Now that Bernie is making a timely pitch for Medicare For All, I thought I'd put some emphasis on an aspect of the health care debate that few people are aware of.

Thanks to their always clever public relations efforts plus the millions of $$ they throw at members of Congress, most people do not realize that there is almost no difference between the health insurance companies and the Mafia when it comes to the role they play in the industries they lord over.

I started out with crisis level hypertension. (245/145 - "how did you make it to the ER alive?") Then I added diabetes. After years of trial and error, I have the BP under control, but I have to take 10 pills a day (7 different medications, some twice a day) Add in 2 pills (2 drugs) for the diabetes and 1 for cholesterol, that's 10 drugs, 13 pills a day. Cost? $0.00.