Healthcare Reform and Private Contractors

My biggest jolt was when the Pentagon began giving no-bid contracts before and during the Iraq War. Jobs were given to people outside of the military to do that only people in the military would previously do.

Shame to say but there were many a soldier from WW2 telling us of the chores they had to perform. Many of us Blacks were cooks, as I remember or worked in some form of food preparation. I am mindful seeing a documentary of Blacks having to build a road in Alaska under perilous conditions and hearing of long latrine duties. I do not know what the whites were doing but these were stories coming from the Black communities. The whites may have been doing what contractors like Blackwater were hired to do in our recent “war” in Iraq and presently in Afghanistan. A sad commentary but true.

To my knowledge, the US Postal Service privatized one of its branches and the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) privatized its debt collection branch. Hence….

In U.S., Government Privatization Is Going Forward by Seth Sandronsky
Excerpt: Opening paragraphs
Government has many functions. One is to legitimize the class system, the heart of which is the job market. Against this backdrop, the Bush administration recently announced that it is planning to privatize up to 850,000 federal jobs.
Supporters of the plan claim that government privatization is a good deal for the U.S. public. "This is inherent to getting the taxpayers the best deal for their dollars and the best service from the government," said Trent Duffy, spokesman for the Office of Management and Budget in a Nov. 14 AP article.
http://www.commondreams.org/views02/1116-04.htm

I have been forced to look at these issues and by doing so I have raised serious questions regarding the pending Healthcare Reform Bill. My issues is Congress taking large sums of money from the insurance industries and its propensity to bind to their will. Specifically, when and if the Healthcare Reform Bill passes in whatever form, the insurance and banking industries will lobby Congress to privatized some of its duties away from the government and therein we very well may have the plug pulled on Grandma due to the fact that particular area of the government had been privatized i.e., profit driven. Or take an example of a privatized organ transplant unit and that privatized unit wants to save money to give more to its stockholders and CEO’s. In my opinion, the insurance companies are in a win-win situation with the Healthcare Reform Bill. The Town Hall Suffragettes have gotten my attention. I love ya' America but trusting you with this Healthcare Reform Bill is another issue and I continue to wonder as I wander.
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB