Health Care Reform

I feel the need to preach.

Personally, I am looking forward to having a health care plan. We have to pay around $1100/month for private insurance for the 3 of us!!! In Nevada, state workers do not contribute to social security. We have PERS -Public Employees Retirement System, so I do not get Medicare. Even though I qualified for and am receiving DISABILITY retirement benefits, I have been denied health benefits--because I have a pre-existing condition !! So my retirement funds go to pay for our insurance with just a little left over. If I were single, I'd be destitute--a greater burden on the taxpayers than the cost of providing a health plan. And just think--that $1100 per month we pay to insurance companies could be going into the economy -or into our savings.
Without an enormous amount in savings, we would be more dependent on the government assistance in our old age. Taxpayers paying for That!!
SO..... All I know is that the system is screwed up!!

People who have insurance provided through their employers have no empathy or understanding for the rest of us. And now with unemployment being so high (everywhere but Oklahoma, I guess), the health care situation is out of control.

My son's bills so far for his motorcycle accident is close to $55,000 !!! Thank God we pay for private insurance--we are going to be liable for only $3000 max. Without that insurance, we would have not been able to pay. Kevin, being 21, is actually legally responsible. His credit would have been ruined--having to file bankruptcy-- and again, the taxpayers would be shelling out the $$$ for his bills.
And further, his ruined credit would negatively affect the overall economy. It goes on and on.

I think this transcends political party lines. The tax money is being shelled out both ways. And these insurance company executives are sitting pretty with their multi-million dollar salaries, bonuses, and lifestyles.

I feel so much better now. Maybe if I do this more often, my health will improve and I can drop one of my 12 medications.