Kaleidoscope health care is funny,
And millions that buy it are dummies—
Diseased and dejected,
Their claims are rejected,
While companies keep all the money.
Insurance, we’re told, keeps you healthy,
But corporate profits are stealthy—
When providers renege,
Won’t pay for your plague,
Their shareholders smile and grow wealthy.
A fresh émigré from Siberia
Had health care much worse than inferior.
A government plan
Filled him with elan,
Providing a life far superior.
It’s not wrong, we’re told, to earn profit;
It is wrong, we’re told, when we stop it.
And sickness right now’s
A major cash cow—
Investors will howl if we chop it.
(8/18/09)