Injustice!

Life at the Top in America Isn't Just Better, It's Longer - New York Times: "Architect, utility worker, maid: heart attack is the great leveler, and in those first fearful moments, three New Yorkers with little in common faced a single, common threat. But in the months that followed, their experiences diverged. Social class - that elusive combination of income, education, occupation and wealth - played a powerful role in Mr. Miele's, Mr. Wilson's and Ms. Gora's struggles to recover.
Class informed everything from the circumstances of their heart attacks to the emergency care each received, the households they returned to and the jobs they hoped to resume. It shaped their understanding of their illness, the support they got from their families, their relationships with their doctors. It helped define their ability to change their lives and shaped their odds of getting better."


and as the NYTimes series continue, we begin to develop and perceive the victims of American inequality. We cannot make the argument that we "get what we earn" and that the impoverished and lower classes are not "trying hard enough." Just because a person lacks money or education should not fate him/her to a miserable, careless death or tragedy. No--patient care, like the diseases, illnesses, and tragedies that precede them, must and should be a great leveller of class. It, like so many things in this "leader of nations" is a horrid sham, and even in the game of life itself, it's pay to play.

Read it and open your eyes.