That's why...

...health insurance should be portable, but not necessarily *universal.*  If we have a good policy while working for employer A we cannot afford to keep it when we go to employer B.  We can hardly afford to keep it under COBRA  if we lose the job.  Our pre-existing conditions might not even be covered by employer B's policy. 

But if you think healthcare is expensive in the US now, just wait till the government gives it to you *for free.*  We could be just like Canada where you wait 6 months for an MRI (or come across the border to get it done in the US).  Or the UK where, if you have macular degeneration, you must wait until you lose the sight of one eye before you can get treatment for the other.  What the government dispenses, the government rations. 

A dictator the other day actually said that a patient could not afford the medication to control her urinary incontinence because, *This country, to its great shame, has no universal healthcare.*  I wanted to say, *Duuuude!  Wonder how you're going to like practicing under socialized medicine.* 

• Posible new "boon" to the economy? Higher minimum wages??.....PSM - Cyndiee
  • You are forgetting...........sm - m
    • How about this...(sm) - Just the big bad
      • EXACTLY!! - Marmann
        • That's why... - mythbuster
          • If the profit factor (insurance companies)... - Marmann
    • So we offer substandard wages and attract more people to welfare???...sm - Cyndiee
      • Like I said..........sm - m
      • They want it both ways, Cyndiee. - Shirley U. Jest
        • Can't have your cake and eat it too, don't you want your husband, son, daughter...sm - Cyndiee
          • I just cannot grasp the fact that you can't buy shampoo - sm
            • I buy the cheapest stuff on the shelf.... - sm
              • And that is one of my biggest problems, unfortunately....sm - Cyndiee
                • To Cyndiee: - Marmann
                  • Thank you so much for your care! And I will be praying for you....sm - Cyndiee
            • Let me guess...(sm) - Just the big bad
              • wow, nasty this morning,,, - sm
                • It's glaringly obvious who has the attitude here...(sm) - Just the big bad
                  • thanks sweetie, i appreciate that! - nm
            • What a snooty post, no,we have PAID OFF all debt, own our home,,,,sm - Cyndiee
              • What does living in the northeast have to do with anything... - huh
                • No, do your research. In the Northeast we have some of the....sm - Cyndiee
                  • HELLO, yes, I do... - huh
                    • I would never earn a martyr badge, and again, I am not complaining...sm - Cyndiee
              • You have such a better-than-you attitude, I can't stand to read your posts anymore. - hypocritical
                • You are SO WRONG about Cyndiee - MTPockets
                  • Applauding! Great post. (nm) - Marmann
                • Did you even read the thread at all? No preaching, no judging, ....sm - Cyndiee
              • Nothing snooty my dear... - sm
                • GOT TO earn $70K?????? - judytee
                • How nice for you, but how does this apply to the political topic.....sm - Cyndiee
                • You are right...it was beyond snooty! - Shirley U. Jest
                  • Oh please, it's the truth.... - sm
                    • Not snooty..just ignorant - MTPockets
                    • You have nicely defined snooty for everyone,thanks......nm - Cyndiee
                      • Cyndiee, you hang in there girl, I am - MTfromLA
                        • Ditto! I enjoy her posts, as well. (nm) - Marmann
                        • I'm with ya, friend, thanks for posting, actually, ....sm - Cyndiee
              • Also, because we are white middle class and have a house, we are putting kids through college, ever - Cyndiee
  • It doesn't seem that you have thought - No, no, no.
    • Number one, less peole SHOULD eat at McDonalds, some of the most unhealthy eating habits...sm - Cyndiee
    • You are absolutely right! - Shirley U. Jest
      • The point was.......... sm - m
        • Can anyone say "spend your $$$ wisely?" Do you realize their profit margins over the years?.. - Cyndiee
          • Cyndiee, why can't you just say - No, no, no.
            • The price of shampoo or McDonalds WAS NOT my original post at all.....sm - Cyndiee
              • Big Macs and shampoo......sm - m
                • You know, I had forgotten about the old - MTfromLA
                • Like the commodities idea...thanks for your post!...nm - Cyndiee
              • I think you have me confused - no, no, no
                • Not THE solution, but perhaps one of many? sorry I put an idea out there for discussion, didn't - Cyndiee
    • And think of the small business owner...sm - Confetti
      • With the stimulus package there are built in tax credits for small businesses and SBA...sm - Cyndiee
        • minmum wage - sasha
          • Agree a lot; but can we consider that the President only in for a month??.....sm - Cyndiee

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