What’s so bad about universal healthcare?
Call me stupid. Call me blond. Call me politically challenged or whatever you prefer - but I can’t for the life of me figure out what’s so wrong with the idea of having a government ran healthcare.
Isn’t medicaid and medicare government ran?
Don’t our government officials have healthcare that’s overseen by the federal employees?
If it’s easy enough to provide healthcare to the very poor, the older people and the government employees - what’s so wrong with providing it to every U.S. citizen?
Or is it just the fear of pissing off lobbyists and losing that extra bit of income from our government officials pimping themselves out?
I just don’t get it!
Take Your Health Insurance Card and Shove It
That’s ‘kinda’ what I had to tell Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield yesterday. My husband and I had just returned from the doctors office where we had suffered quite an embarrassing ordeal.
As of April 1, our insurance was supposed to cover my husbands pre-existing condition, bipolar. We got to the window expecting to pay our co-pay only to be called out for a whopping $270 bill because our insurance had declined payment saying we had met our maximum allowance for the year.
It’s MAY for crying out loud! How could this be?
I told the girl if that’s the case, I had paid my maximum premium for the year.
We’ve been paying $304 per month plus all the tests and medications for this ‘pre-existing’ condition, looking forward to the day when it would be covered - this according to their letter giving us a date when the restriction would be lifted.
When I phoned the Anthem, they told me there had been a change in my policy and that I was told there could be a change without notice. Apparently we are limited to TWO office visits a year now. I proceeded to ask “what would happen if we paid the office call, what would be covered then?”
The rep told me they would pay 80% of anything over $2000 deductible per person per year.
After doing the quick math in my head…calculating the tests, premium, office calls and medications, I realized I was going to be paying out $10,000 before that insurance would actually cover much of anything.
I told the girl I wanted my coverage canceled and my payment they had JUST cashed to be refunded.
We’ve now returned to take our place among the millions of other American’s who are Uninsured because we can’t afford to keep insurance coverage. And to be honest, it’s a lot nicer here! Less headaches and I figure if something happens that results in thousands of dollars in medical bills, I’ll just do what most people are being forced to do and file bankruptcy.
This one’s for YOU - George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and our noble elected officials who are being bought by so many lobbyists!
And then there were three
It’s looking like the choice is going to come down to McCain, Obama and Clinton. Of the three, I’m going to have to say Hillary scares me least.
Something happened at the doctors office the other day that has me thinking that Hillary might be the best choice for me and my vote anyway.
Recently I wrote a rant about insurance companies and the way I keep paying out the nose but the bill never seems to go down.
During my last visit I took a bit of a poll of the office staff to make sure I had the best insurance for my family. So I asked around about insurance companies and which ones seem to be the least difficult for their customers and the doctors office. The response amazed me.
After listing a few insurance companies, I made the statement that I felt bad for older people who confuse much easier then I do and how they must be spending so much more to pay for health care.
Some of the staff agreed and stressed, the only other option anyone has at this point to get better healthcare was to vote for Hillary.
Staff members at a doctors office endorsing a political candidate carries quite a bit of clout as far as I’m concerned. They see the struggles the American people are enduring when it comes to healthcare. It’s not like they’re pulling a rabbit out of the hat or that they are depending on God to provide the best candidate - No offense Big Guy but you’ve got some whacked out followers down here who think all they have to do is vote and you’ll do the rest…
Well peeps, it’s time to stand up and do something for yourself for a change. God’s got a really big job to handle all his own and he did bless you with a brain to use in case of an emergency such as this. Use it already! Vote on the issues - vote with your fellow American’s in mind. Take care of your home first!
McCain is NOT the answer and America is NOT ready for Obama. That leaves us but one choice and one alone!
I guess I’m making it official - my vote WILL go to Hillary! But for the record I REALLY did like Mitt Romney!
Work Kills
Work really can kill you. Well, at least that’s what evidence from a recent study is saying. Apparently on-the-job stress raises the risk of heart disease by disrupting the body’s internal systems.
1. Don’t tell my kids
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2. It’s a damn good thing I love my job! I might live to be 100+
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