Hello. If you are reading this right now then you are part of the resistance.

I really love reading and hearing about Occupy’s newest plans to occupy foreclosed properties. The foreclosure crisis that hit America in recent years was created by banks’ predatory lending practices. Now the time has come to make them pay. Although I consider this an excellent enterprise for the Occupy Movement to go after banks and Wall Street, there is an even bigger enemy that is largely being ignored at this moment. That enemy is the American Medical Institutions, Pharmaceutical Industries and America’s favorite pariah that aids them, the Debt Collection Agencies.

As many of you know, healthcare in America is unaffordable to the majority of the working class. For example, at the company I work for, health insurance cost $145.00 per week. The average salary of the workers is $9.50 per hour. Most workers are uninsured as a result. If someone gets seriously ill or injured and has to go to the emergency room at any hospital, the minute a doctor say’s “hello” to you automatically are charged over $1,000.00. This is before any actual treatment. Also, hospitals now perform redundant testing to increase your bill.

If you cannot pay your bill to their satisfaction, you are turned over to a collection agency, which is what they say. In reality, the hospital sells your account to a collection agency for pennies on the dollar, which they can afford to do since they charge far more for their services than what is needed. Afterwards, the collector will hound you for the full balance of the debt. They use underhanded tactics to unnerve their victims. If you send them a letter telling them not to contact you by telephone, they will file a lawsuit immediately. The Collection Agencies have lawyers on their payroll full-time to represent them. The common person does not stand a chance and will have to settle out of court for more than the original bill. If they choose to fight without legal representation, they will certainly lose and could have wages garnished or have property seized.

My suggestion to the movement is this. The Hospitals, Medical Insurance Companies and all Debt Collection Agencies should be the next targets of the movement. They need to be hit hard and heavy; the Collection Agencies especially. Many of these Agencies are vulnerable for attack. They should be approached in force and occupied. Also, flood their phone lines. If they cannot call out to collect, they lose daily revenue. Don’t use your home phone to do this unless you block your caller ID. Use public telephones if you can for extra protection.

Keep up the good fight in faith, and remember, fait is what you make.