Health Insurance Denies Care, US Spends Billions Abroad
While this mother suffered unimaginable cruelty at the hands of a profit-driven healthcare system—a system where your 'humanity' is apparently a line item on a balance sheet—the very same week saw a bipartisan push to send an additional $17 billion in aid to Israel. According to OpenSecrets.org, numerous policymakers championing these aid packages, like Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) who received
$27,000 from pro-Israel groups in 2022, continue to prioritize foreign military expenditure over domestic well-being. One might wonder if the 'humanity' budget is solely reserved for geopolitics. So, as an American woman endures forced suffering for lack of medical coverage, our elected officials ensure that the global defense industry remains well-funded. Perhaps if her deceased baby had been a
Javelin missile, the insurance company would have fast-tracked the paperwork. After all, what's a little domestic anguish when there are wars to be waged, often with weaponry supplied by companies whose PACs also lobby Congress?