I was driving down the street the other day when Harry and Dodd came on the radio. They started droning on and on about how the regular people hate their insurance, and their insurance companies.
85% of americans like their insurance.
I sat with my Dad for four months, a couple of times a week, going to radiation and dialysis; through CAT scans, PET scans, and all sorts of biopsies and appointments.
His insurance company could not have been more helpful, cooperative, and dare I say it, compassionate.
My wife works at a hospital. They treat everyone who comes through the door. There is never any question about treatment, except whether or not you have it. They focus on getting you fixed first, and then worry about the payment.
My best friend as a kid, grew up to have a degenerative bone disease in her back. Before it killed her, the State of Vermont provided her with outstanding care—again, in a compassionate and reasonable manner. Yes, even us conservatives realize that people who are unable to work, without supporting families, need some help.
The system works for those who are willing to work with it, and within it, and who are willing to take responsibility for their own care.
These guys are delusional. They are bad. They are disconnected. How come my individual examples of care and service are not held up as the examples. No one got denied anything. No one was turned away.
People are great. Government is bad.
With a nod towards Michelle Obama: I have lived here all my life, and now is the first time I am ashamed of my government.
My father had an Aortic Aneurism repaired. We never saw a bill. I had an Inner Ear Infection that caused my Blood Pressure to go so high I almost had a Cerabral Hemmorage. I stayed over night. never saw a bill. My follow-up visit to my PCP cost me a $20 copay. We have different health plans. Are we so lucky to have the only two health plans that cover their customers? I doubt it.