MeSsAge iN A BoTtle!: Kaiser Permanente...."Thrive"

Kaiser Permanante is an HMO (A Heath care provider in the United States}. In my opinion they are one of the better Health care providers in the U.S , if you are fortunate enough to have an account with Kaiser. I hear they are very expensive these days. I was fortunate enough to be covered by Kaiser growing-up. When I reached late adolescence I lost my Kaiser Coverage.

In Spite of that, back in 2000 I was looking into coverage with Kaiser, looking at 150.00 or more a month for just myself. In Spite Kaiser being a great HMO, I bet there are plenty of complaints by members of that HMO about the quality of service Members get. The Statistics are like half the Homeless in America are that way because of health problems and medical bills and a good majority of those had health insurance.

I think The Presidents plan has some grave problems with it, like how are we going to pay for this! But Tax-payers and leadership in this Country has been so irresponsible in regards to money, decades of Spend, spend, spend, and Tax cuts! No one wanted to spend money on a Health care systems or make needed reforms, when they could. They were too busy "on the take " by Health insurance companies. Then because or the further irresponsibility of our American legislative branch..Tax money that could have went into Health Care, is partly going into the pockets of Wall Street CEO's, employees, and Investment Bankers.

Maybe the way to begin working on Health Care in America, is by reforming the way Health insurance companies do business in America, taking some of their profits , to create some sort of health care for people who normally can't afford it, or enhance the system they already have. I wonder if the President is going to have much luck squeezing that money from taxpayers.

Meanwhile...Kaiser in Oakland, is thriving, but small business is failing, as the shopping mall across the street from Kaiser-Oakland is going down.

Had some nice memories at that Mall, and the thriving business that were once there some 20 years ago. Somehow that doesn't seem like a long bit of time, but Kaiser was there at that time also. What does it say about our society, when health care providers like Kaiser-permanente..are thriving..but few people have adequate Health care,or can afford it and small businesses are failing, to such a degree?

The MacArthur/Broadway mall is going down. The Multi-story building is part of it.