Health
Care as a Human Right
At the core of the idea that health
care is a human right is freedom. The for-profit health care
system in the United States severely restricts our freedom in
a number of subtle and not so subtle ways. Instead of freedom
there is fear.
The health care crisis impacts
every aspect of our lives down to the most seemingly insignificant
personal decisions we make. This national bully terrorizes and
forces us to live in fear. It determines what is possible and
not possible, it crushes hopes and dreams and imprisons people
into lives they did not choose. For decades in this country we
have accepted the barbaric consequences of a profit driven health
care system that bullies and denies us basic freedoms. Therefore,
we are not free.
People with serious mental illness encounter
stigma, discrimination and difficulty accessing treatment.
The mentally ill are not free.
Those with addictions are similarly
discriminated against.
The drug addicted are not free.
clipped from: www.counterpunch.com