For those of you who have health insurance I would like to ask you to take a few minutes and think about where you would be without it. When did you last see your doctor? If you have health insurance you probably either paid a copay or a percentage of the visit and home you went. What about an x-ray? The charge for a PET scan is $6K. Bone scan is a bargain at $2K. One visit to the oncologist for a 30 minute Zometa drip -- $3K. In one month, it is possible to accrue medical bills adding up to over $11,000 THOUSAND dollars without much effort. If you are fortunate to have health care you could end up with a $30 copay for Zometa, $200.00 for the bone scan and roughly $400 for the PET. Grand total is $630.00. Thank goodness radiology takes payments. The balance should be paid off just in time for the next bone scan and CT scan.
This is not about Democrat or Republican. Who cares who comes up with a plan. Do you think it really matters? Something has to be done or people will continue to be forced into choosing between being buried with medical costs or literally being buried.
Much like that well known commercial... Equal access to health care.... PRICELESS
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My daughter has a rare congenital condition and her medication alone costs more than $200,000 a year. Without treatment her condition would very quickly become life threatening. We feel so fortunate that she leads a basically normal life apart from the medication she receives regularly and more frequent doctor visits.
ReplyDeleteMy wife has been unhappily employed for several years now but afraid to leave her job for fear of any change in our insurance that may in turn lead to instant bankruptcy and our having to beg or find some charitable organization to help cover the cost of her lifesaving treatment.
Why public healthcare is not a no-brainer in our collective psyche is to me… mind boggling. Why we don’t think twice about coming together to pay for the provision of public education, transportation systems, police, fire, national defense, social security and yet still withdraw into debate about providing healthcare is irrational.
To me it is a moral issue. As warfare, public safety, and education should not administered through for profit private businesses neither should healthcare. Our government’s charter is essentially to equitably provide for the life, liberty, and happiness of all citizens. What could be more on target towards achieving that end than providing for each other equal access to high quality healthcare?