I'm a type I diabetic, I'm 26 years old, otherwise healthy, and as of Aug 1, uninsured. I am forced by the current system to find an insurance covered job, which, like a lot of recent graduates in this economy, I haven't found yet.
The gibbering dotards who oppose healthcare reforms have nothing to offer me but an unhealthy, and penurious life, and a slow ugly death. I'd love universal single-payer, but I'll take what I can get from Captain Senility and the Birther Brigade.
Interestingly, most of the people opposed to these reforms ALREADY HAVE SOCIALIZED MEDICINE VIA MEDICARE. I would love to be on Medicare, it takes about $30 off the retail price of glucose test strips. Unfortunately, I and the millions of others like me can't have that, because functional government social programs make conservatives look bad.
I am a Type I diabetic. I just graduated from UTC, and therefore, don't have health insurance, as I also, like a lot of people, don't have a job.
I really hope whatever comes out in the conference bill will do something for me. If I lived in England or Canada, I could work anywhere, do anything, start my own business and work for myself, etc, but instead, I have to run around and find an insured position as fast as possible before my current 90 day insulin supply runs out. People who claim we have the best health care in the world are very naive, and mostly running on ignorant patriotism. American healthcare is like a small town with a Porche dealership and a population where most people can't afford to drive, saying it has the best transit in the country.
This is what the teabaggers call "freedom". I don't think they'd know freedom if it jumped up and bit their senile butts. I don't want to have to leave the country to SAVE the $7 (with insurance) or so a day in basic maintenance it costs me just to stay alive, just so a bunch of fearful old people can sleep easy that ...well, I really don't know what they're afraid of. They just sound crazy to me.
//a tad bitter.
Walden- so, your employer goes to the cheap gov't plan (assuming healthcare is still tied to employment, which I wish it wasnt) why would this be a bad thing?
You get a solid healthplan (a leap of faith for you, perhaps :) for a fraction of the money, your employer saves money, you get better, cheaper coverage- the only people who lose are health insurance companies, and while, yes, this is Chattanooga, after being turned down by everyone I called looking for private coverage, well, screw 'em.
According to other sites, republicans have stayed out of this issue. All of the principals have been debating it with the democrats for days, they've all given up something- bondholders, the UAW, management, the democrats have taken raising CAFE standards off the table- and the republicans nominated Corker to be their point guy on this. They sent him over, he came back, they debated about two hours, and said no. They're just obstructing, because they know if they hold out long enough, they can kill the UAW- and busting unions is worth far more to the conservative movement than Chrysler- or even GM.
Letters to the Editors
What that guy said.
I'm a type I diabetic, I'm 26 years old, otherwise healthy, and as of Aug 1, uninsured. I am forced by the current system to find an insurance covered job, which, like a lot of recent graduates in this economy, I haven't found yet.
The gibbering dotards who oppose healthcare reforms have nothing to offer me but an unhealthy, and penurious life, and a slow ugly death. I'd love universal single-payer, but I'll take what I can get from Captain Senility and the Birther Brigade.
Interestingly, most of the people opposed to these reforms ALREADY HAVE SOCIALIZED MEDICINE VIA MEDICARE. I would love to be on Medicare, it takes about $30 off the retail price of glucose test strips. Unfortunately, I and the millions of others like me can't have that, because functional government social programs make conservatives look bad.
Unfounded attacks on reform
I am a Type I diabetic. I just graduated from UTC, and therefore, don't have health insurance, as I also, like a lot of people, don't have a job.
I really hope whatever comes out in the conference bill will do something for me. If I lived in England or Canada, I could work anywhere, do anything, start my own business and work for myself, etc, but instead, I have to run around and find an insured position as fast as possible before my current 90 day insulin supply runs out. People who claim we have the best health care in the world are very naive, and mostly running on ignorant patriotism. American healthcare is like a small town with a Porche dealership and a population where most people can't afford to drive, saying it has the best transit in the country.
This is what the teabaggers call "freedom". I don't think they'd know freedom if it jumped up and bit their senile butts. I don't want to have to leave the country to SAVE the $7 (with insurance) or so a day in basic maintenance it costs me just to stay alive, just so a bunch of fearful old people can sleep easy that ...well, I really don't know what they're afraid of. They just sound crazy to me.
//a tad bitter.
Walden- so, your employer goes to the cheap gov't plan (assuming healthcare is still tied to employment, which I wish it wasnt) why would this be a bad thing? You get a solid healthplan (a leap of faith for you, perhaps :) for a fraction of the money, your employer saves money, you get better, cheaper coverage- the only people who lose are health insurance companies, and while, yes, this is Chattanooga, after being turned down by everyone I called looking for private coverage, well, screw 'em.
Tennessee: Labor reps, Corker point fingers on failed auto bailout
Yeah, that $76 an hour figure is pure malarky.
According to other sites, republicans have stayed out of this issue. All of the principals have been debating it with the democrats for days, they've all given up something- bondholders, the UAW, management, the democrats have taken raising CAFE standards off the table- and the republicans nominated Corker to be their point guy on this. They sent him over, he came back, they debated about two hours, and said no. They're just obstructing, because they know if they hold out long enough, they can kill the UAW- and busting unions is worth far more to the conservative movement than Chrysler- or even GM.