Tuesday, March 23, 2010
health care
I'll admit it, I don't know much about this new health care reform that just passed. But I do know that I don't have health insurance and I haven't for over a year. I work my butt off between three jobs, but I still can't afford it. I want to know why some people are so against it. I also would like to find one person who doesn't support the bill who is without health care themselves. I've been seeing some facebook rants about it, but I know for a fact that all of the people who are complaining about it (and their families) have health insurance. When Keith and I get sick, we can't go to the doctor. If one of us were to have to be in the hospital, it could ruin our future financially. And we are two people who work steady jobs and have car payments, car insurance, student loans, etc. to pay for every month. I know plenty of people who are post-college age who are struggling to land a decent job and to make their student loan payments and these are the kinds of people who also can't afford health care. To deny us health care is wrong. Nobody should be without health care. So I just wonder how these people who are looking for "one million people who don't support the new health care bill" would feel if their family had to go without health insurance. Topics like this work me up. I think I will go to the gym now and forget about this!
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Yeah, I think only rich people should have health care. And definitely not their nannies. Health care for everyone? Not outta my pocket. I have to pay for my fourth vehicle and and my 4,200 square foot home!
ReplyDeletemy theories are that the people against it aren't necessarily against the bill itself, rather the administration (read: president) who wrote it. i think they have had their minds made up from the beginning to dislike anything that he writes...that's just my theory, though.
ReplyDeletei do have health care, through my husband, and i am thankful. however, if we were to lose that (heaven forbid) i like to know that we would be able to afford to buy it for ourselves.
Both these lovely ladies have it right... also, I think the underlying issue is fear of the unknown. some people think it's better to cling to an unsustainable and harmful situation than to take a risk and make changes. just like in any situation, we are challenged to go forward with faith and our knowledge of what's right. peoples' need to protect "what's mine" seems to come before what will eventually create a more just system with consumer protections.
ReplyDeletemy friend in her mid-thirties has multiple sclerosis, works as hard as she can, and is fortunate to have health care, but after she got sick her insurance company started to deny her claims and refuse to pay for the medication she needed in order to work and tests she needed to get proper diagnoses. that should not be allowed, and under the legislation as I see it, it won't.
I wish people would be more pro-active in their approach to health care. Like every day stuff-- eating fresh and in balance, hydrating, not smoking, getting a little exercise, and limiting chemicals and salt and sugar and saturated fats. It's not that hard to do once you get on a roll. I know I am preaching to the choir here, so forgive me.
I know lots of people who are in your situation, and I'm glad they are putting in supports so that people who can't afford health care can get it (since eventually they will be required to!)
We'll see how the whole thing shakes out. I am glad someone cared enough to make something, anything happen.