard the last (at least for a while) of wealthy people receiving groundbreaking surgeries that only wealthy people can afford or have access to. I was, sadly, wrong. Seems Stevie Wonder may be able to see again. Wow! The world can rest easy tonight knowing that a wealthy blind guy may see again! Of course, that doesn't do diddly for the blind of this planet who can't afford mega-bucks surgery, but who cares? What's really important is that Stevie Wonder may see again!
I have to wonder when the libs--those caring, socially conscious folks who weep such large crocodile tears--are going to start defending the paraplegics and blind people who don't have enough money to get through the week, let alone the cash for surgery. My brother had no health insurance, and when he had a massive heart attack, the bills were well over $100,000. His death did not, needless to say, stop the collection agencies.
But who cares? Stevie Wonder may see again!
I have to wonder when the libs--those caring, socially conscious folks who weep such large crocodile tears--are going to start defending the paraplegics and blind people who don't have enough money to get through the week, let alone the cash for surgery. My brother had no health insurance, and when he had a massive heart attack, the bills were well over $100,000. His death did not, needless to say, stop the collection agencies.
But who cares? Stevie Wonder may see again!
