According To Earl Ofari Hutchinson Race Still Drives The Opposition To Universal Health Care

Race Still Drives the War against Universal Health Care


Allow me to summarize the opinions of Earl Ofari Hutchinson in regards to the real driver for those who are opposed to tax payer sponsored health care for all.

It seems that White America, the group that has the largest bank roll in America, looks out and see the millions of Blacks and Hispanics who either don't have health insurance or who's coverage is limited and in their embedded racism refuse to share their wealth by paying more taxes so that "the Blacks" and "the Hispanics" can have access to needed medical services.

Fear not, says Mr. Hutchinson - the money that was refused them during the middle years will be paid by Medicare anyway. Please note the "middle years" are the years between when "the Blacks" and "the Hispanics" end their qualification for the SCHIP program that covers kids and when they can again return to the government dole upon reaching old age - Medicare. It must also be noted that if people are poor enough in the "middle years" of their life they qualify for Medicaid and thus are treated to tax payer sponsored medical services.

Mr. Hutchinson argues that the minorities who don't die during the middle years (as these racists clearly hope they will) and who do make it to their Medicare years face higher costs borne by the tax payers because they cross the finish line of 65 with a body that has been abused and neglected by the SYSTEM which has thus far found them to be unworthy of care, paid for by the tax payers.

A RECONDITIONED NARRATIVE

If you follow the racism chasing attempts by Mr. Hutchinson AND you also "assume the position" as a Black person in which we are asked to feign inferiority about being able to see a need in our community and respond to it - then you will find the story as told by Mr Hutchinson to be rather compelling.

Here we have a conspiracy in which upon seeing the fate of poor and minority communities in regard to their health care needs during the middle years - no organized force, beyond the government, is able to come in and provide these services SO THAT THEY MIGHT LIVE!!!

It appears that the claim "Too Black, Too Strong" only applied to protest marches in which we as a people convinced "Whitey" of our power as a people. On issues that require both sustained management and "cooperative use of financial resources" SO THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.....these words fall on "death ears". (Yes I know that it is "deaf").

It is quite ironic that two of the main forces that have seen contempt among certain economic operatives within the Black community also have initiated a plan to in fact bring low cost medical services to these "underserved" communities - Wal-Mart and the drug store chains (CVS, Walgreens, RiteAid). Both of these retail channels have rolled out "a clinic in a big box" strategy in which medical professionals are housed within their facilities to provide affordable access to underserved individuals. A clinic visit costs about $60 to review their child's ear ache for example. Yes $60 is a steep sum of money for some on a tight budget but it is surely less costly than allowing the ailment to go untreated.

Ironically the people gunning for tax payer funded, government operated medical care have expanded their attacks upon Wal-Mart and the drug store chains into this area. Where as their initial claims are that these stores shut down the ubiquitous "mom and pop" stores that used to be present - now some argue that this "clinic in a big box" is but a feeble attempt to high jack the government take over of the medical system by providing incremental care where now there is none.

IN RECEIPT OF BENEFIT

Mr. Hutchinson suffers from what I call the pacification of "being in receipt of benefit". Upon achieving the state of receiving tax payer sponsored health care (just like in Europe - their favorite reference) all is won for "the Blacks" and "the Hispanics". They will be made equal human beings because SOCIETY has shown their worth by expanding the pool of resources that they are entitled to. Indeed humanity has been achieved!!

My argument on this same point is that the Black community upon reaching this state has not developed a single bit of addition capabilities to "feed our own selves" and thus if this system crashes and burns - so will we. (If I can one day get radio host Bev Smith who said the other day that this nation is now insolvent because of George W Bush to ALSO act as if it is quick sand by not latching more of her common fate upon this failing nation - I will have won a serious victory).

In the face of "Black people's health being stolen by neglect" as Mr Hutchinson says the call DOES NOT go out to create more Black medical professionals, to change our dietary habits, to form exercise clubs that knock on people's doors at 6 am in the morning to have them to join in on the jog. NOPE!! Victory in the eyes of Earl Ofari Hutchinson is to get White folks to come up off of the dollars that they are hoarding and to pay more taxes so that Blacks and Hispanics can receive tax payer sponsored health care.


WHY ARE BLACK PEOPLE POOR, Mr Hutchinson?
It seems to me that instead of the usual route through slavery that the answer given is made to take - we instead should make note that in the face of a CHALLENGE - the powers that be with influence over the Black community go shopping to expand our CONSUMER DOMAIN than they concern themselves about MAKING BLACK PEOPLE SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR OUR OWN CAUSE.