Sure, sounds pretty fair. We wouldn't want Wall Street to be held accountable for their global failure because then they might get mad. It's much better for average Americans and the poor to do without medical care and die because they're simply not as productive as Wall Street. The sooner everyone comes to appreciate how irrelevant they are compared to Wall Street and their friends in Congress who ignore the $70 billion bonus pool the better. It's better to have TV drama for the nightly news than actual accountability.
The ailing economy is leading many Americans to skip doctor visits, skimp on their medicine, and put off mammograms, Pap smears and other tests. And physicians worry the result will be sicker patients who need even more costly treatment in the long run.
"I have to pretty much be very ill to go to the doctor," said Julie Shelley, a 49-year-old office manager and mother of three from West Milton, Ohio. "I'm probably at the age where I should have a checkup or physical. I'm not going to do it. I am last on the list."
In Lombard, Ill., Donald Hendricks lost his job over the summer at an event-planning company. When two of his six children came down with a fever and sore throat several weeks ago, he could not afford the gas money to drive them to the doctor. He gave them soup and soda instead, and they got better.
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