Reply #65: so, you're not having to live without insurance nor pay into a policy? [View All]

[cosmicdot]

I think it's relevant ... you're lucky. What will you do if you find yourself without health coverage? for yourself or for a family to support?

when you call a doctor's office ... the first thing they want to know is 'do you have insurance' and, if yes, 'with whom' ... if yes, that doctor may not cater to that insurance ... if no ... well, it becomes interesting


Since we haven't developed the American plan, it's not fair to prejudge what that system can be ... I purposedly used "can be" ... because we can make it the best system on Earth ... but, that will take all of us working together for the common good ... but, we can do it.

Healthcare is a human right imo ...

having become disabled at age 47 ... I've seen the horrors of not having medical insurance ... I value my experience so that I can speak from a position which some may never see ever ... or not until they get much older.

I don't think Big Pharm want's us to be well ... we need a system to promote wellness and preventive medicine.

If you are familiar with Jim Hightower's book "nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos", he begins the book asking how we got into the current corporate-controlled medical nightmare. When did we vote to make this the way it is? He's absolutely correct.

Corporations love invasion of privacy; and, as long as they control your medical records, we haven't got much privacy.

I feel left out when someone healthy and working gets the same meds as me paying $10-$15 per Rx under their employer-paid benefits ... hop in their Jag or BMW, and cruise on down the road when I pay $300 a month out of pocket and don't have a car. So, I worked for 25 years ... that's how the cookie crumbles, right?

When I became disabled, I had to hire a lawyer and spend almost 3 years proving I had been discriminated against and had my ERISA rights violated ... and, even though I won, and was restored into the company's Long Term Disability program ... I'm still tied to them and some unknown administrators following some policy which they can change at a whim without care; and, administrators who may have as a work goal to "save money" at my expense ... I have to continue paying to see doctors and buy medication (yes, it helps, but that's not the point) ... the corporate system forces me to have legal pusher ... to buy into Big Pharm and Big Med ... best believe they are out to get you (me) ... so, my lawyers said I won the out of court settlement ... but, who really won? The employer negotiates to put all of the burden on the insurance companies they have policies with ... violate Fed laws, and get away with it ... put gag clauses into Settlement Agreements ... it's ridiculous ... and, many of our fellow citizens go through this healthcare all the time ...

and, fearless bunnypants talks about frivolous lawsuits

what a joke

and, dental ... my gosh ... I need $1000s of work

does your corporate policy put an annual maximum on dental expenses or is it unlimited?

can you adopt me as a dependent???? :)