Are we losing our freedom?
don't be so afraid of health care. It doesn't bite. Think about all those folks out there who don't have cash for health care, think they give a damn if it is cash or medicare when they NEED health care?
If we don't like what we get up here, and have the cash, we can get health care elsewhere. The basics are what are not really portable, and even that has a work around, I am told.
Where I live, our basic health care plan costs me just over a hundred a month for me and hubby. That is basic and does not include cosmetic surgery or dental. But if I break a leg, or get mugged and hurt, nice to know I won't have to sell the family farm to pay off my hospital bill. And seeing my doctor - well I could make as many appointments as I needed in any given year, and not pay extra. I would pay for any forms I needed for work-related reasons, or unemployment insurance reasons, that sort of thing, but if I just need to spend some time with my physician over health concerns or an illness, that is not going to bankrupt me, either.
I seriously do not understand why so many people in the US are so worried about universal health insurance. Your HMOs already have you all scrunched down to statistics and averages, and if your illness or doc visits go over a certain amount, you face being cut off, or fighting for vital coverage when your energies need to be focussed on fighting a life-threatening illness.
I really don't get it?
I would worry more about the cap and trade than the health care if I lived in the States.
