Comments on: Julie's Take on Health Care

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:06:18 +0000

Micki, you don’t need to be afraid to grow old… You and I share another common bond of faith… but I do understand your point! And agree with your comments.

Hope your nephew is doing much better and I do think those are the times when insurance is critical.

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:03:04 +0000

Totally agree, TJ and I don’t expect the government to be practical with OUR money and that’s why all these people getting mad at others who don’t want this health care bill passed is wrong.

I wrote this post partially because it was on my mind but also because I read something on someone else’s FB page about how we should be worried about people without healthcare… as if not supporting the bill means you don’t care.

I could go on a soapbox and say that if people without healthcare and people with healthcare would work on being healthy, there would be less of a need for it.

Obviously there are exceptions but I think we overdo medical visits, we eat unhealthy things, we do other things that are not good for us and we don’t get the exercise we need.

There are times when medical care is essential but the overuse of it and the things I just mentioned have driven costs up.

By: Micki Hahn

Micki Hahn — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:52:14 +0000

Julie, I agree with the Major Medial part. It is worth it! God forbid something serious should happen! I could pay for my own Dr bill if I have a simple ailment that needs treatment. But the thought of an accident (thinking of my nephew who had yet another surgery today & obviously is still in the hosp) would scare me to death.

I also agree that those who have medial insurance take it for granted. Running to the Dr for every sniffle or hangnail. I believe it will get MUCH WORSE! Our government run health care facilities will be over-run with entire families that are not sick enough to be there…but it’s free, so why not! (That’s the same I logic with food stamps…”Hey T-Bone is free, so why not???”) Making those that are TRULY sick wait for days, weeks or even months to be seen.

This is a very sore spot for me. I do think there should be some reform so the medical and insurance companies can get their numbers together to make medical treatment and/or coverage is affordable. But what is being proposed now is not it!

I just know that I am afraid to grow old! No income, no health care, no quality of life. I believe that is what we have to look forward to in our “golden years”.

Julie, I’m sorry if I gave more of a comment than what you were wanting. This subject makes my blood boil and I start foaming at the mouth with frustration and anger.

By: TJ

TJ — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:08:39 +0000

Interesting perspective Julie. You suggest our government should be practical with OUR money?

Very good, common sense comments! A couple thoughts:
- Most people forget that the purpose of insurance is to pay the bills we couldnt afford to pay, aka the huge loss. It’s convenient to have a $10 co-pay, but who really couldnt pay for an office visit if their child was sick? Not many.
- My biggest concern with health care and the other major gov’t spend programs is the risk that they spend so much that it breaks our economy. It’s already very badly wounded from decades of deficeit spending. Of course we need a good social net to help those who ‘fall’. But, we need to have MOST people working to afford that net.

The US spent Russia into the ground to break them in the cold war. Hopefully America hasn’t done the same to ourselves.