Re: Re: [3] Free American Health Care NOW!

[Guest guest]

>> I believe that my church, family and friends are my helpers.  That's how

>> it used to be.  I don't want a handout from anyone.  There were times when I

>> was sick and fighting cancer, having treatment and I worked any job I could

>> selling stuff for others on ebay and whatever else while caring for an

>> infant and a toddler to pay for our COBRA.  I did it by the grace of God and

>> never even considered that it was the Government's job to give me

>> insurance.

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And how do you think the COBRA was available? It was the government

who made it a possibility. Before that, you lost your job, you lost

your insurance.

I did the same thing. COBRA is a great thing, but it didn't come about thru

the church or your neighbors. It was a government program, designed to help

people like you.

And eBay, the Internet: also came about via a government program. A military

program at that. A lot of the technology was a result of NASA funding. NASA

invented a lot of things, which by law are public property, and that started

the whole computer revolution. It was a government thing.

So did your freedom to go to the church of your choice (that was a really

radical, left-wing, liberal ideal back in 1776!)

At it's best, government is like a Coop, there to serve the members. Our

government is actually pretty good at it. But it works best when the

Coop members

make their voices heard and ask for what they need and want.

Right now, health care is taken over mostly by insurance companies. We

can take it back. If we want. Your choice.

[Guest guest]

Depends on the company, and the state. Some states have passed

legislation that protects us, and I'm thankful to live in one.

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 2:51 PM,

ladybugsandbees<ladybugsandbees@...> wrote:

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> Not true that if you get cancer you are on your own.  Speaking as a cancer

> survivor there are two companies in my city alone (Blue Cross being one)

> that I can get coverage from - and they will cover my thyroid cancer

> issues.  I know this because the last time my husband lost his job I was

> thinking of going back to work as a contracted consultant (on my own) and my

> husband stay home with the kids.  The only issue was the insurance.  So we

> did some digging.

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[Guest guest]

Before COBRA I used to take out a major medical policy which would have covered the "smashed in the road" issues.

You are nit picking here and missing the point.

As I stated in an earlier message - if you don't have anything new and solid to contribute let's get back to Iodine.

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[Guest guest]

Correct - so the blanket statement cannot be made that if you get cancer you cannot get covered.

Steph

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[Guest guest]

Hey, JeetJet? That's not a sandwich. That's a Philly Cheese Steak. And I take mine 'with raw' and a Birch Beer. Jim, Born in Hahnaman on N. Broad.

Hey I got cancer too. If I were to lose my insurance tomorrow and could not pay for COBRA I couldn't get coverage either. But there are hospitals here that would treat me and I would have to pay them back. I do not expect anyone to pay for my insurance but myself and it is a risk I bear every day.

Insurance is NOT a right. It is a privilege. My mom & dad never had insurance. It has only been in the last 40 years or less that it has become the standard. Why? Because we have more technology to do more things. Because people have sued doctors so much that healthcare costs have skyrocketed due to malpractice insurance. Where does it stop? I want free disability insurance now in case something happens and I can't work. Oh yeah let's throw in life insurance so that my family can pay ot bury me because after all I had cancer so who knows. Government's job is not to provide services because when it tries it only takes from the people to give it to others - they are not a business generating revenue.

I believe that my church, family and friends are my helpers. That's how it used to be. I don't want a handout from anyone. There were times when I was sick and fighting cancer, having treatment and I worked any job I could selling stuff for others on ebay and whatever else while caring for an infant and a toddler to pay for our COBRA. I did it by the grace of God and never even considered that it was the Government's job to give me insurance.