Ramblings

I know a lot of my friends from high school, college, and the Army read my blog. Those that have met my little sister - just a heads up, she's undergoing an outpatient procedure on Monday to fix a detached retina. Shouldn't be a big deal, and it's only affected her peripheral vision, but those of you who know her, send her your regards on Facebook or AIM or Google Talk or something.

I've been thinking a lot about health issues. Seems like my older sister has a lot of friends with serious health issues, and it just makes me wonder why we can't get a better safety net for people with this bad luck. Sure, most of these yuppies have good insurance, but it doesn't always hold up. And preexisting conditions make it nearly impossible to continue to buy insurance in certain situations where they lose coverage.

I can't believe it, but I've actually gone from being a conservative libertarian to a big-government Democrat in just like 3 years. Maybe it's my realization that the world really isn't as fair as I used to believe. And also I think the market is less than ideal for certain situations, and the current system of health care in the U.S. is inadequate for social justice.