Reply #27: yep--if someone doesn't have health insurance it's fairly direct [View All]

[yurbud]

if their employer doesn't provide it as mine doesn't (even though I work for the county teaching community college), you could drop dead or go broke trying to stay alive.

Don't tell me about medicaid and the safety net. If you have a middle class income, you've got to wipe yourself out before that kicks in.

I went to the emergency room a couple of months ago, and for an EKG and talking to a doctor for two minutes, I was out $650.