Monday, May 7, 2012

Pay to be Born, Pay to Live, Pay to Die

The business of being born and the business of dying.....
Interesting how the most natural part of life has been taken over by capitalism. 
If you haven't watched the documentary "Pregnant in America" I highly suggest you do. 
A basic summary of this gripping documentary is the idea that hospitals and insurance companies make money off of babies being born, while demolishing the quality of health care and respect for life. Forget being mad about having to pay so much on gas and how much oil companies are making off your need to travel in essence for your survival; your birth someone made money off of... In this case invasive medical procedures at your expense are super imposed on us/we/you/me when in some cases life altering moments in life...... More and more hospitals and insurance companies are no longer in the business of your health...

On the other end..... geriatrics... saddest story I've ever been a part of.... People pay so much to be born, so much to live.................................... and a whole lot more to die...... And the people that spend the most time with these people who are about to pass..... ARE UNDERPAID, OVERWORKED, AND UNAPPRECIATED..... Not by the families.. because they understand (generalization) but the companies that hire them to do this stressful, beautiful, painful, satisfying, heart wrenching job..... No its by the companies that pay them to do this job. Wall ST Journal named home care workers the number one sleep deprived line of work.. why? because we are family to the people we take care of... we Love with them, laugh with them, cry with them. We are the person that understands them; because its what we know how to do best, we spend the most time with them in their last moments, we hold their hand when no one else can be there to do it... we figure out what makes them laugh and smile when they feel like they have nothing else to live for... We are why they get up in the morning... we love our clients respectfully as much as we would our own parents. We reach milestones with them.... like 96th birthdays, and first great grand babies being born. We are there when we see the final moments of life, those last desperate days to say the things you always wanted to say but didn't have the strength and courage to Love or Forgive. We witness life, encourage life, help live life, help give life....
Greedy driven, shallow, empty, people inspired by a dream of a shiny new car.... kill it.
If I'm under paid the company should be too.... see the sicker you get the more they will charge you.... So you better be a healthy horse till the day you die.... or you won't be able to afford your final years.