Supporting something I care deeply about

[conspiratorsb]

Last night was the first time I saw a "scare tactic" commercial regarding health care reform. It made me laugh because the things it said would happen were so incredibly ridiculous!! So I am passing along a link to the white house's video page regarding the reform that Obama wants to seeI am/was one of the nearly fifty million people in the US

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[bird_mom]

Thank you for such an eloquent post. I'm in the same boat. California has/had the "Healthy Families" program that is about to go by the wayside, covering the basics for children. My crap insurance from Disneyland was like yours at school. Because I had cancer, it costs close to $400 a month for premiums just for me. I can't afford that. We can't afford that.

I want to know when the U.S. became a country run by the corporate interests. It's so unfair.

[10_rose]

All I know about the subject is there's a large debate over how to do it, and lots of congress(wo)men were mad that Obama wanted to get it done a couple of weeks ago. As I told DLH, Obama had to start pushing it through, because if he didn't, it'll never happen.

[mrnicefrog]

Yes, so many people are in the same boat in the US, even couples with kids where both parents are working

[bird_mom]

Unfortunately for us, there are a lot of Americans who buy into the myth of rugged individualism, when the truth is that the frontier was closed over 100 years ago. I think that myth allows people to disregard social responsibility, until a major illness happens to them and then they wonder how they are going to pay for it - even with insurance, we had to file for BK in the 1990's because my bills were so high and disability pay from the state was so minimal. That's one of the reasons I'm all over this issue

[conspiratorsb]

No apologies necessary, Froggy.

[indykat001]

Oh, tell me about it. I started hearing this awhile ago from my grandma, then later from another friend (who believes it) - unfortunately with those two, there is no way humanly possible to make them listen to reason - but this morning I did see our local tv station hold an interview with someone talking sense about the health care reform, explaining that in the short term (1 year) it might cost insurance companies more, but over the long term it would save them a whole bunch (he gave an estimate the insurance companies give that preventative care saves a dollar for every three later, though I would say, prolly more, and you live). He talked about other stuff too... While I was happy that they were bringing forward a voice for reason (rather needed here in super conservative central), I kinda wished he'd had more coffee, since he was sorta sitting there like a lump

[conspiratorsb]

*ded* I think you should answer out loud next time, just to see their face.

[bemkah]

Somehow, tons of other developed nations around the world have had a socialised healthcare system as a staple part of their society for decades, and so far, no Big Brother entity has had a say in who lives or dies