Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Health Care? We need big Change.

This month Lord Kadizzle has been in the hospital three times. Not for himself, but for his poor daughter. Since the original day Erin lost a kidney in a basketball accident until today, her total medical cost for the accident are approaching two hundred thousand dollars. Thank god for medical insurance. What would this have done to a family with no insurance. A good friend of our daughter Megan from Hazen had no insurance. She is now bankrupt, and in desperate need of surgery. She has a colostomy that should be removed, however she cannot have it removed because she has no insurance. Don't get me wrong, we have excellent doctors in this country. Erin would be up the creek without the fine doctors who are treating her. What about the person who has no medical insurance? In the United States you are virtually assured of being broke the rest of your life if you have a major medical problem and no insurance. This country desperately needs national health care. Study the issue for yourself, and you will see why virtually every advanced country in the world provides health care for its citizens. As more people become unemployed more families will become destitute because of medical problems. One reason the auto industry in this country is broke is because of the high cost of insurance. Ignore what I say, but if you or your child gets in a medical fix, you will remember what I am writing here. It pains me to think of Megan's young friend whose life has been ruined by the American Medical system. She is a bright young girl with an economic burden and a condition that will plague her for her whole life because Americans have bought into the great lie.

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