Reply by NewPhoenix on 7/16/09 1:47am
Msg #296051
Some light instead of heat
The last thing I would want is government involvement in another area of society. Especially health care because then they would have a reason to control or ban all forms of alternative medicine, vitamins etc.
But on the other hand, I had this discussion with my sister recently, who works for a major grocery chain and has always had full health coverage there. "Would YOU want to be like Canada and wait eight weeks to get an operation?" she said to me. I replied "I've needed an operation for a condition for over five years now. I can't get it because I can't afford to pay for the operation myself, can't afford individual health insurance, and even if I could they would scream "Preexisting Condition" and wouldn't cover it anyway. So yes, I would LOVE to "wait" eight weeks for an operation I badly need for something that gets worse year by year.
Yes I hate the idea of government involvement, but for those of us that don't work for a major corporation, or have a spouse that does, the alternative is - nothing!
Ok, light your flame throwers...
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Reply by Hugh Nations Signing Agents of Austin on 7/16/09 6:55am
Msg #296059
I don't know how I managed to do it, but this obviously was posted in the wrong forum: It should have been in Just Politics. My apologies.
In the hope that my error won't be compounded, I have posted it in Just Politics and ask that anyone who wants to respond please post there.
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