I wonder if you would think that if you didn’t have health care. My mother has never had health care because she was the owner of a small business. After her business went out of business because she could not compete with the large companies like Staples and Office Depot, she started to work for another small business that can not afford health care for their employees either (she is 59 years old). My mother has terrible asthma and because she could not afford inhalers her friends, with health insurance, gave her theirs. She doesn’t go to the doctor when she is sick because she can not afford it. She has not been to the dentist for probably over 30 years.
My sister, who is recently divorced, does not have health insurance either because she works for a small business. Her two young children have state health insurance (CHIP).
I think our society, the leader of the free world, should be ashamed that 45.7 million people and 8.1 million (in 2007 most current data available) children do not have health insurance. I expect those numbers to be even higher given the economic crisis and the rise in the unemployment rate. Where are our priorities? Certainly not people.
I don’t have health insurance either, but am not in favor of a national plan. I would like to see more affordable health care.
Right now it is more feasible for us to pay out of pocket for regular illness than to buy a monthly insurance policy due to our income. My husband works for a non profit with only three employee he being the only full time and just to pay our half is more than our what we pay for housing. I do have state coverage for the kids and try not to use it unless really needed. I can count on both hands how many times we have been to the doc in the last two years. The main thing that worries me is if one of us develops a chronic health condition or a severe disease.
Basically there needs to be more affordable options for small business or the self employed. However I don’t think we shouldn’t have to “pay” for it, because we will pay for it in the form of higher taxes, lack of availability etc.
Is everything in life fair? No, of course not. But should all of us that work hard and make the right choices and priorities have our hands proverbially slapped and our wallets opened because of those who might “claim” not to be able to afford health insurance?
And what about all the illegal immigrants that will most likely end up on this insurance program? Are we supposed to be their keeper, too?
Are we working for our families, or everyone else’s????
I know that my husband has quite good health insurance that we pay a good chunk of change for. We found this out when I had to have a major operation that ended up costing almost $60k. It scares me that kind of cost, but I am grateful to know that when I needed to use it, it was there for me.
I so agree!
I wonder if you would think that if you didn’t have health care. My mother has never had health care because she was the owner of a small business. After her business went out of business because she could not compete with the large companies like Staples and Office Depot, she started to work for another small business that can not afford health care for their employees either (she is 59 years old). My mother has terrible asthma and because she could not afford inhalers her friends, with health insurance, gave her theirs. She doesn’t go to the doctor when she is sick because she can not afford it. She has not been to the dentist for probably over 30 years.
My sister, who is recently divorced, does not have health insurance either because she works for a small business. Her two young children have state health insurance (CHIP).
I think our society, the leader of the free world, should be ashamed that 45.7 million people and 8.1 million (in 2007 most current data available) children do not have health insurance. I expect those numbers to be even higher given the economic crisis and the rise in the unemployment rate. Where are our priorities? Certainly not people.
I don’t have health insurance either, but am not in favor of a national plan. I would like to see more affordable health care.
Right now it is more feasible for us to pay out of pocket for regular illness than to buy a monthly insurance policy due to our income. My husband works for a non profit with only three employee he being the only full time and just to pay our half is more than our what we pay for housing. I do have state coverage for the kids and try not to use it unless really needed. I can count on both hands how many times we have been to the doc in the last two years. The main thing that worries me is if one of us develops a chronic health condition or a severe disease.
Basically there needs to be more affordable options for small business or the self employed. However I don’t think we shouldn’t have to “pay” for it, because we will pay for it in the form of higher taxes, lack of availability etc.
I think that we all make choices in our lives.
Is everything in life fair? No, of course not. But should all of us that work hard and make the right choices and priorities have our hands proverbially slapped and our wallets opened because of those who might “claim” not to be able to afford health insurance?
And what about all the illegal immigrants that will most likely end up on this insurance program? Are we supposed to be their keeper, too?
Are we working for our families, or everyone else’s????
I know that my husband has quite good health insurance that we pay a good chunk of change for. We found this out when I had to have a major operation that ended up costing almost $60k. It scares me that kind of cost, but I am grateful to know that when I needed to use it, it was there for me.