Reply #43: Control of health care? [View All]

[FlaGranny]

I have very little to say about my health care, because the only insurance I can afford is an HMO. The bureaucrats at the HMO get to tell me what doctors I can see and even if I can get care. So I don't feel very much in control. Most people have the same kind of "insurance" as I do. The only control I have is to buy insurance or not buy insurance. I can't see the doctors I've seen for years because I can't afford the deductible and the co-pay for doctors who don't participate in the particular policy I'm stuck with now (the policy/company that my employer chose this year). The insurance stinks, the lack of insurance stinks. The amount of control I have over the situation stinks.

You will definitely understand what I'm talking about one day. I have no doubts about it.

Edit: The single payer system is not threatening. Making profit on sick people is what's disgusting.