 DavidNow accepting new patientsPremium,VIP
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| Personally, I kind of changed my shift from a broadband policy to a health care policy. I mean what good is a fast connection to Youtube to bitch about health care failing in America, when I could sacrifice a broadband policy for health care reform or universal health care.
It makes no sense to post a Youtube video at 15mbps/2mbps when you are dying or denied coverage and need a prescription and told to shell out $75 a month for it.
I didn't have to look any further in changing my view than my sister-in-law. She makes $7.50 an hour (oh yes) working at a gas station with no health insurance, and a $800 car she drives. She became sick sometime last year (had to get an appendix removed) and the surgery alone was $12k by the time the fees and everything hit. Want an idea what the state told her when she applied for aid. At a whopping $18k (full time) last year she made too much money, and was denied Medicare or medicade something like that. Least Anderson hospital was nice enough to help her fill out the paperwork, I mean they really helped a lot! I read the state's response and my response was pretty much was like "is that all?" . Needless to say the sarcasm cannon was fired up quite a bit that night.
I look at it about like this. If I had 500 billion a year to spend on either broadband or healthcare, and I couldn't change that decision again for potentially up to 15 yrs, what would the choice be? I know a few people in these forums like lev  , RadioDoc , santy , and many others I met at the BBQ a few summers ago have the clock ticking against them (no offense guys  ). I am sure they realize it, and hope it changes too. Not everyone can be 21-33 again with a snap of the fingers. People get older and time marches on, that's two things that will never change.
I guess I should be glad I am a tech and not a politician. This was my thought tonight.
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | said by David:I could sacrifice a broadband policy for health care reform or universal health care. We already have universal healthcare. Anyone can walk into a hospital ER and get healthcare at zero cost to them.
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Tallahassee, FL | said by pnh102:said by David:I could sacrifice a broadband policy for health care reform or universal health care. We already have universal healthcare. Anyone can walk into a hospital ER and get healthcare at zero cost to them. Sweet! Show me where to sign up because I've got a pretty expensive (but routine) operation coming up.
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1 edit | said by pnh102:We already have universal healthcare. Anyone can walk into a hospital ER and get healthcare at zero cost to them. No crap, someone tell my sister-in-law where this exists cause apparently she didn't find it either, and at a cost of 12k I am sure that information would have been very valuable.
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Menlo Park, CA | don't get your hopes up, there is no universal heath care. There is TALK of universal health care but it is nowhere to be found, with some exception to NH and MA, but even that isn't UHC. |
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