I grew up with the Labor Day Telethon & poster children. Some looked at them & thought at least something is being done about that issue or that disease. The fact they had to happen shows the lack of health security in this nation. Jerry Lewis, March of Dimes, Red Ribbon Revues, Cause Walks, Balls, etc... They all show holes in the system & use begging for charity to try & fill in the gaps. They promote images of the sick, injured or victimized to further the cause.
This approach exploits the needy, nags the well-to-do, emboldens the do-gooders & fails to provide enough to make up for the broken system's failures. AIDS/HIV walks, rides & revues are still happening decades out. When will we have actual health care in this nation & not have to resort to begging, tricks & gags to get the barest of minimums?
The US healthcare system was & still is a failure to much of it's people. I guess the question is, do enough of us actually care? It doesn't look that way.
Cya...
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