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Originally Posted by Elphaba
Pan, thank you for sharing your personal story. You have encouraged me to share a bit of mine. It is likely that we will lose our insurance at the end of the year, and no private insurance company would ever consider insuring my husband with a cancer history, or myself for that matter for other chronic issues.
Getting older and self-employed... I guess some would say that we shouldn't have followed a dream, but stayed on the money train. No regrets here, but hub and I are in for "interesting" times.
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Elph,
I truly wish you and your hubby the best.
Yes, the insurance industry is all about profit margin now. We're numbers and with cancer or major illness the insurance gets maxed out fast and people lose everything they have worked hard for.
It's not right.
It's not what America was ever supposed to be about.
Look at Christopher Reeve, he died almost broke. If it hadn't been for Robin Williams' generosity he would have.
We as a nation can do better.
We as a nation MUST do better.
Our kids and grandkids will be the true victims if we do not change the process and system NOW.
Those who fight for the status quo do so for 1 of 2 reasons.....
1) they make more money the way the system is and they know a change would mean less money for them
2) they are just plain ignorant to the facts, would rather believe the hype that a true universal healthcare would hurt us, and choose to laugh at everyone else's "misfortune" because those people weren't as prepared as they are, plus it's only the poor affected.
But when it happens to them, and the way the system is right now, it WILL happen to anyone not ultra rich..... then they'll cry louder than anyone. Only because they were so adamnant about not changing the system when others were affected... their cries will fall on deaf ears.
NOONE working hard to better themselves and society should face bankruptcy because of a greedy system that takes advantage of others pain and suffering. Not when we have the power, the tools and the ability to help our fellow brothers and sisters live life without that fear.
GM is going bankrupt because of it, mom and pop stores the backbone of the country are going broke, the people are going broke....... but the few in control wish you to believe it is better they go broke than it is to fix the system.
If we do not fix the system and soon, we will destroy ourselves.
Who do you think pays for the medical bills of people uninsured? The taxpayers, those with insurance, every single one of us.
And are we to call ourselves a truly civilized nation if we deny true medical treatment not just emergency services to those who need it?
There are those who fight against change, and yet they have no true excuse except for greed.
Is greed what we are put on this planet for?
The funny thing is the party that espouses God and Christianity so loudly are the ones tthat Christ would expose for using others misery to make their fortunes. If need be I'll quote chapters and verses wher Jesus condemns people for such actions...... and yet the party that supposedly is built for him, the Neocons who want the Christians to believe what they are selling so they wave and thump the Bible for them...... are the ones leading them away from God's will.
As Lennon sang in the song "INSTANT KARMA".....
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Why in the world are we here
Surely not to live in pain and fear
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