getting sick ain't so bad...

Today was a great day. I finished up an essay for art theory which i thought was quite good. I had sculpture in the arvo to wind down the week, then hung out with uni buddy Jill for the rest of the arvo.

Went to Burderkin with Deo and the boys, then decided to have an early one and come home and watch a movie. We decided on Michael Moore's 2007 SICKO. My initial expectation was that it would just expose the unreliability of health care within the U.S, but it actually saddened me.

In Australia, we have a universal health care system, this meaning that people of all walks of life are treated for whatever illness they may have. Private Health Insurance in Australia means that they get a certain percentage back from what ever their health cover plan covers. It means you get pushed to the front of the line. But this all does not leave the uninsured lingering for help. We still help, especially those in need. This is not communist or a socialist ideology, this is more the caring for everybody's welfare....everybody's.

I don't know if the film could have been a exaggeration, but watching the people's stories of being denied from treatment made me quite sad. No one deserves to be shunned particularly in their hour of need. This whole issue of people being turned away by the people who say they will help.....aren't. It justs makes me so sad....

/end of rant.

Enjoy your weekend vox-ers :-)