Comments on: Health Care Reform was a bastard, but it was our only bastard… and I’m in mourning… http://www.fibrochondriac.com/2010/01/20/health-care-reform-was-a-bastard-but-it-was-our-only-bastard-and-im-in-mourning/ walking the fine line between advocating for my health and hypochondria Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:43:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Kathy http://www.fibrochondriac.com/2010/01/20/health-care-reform-was-a-bastard-but-it-was-our-only-bastard-and-im-in-mourning/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Kathy Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:32:55 +0000 http://www.fibrochondriac.com/?p=742#comment-159 How can a person with chronic illness NOT be rabid when listening to people who say <a href="http://www.fibrochondriac.com/2010/02/10/perfect-example-of-people-who-refuse-to-understand-there-is-something-wrong-with-our-health-care-system/" rel="nofollow">"Why do so many people think that those who can’t afford health insurance should have it provided by someone else?"</a> Makes me crazy. And rabid :) How can a person with chronic illness NOT be rabid when listening to people who say
“Why do so many people think that those who can’t afford health insurance should have it provided by someone else?”

Makes me crazy. And rabid :)

]]> By: Sharon Wachsler http://www.fibrochondriac.com/2010/01/20/health-care-reform-was-a-bastard-but-it-was-our-only-bastard-and-im-in-mourning/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Sharon Wachsler Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:55:30 +0000 http://www.fibrochondriac.com/?p=742#comment-150 Here's another irony: I live in Massachusetts (and YES, I did vote!), and here, where we have just elected this horrible man as our senator to replace Ted Kennedy (!!), we -- in Massachusetts -- all have healthcare. I know that's a shocker. It's not how it is in most (any?) other states, but we actually have state-mandated health insurance. If you don't get private insurance through work or public insurance through MassHealth (our version of Medicaid) or Medicare, you buy into a state health insurance plan. Not everyone is happy with the buy-in plan, but there it is. In Mass., we have a version of what pretty much the rest of the country wants, yet we elected some bozo who's gonna screw it up for the rest of you. (Sorry!) And, as my two cents, because I become rabid whenever anyone speaks of the "evils of socialized medicine" or "government healthcare" -- and this whole stupid debate has involved that Republic red herring for years -- I have Medicare and Medicaid, and it's the best healthcare ever. When I was on my horrible HMO for two years on COBRA, it didn't cover anything. Getting on Medicare was fantastic, and being on both is even better. I have a (chronically ill) friend who moved out of poverty by marrying a man with a well-paying job, and she got off Medicaid and onto his top-of-the-line private insurance, and it's become like a full-time job to fight the company to get them to pay all the stuff she's actually entitled to under the plan. She hates it. Medicaid was so much better. RANT. Here’s another irony: I live in Massachusetts (and YES, I did vote!), and here, where we have just elected this horrible man as our senator to replace Ted Kennedy (!!), we — in Massachusetts — all have healthcare.
I know that’s a shocker. It’s not how it is in most (any?) other states, but we actually have state-mandated health insurance. If you don’t get private insurance through work or public insurance through MassHealth (our version of Medicaid) or Medicare, you buy into a state health insurance plan.
Not everyone is happy with the buy-in plan, but there it is. In Mass., we have a version of what pretty much the rest of the country wants, yet we elected some bozo who’s gonna screw it up for the rest of you. (Sorry!)
And, as my two cents, because I become rabid whenever anyone speaks of the “evils of socialized medicine” or “government healthcare” — and this whole stupid debate has involved that Republic red herring for years — I have Medicare and Medicaid, and it’s the best healthcare ever. When I was on my horrible HMO for two years on COBRA, it didn’t cover anything. Getting on Medicare was fantastic, and being on both is even better.
I have a (chronically ill) friend who moved out of poverty by marrying a man with a well-paying job, and she got off Medicaid and onto his top-of-the-line private insurance, and it’s become like a full-time job to fight the company to get them to pay all the stuff she’s actually entitled to under the plan. She hates it. Medicaid was so much better.
RANT.

]]> By: Teresa http://www.fibrochondriac.com/2010/01/20/health-care-reform-was-a-bastard-but-it-was-our-only-bastard-and-im-in-mourning/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Teresa Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:19:09 +0000 http://www.fibrochondriac.com/?p=742#comment-146 Obama is more than ill equipped. This man has managed to do nothing but continue what Bush, Clinton, hell all the presidents have done. Blow smoke up our skirts and we take it. It's aggravating to watch all these promises being broken, it's like we hired the guy based on his skin color...way to go America. One thing I've found interesting is watching states get their affairs in order to secede. Here is the link to New Hampshire's proposed House Concurrent Resolution: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HCR0006.html, there is the link to HCR 6 which was introduced in 2009, covering their bases if the government tries to infringe on our Constitutional rights. Maybe that's what we should focus more on, our Constitution...we are guaranteed the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happyness. It's something we take for granted even though some of the principles our founding father's laid out are being infringed on quite blatantly. It's something to think about, something I'm going to think about. I feel the same frustration as you do though with healthcare, although mine is geared toward veterans as it's near and dear to my heart. I find it infuriating that veterans are treated the way they are. With the continuation of a pointless and blood soaked war, our military members are coming home to become a statistic. 1 out of every 4 homeless people are veterans. And not just the old time vets, but vets from the Iraqi war....It may sound selfish but shouldn't we take really good care of those people? Where's the health care for them? The growing gap between the haves and the have nots have led me to continue trying to support local economy. Big businesses aren't being run off loyalty or quality in their products. Small businesses are! But Big Brother will continue providing breaks to those who "donate" generously to politics and tax the little guys until they are further indebted to a government that is based on a dollar that has no value. It's a grand design, built on shoddy toothpicks and paste I just wonder when it's going to come crashing down. Obama is more than ill equipped. This man has managed to do nothing but continue what Bush, Clinton, hell all the presidents have done. Blow smoke up our skirts and we take it. It’s aggravating to watch all these promises being broken, it’s like we hired the guy based on his skin color…way to go America. One thing I’ve found interesting is watching states get their affairs in order to secede. Here is the link to New Hampshire’s proposed House Concurrent Resolution: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HCR0006.html, there is the link to HCR 6 which was introduced in 2009, covering their bases if the government tries to infringe on our Constitutional rights.

Maybe that’s what we should focus more on, our Constitution…we are guaranteed the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happyness. It’s something we take for granted even though some of the principles our founding father’s laid out are being infringed on quite blatantly. It’s something to think about, something I’m going to think about.

I feel the same frustration as you do though with healthcare, although mine is geared toward veterans as it’s near and dear to my heart. I find it infuriating that veterans are treated the way they are. With the continuation of a pointless and blood soaked war, our military members are coming home to become a statistic. 1 out of every 4 homeless people are veterans. And not just the old time vets, but vets from the Iraqi war….It may sound selfish but shouldn’t we take really good care of those people? Where’s the health care for them?

The growing gap between the haves and the have nots have led me to continue trying to support local economy. Big businesses aren’t being run off loyalty or quality in their products. Small businesses are! But Big Brother will continue providing breaks to those who “donate” generously to politics and tax the little guys until they are further indebted to a government that is based on a dollar that has no value. It’s a grand design, built on shoddy toothpicks and paste I just wonder when it’s going to come crashing down.

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