Jonathan Hall, an American formerly residing in Kentucky, moved to Norway several decades ago. He talks about Norway’s healthcare system, which he loves. It is what a humane moral system looks like.
Egberto, thank you for reprising this 20-min video you made about 4 years ago. Sadly — thanks to our corrupt political system — it is even more relevant today.
I wish every politician, every voter would watch the full 20 minutes. Would anything change? Likely not, given the depth of corruption in the US non-system. But gotta start somewhere.
Further, this vid echoes several pieces I've posted to Medium. In the vid, Jonathan Hall discusses an old friend killed by the US profit system. I wrote of a similar instance: "At 26 [Josh Wilkerson] aged out of his dad’s healthcare coverage. He was all but uninsured. Wilkerson did have limited coverage from his job at a dog kennel, but it didn’t cover the insulin he needed. His out-of-pocket cost: $1,200 a month on a $16.50 hourly wage. In 2019 he switched to a much cheaper insulin that came with known risks. At age 27, it killed him." https://medium.com/@idember/lethal-lottery-shirley-jacksons-horror-tale-times-ten-thousand-for-real-f4a48e1d593b
(Your headline calls Jonathan Hall "Jonathan Miller". What's up with that?)
Egberto, thank you for reprising this 20-min video you made about 4 years ago. Sadly — thanks to our corrupt political system — it is even more relevant today.
I wish every politician, every voter would watch the full 20 minutes. Would anything change? Likely not, given the depth of corruption in the US non-system. But gotta start somewhere.
Further, this vid echoes several pieces I've posted to Medium. In the vid, Jonathan Hall discusses an old friend killed by the US profit system. I wrote of a similar instance: "At 26 [Josh Wilkerson] aged out of his dad’s healthcare coverage. He was all but uninsured. Wilkerson did have limited coverage from his job at a dog kennel, but it didn’t cover the insulin he needed. His out-of-pocket cost: $1,200 a month on a $16.50 hourly wage. In 2019 he switched to a much cheaper insulin that came with known risks. At age 27, it killed him." https://medium.com/@idember/lethal-lottery-shirley-jacksons-horror-tale-times-ten-thousand-for-real-f4a48e1d593b
(Your headline calls Jonathan Hall "Jonathan Miller". What's up with that?)
By contrast, a year ago the Washington Post published a 3,000-word piece blathering about low US life expectancy compared with peer nations -- without once mentioning that each has some form of universal healthcare, except the US. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/12/28/life-expectancy-no-political-response
A sort-of counter-example: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2023/portugal-us-health-systems-life-expectancy . It still doesn't explicitly name pending Medicare for All legislation, stalled in Congress thanks to lack of attention by corporate media like the Washington Post. A self-fulfilling prophesy.