Our young people are bright and optimistic. For others who have fallen back because of a lack of ability or family support, these certainly are the worst of times. Just a few years ago, they could at least count on inexpensive health care and some basic foods at subsidized prices. All that is gone now. Subsidies have been lifted and true costs are layed bare.
Medicine is now ten times what it was and is out of reach for most of our people.
When you consider it, children and others cannot get well if they cannot afford their medicine. Diluting or cutting back makes their medicine ineffectual. Worms, scales, ringworm, diarrhea and other ailments which go untreated lead to lifelong problems. The symptoms may go away, but the disease enters the person and he or she is marked for life and will not be able to reach full potential. Most of our hospitals are now privatized and nearly empty, since people cannot afford to go to them.