JMO - Doing Nothing

I don't know if this is just my opinion, something about life, or whatever, but after listening and reading about the debate on healthcare reform, and listening to the rhetoric from the far right, the angry retirees, the consevative pundits, etal, against the reform proposals, which I haven't heard any alternatives from them yet, let's not do anything. In short, let's do nothing.

Let's let healthcare reform die a quiet death it did the first time round. Sounds fair? You seem to want to do nothing, so let's do that. And then when you complain in a few years about costs, premiums, coverage, profits, etc. We''ll just shrug and say, "Well, it's what you wanted. And now you want to do something, and you want our help? Now? What happened when we wanted change and reform? Where were you?"

You were standing with protest signs. You were yelling at townhall meetings. You were writing columns against it. You did everything you could to get nothing changed. Nothing done.

When the uninsured increases from 10-15% to 20-25% and the underinsured increases from 10-15% to 20-25%, and the total is approaching half the adults and children, especially the children, in this country, and they're using public programs and services for their healthcare, tax dollars which you don't see to complain about spending, then what will you say?

It was our fault? No, sorry, it will be your fault. All your fault.

When your premiums increase 25-33% and the coverage drops with a higher co-pay and deductible. Who will you blame? The companies we wanted to reign in prices and costs? Nope. Doctors and hospital trying to balance budgets? Nope. Medical malpractice lawsuits? Nope.

You! Only you for preventing us from doing anything and only you for letting companies continue to abuse everyone for profit.

And when you finally understand and want change and reform, and you want our help, what should we do then? Stand there with protest signs? Yell at your meetings? Proliferate lies and false claims about what you want? Write columns against you? And what will you call us then? What we're calling you now?

Or maybe we'll just hold up a mirror and ask, "So, where were you then? What were you doing then?"

And when you finally see the truth and reality about now, what will you say? Will you realize you were not only our worst enemy but your own worst enemy? Will you see and then realize you fucked yourself for reasons you thought were right but weren't? Will you admit you were wrong?

Or will you just shrug and say, "Oh well, it's wasn't really me." And then demand change and reform, thinking it's good and great for everyone? Will you want our help for your plan and program? Will you expect it and not see our anger and resentment? Will you get angry when we don't want what you want? Will you get angry when we're not enthusiastic? Or worse, we refuse to help?

So, let's do nothing. You can declare victory and cite the beauty and greatness of our healthcare system. But then you'll have no right to complain. You'll no right to speak against the status quo. You'll have no right to want change. You'll you no right to expect us to agree with you.

In doing nothing, your rights will be just that, nothing.

You'll only have the right to accept blame when things get worse. And we'll have the right to say we told you so, and point fingers at you and say, "You created this mess because you wanted it. You wanted to do nothing." And you'll have to accept it, all of it, as yours, not ours, but yours.

All for doing nothing. Just what you wanted.