84 minutes in lock down, sicko

Isn't it a shame when Lindsey Lohan's 84 minutes served in jail for her second DUI offense makes a top headline over something of more importance? I mean there is the next story about Barry Bonds' indictment. Nothing in the major news sources even touches on the CDC report that more black children are dying from diabetes, mainly due to inadequate health care resources.

And here is where I'm torn. I would like to watch the Michael Moore film Sicko, but I know it is biased. Not that I think our health care system is at all adequate or right, but I think Moore's ego and slant gets in the way of the issue. Much like our media's fear and sick infatuation with all things coked up and blonde, or coked up and sports-related to keep the minds of the masses away from things like children not having adequate education, access to proper nutrition and health care, Moore feeds off a population waiting to be enraged about something intellectual but not motivated enough to illicit change. It's a harsh statement to make, considering how many of my colleagues and friends are devout to Moore's work... but I don't think many have been moved beyond the rhetoric of their intellectual circles.

Of course, here I sit with a career spanning more than 10 years associated with health plans in the US. I would, however, gladly welcome socialized medicine in this country even if it meant a professional sacrifice. Sadly, until the revolution, I doubt that anyone will see that happen.