That's a little like saying EVs don't solve global warming. OR solar panels don't solve global warming. It's a complex problem so it's going to need a complex solution but EVs and Solar Panels ARE a part of the solution.
Single Payer is a BIG part of the solution.
Ideology is the enemy. Single Payer is a pretty obvious solution that literally every other western nation uses... Marijuana has been shown to be a much safer and FAR FAR cheaper alternative to opioids for chronic pain. No one has ever OD'd on Marijuana.
What that article brings to light is White Privelge is failing and what we are seeing is only the tip of the iceberg.
I along with every veteran had single payer medical coverage upon retirement (1994) ~ exactly the same as active duty soldiers. But, things changed for the first time since I joined the army back in 1969. Now retirees and medically discharged veterans must pay for medical insurance:-(
@nwdiver I have dedicated my entire life for what I believe is the greater good; I carry the memory of fellow high school track buddy that was killed in Vietnam the year before I graduated (1968). My father and I along with several other Eagle scouts transformed the Knights of Dunamis (KD) into the National Eagle Scout Association (NESA). I turned my command, the Western Sectinal Command, of the KD to Bob a young black Eagle Scout in Los Angeles (1969) as I enlisted into the army. During the same period three of my fellow high school buddies and I battled the administration and went rogue to create a champion soccer team (Southbay Wolverines) or the pioneers of soccer as you know it today. Later, I was asked to run the service and give the sermon as a PFC while my chaplain went on leave the summer of 1970. My sermon on "Love" apparently fell on deaf ears and blind eyes. In and around 2005 I returned both my and that of my deceased son's Eagle medal to the Boy Scouts of America in protest against their anti-gay stance. As you may know it was a stepped process, but first they allowed gay boys and drawing religious protest they opened up to gay men. I have never received my son's or my medal back:-(
My military career was from the bottom up. From the bottom of the White Priveleged (WASP) I worked thru the ranks of PVT E-1 to SP5 E-5, used GI Bill to work thru college, eventually my Master's; returned thru the army Officer Candidate School (OCS) to work thru the ranks as a butter bar and retire as a successful Major. My only combat experience was as a mid grade Major I was publicly attacked by a US Marine Major. He had known me from office basic days. My military schooling records were less that stellar, and this particular Major thought he had the golden public fourm to attack me. Keeping it short; I cut off his pee pee; put it in a blender and handed it back to him as a fruit smoothie. The audience (about a hundred senior officers) loved it
The next twenty years of my life was dedicated to my wife and children. My wife got her Masters and eventually retired as the state of Washington Department of Transportation Landscape Architect to fulfill her life's ambition. My ego took a beating supporting her, but I am damned proud of her.
My wife and I have done everything thing humanly possible fighting for Mother Earth and I have led the charge for "We the People" I define myself by observing others, so when I say that I am not a Confederate Officer, I am hoping you can read between the lines. We are everything electric ~ car, tools, lawnmower etc. We go on marches for human rights. I have created a call sign for myself that incorporates my retired military rank and my initials ~ MajorBS ~ that call sign tells you everything about me; my philosophy of Religion, Politics and the Village Idiots. Do not be offended, my Village Idiot relatives started the King Phillips War. I apparently almost did not make it to today
Please do not in any way take this as pounding my chest ~ I would hurt myself at this age
No, my soul hurts at what has been denied my fellow countrymen and humanity. There are no liberals or conservatives ~ No, there are those that deny or those that grant and support ~ I choose to grant and support.
@nwdiver I have tried for years to steer people, relative and friends alike, towards what I preceive the greater good. In some cases I have been successful and others a dismal failure:-( As the old saying goes, "you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink." But foolishly I keep on trying.
This article, I referred to, highlights how sad as a nation since the sixties we have become. If only I could wave a wand
I can insert those articles and try to challenge the thinking, but I cannot continue the charge alone and be successful. I believe in education; I believe in rational and critical thinking; but too often emotional thinking clogs the pipes. I asked, at 18, the christen education committee at my church if Jesus actually died on the cross, anddddd lived to talk about it
Even the Chinese Communists, you know the single party government, has single payer medical coverage
This is enough MajorBS for one night