A Young Physician's Letter to the White House

Here's a very short letter written by a young physician by the name of Dr. Starner Jones. His letter to the White House accurately puts the blame on a "Culture Crisis" instead of a "Health Care Crisis." Unfortunatey, this doctor's experience is not singular. It is rampant throughout our country. My wife is a nurse and experiences the same issue daily.

It illustrates the point we are surrounded by an entitled class of Americans who believe the rest of us owe them a living while they are unwilling to even attempt to take care of themselves. Credit for this goes to the last 50 years of the national progressive agenda carried on by both parties trying to buy votes rather than legislate in the best interest of the nation.


Dear Mr. President:

During my shift in the Emergency Room last night, I had the pleasure of evaluating a patient whose smile revealed an expensive shiny gold tooth, whose body was adorned with a wide assortment of elaborate and costly tattoos, who wore a very expensive brand of tennis shoes and who chatted on a new cellular telephone equipped with a popular R&B ringtone.

While glancing over her patient chart, I happened to notice that her payer status was listed as "Medicaid"! During my examination of her, the patient informed me that she smokes more than one costly pack of cigarettes every day and somehow still has money to buy pretzels and beer.

You and our Congress expect me to pay for this woman's health care!? I contend that our nation's "health care crisis" is not the result of a shortage of quality hospitals, doctors or nurses. Rather, it is the result of a "crisis of culture," a culture in which it is perfectly acceptable to spend money on luxuries and vices while refusing to take care of one's self or, heaven forbid, purchase health insurance. It is a culture based in the irresponsible credo that "I can do whatever I want to because someone else will always take care of me".

Once you fix this "culture crisis" that rewards irresponsibility and dependency, you'll be amazed at how quickly our nation's health care difficulties will disappear.

Respectfully,
STARNER JONES, MD