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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet
Hank Kalet 
After having viewed all those town hall meetings that were aired on the C-Span channels, I have to say that it is official, we do live in a nation of idiots and morons. Actually that's not fair, not all Americans are dim wits, not by a long shot but when you see the spectacle of those boo-birds, hooters, shouters and screamers mouthing the most inane bumper sticker cliches of knuckle dragging right wingnutterism, you just despair for the future of our country. These brain dead fools are so terrified of universal health care that they shout down any debate or reasonable dialogue. I have no problem with people disagreeing and expressing their disagreement in a vigorous and civilized manner. But when you shout and boo other folks down and kill off any intelligent discussion, that is really toxic and lethal for our democratic republic. It is just disgusting seeing all those misinformed people being so rude, crude and boorish.We have the most expensive health care system in the world but with poorer health outcomes than the other industrialized democracies. We spend about twice as much as the UK (even with all their problems) and yet the British live longer and their infant mortality rate is lower than ours.We have the greatest health care system in the world, if you have the money, if you have good insurance. Tens of millions do not have access to regular health care, that includes the uninsured, the under insured and the inadequately insured.Will the loud mouthed jack-asses shout down universal health care again? Will we have to wait another 15 years before we try again? Oh wait, we are a nation with a small minority of loud aggressive mouth breathing idiots who fight tooth and nail against their own best interests.
well this world still spin on money and wealth, and dont forget discrimination were always around them. Health & medical care cost will be increasing in future.