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"HEALTH CARE SHOULD NOT BE A PARTISAN ISSUE"

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Blogger Nicky said...

Very sorry to hear about your health issues. I also have family history of heart disease, stroke, and cancer, and as a 52 year old male, wish we have better healthcare options. Employment and jobs are not what they were years ago when you had medical insurance for life. People have periods of unemployment, freelance, and create small businesses with gaps in coverage. Just think if we had decent and "affordable" coverage that would follow us from opportunity to opportunity and not tie us down to a company just for the health insurance. Maybe this was part of the Republican plan, but the cost would have excluded so many older Americans it would have been cruel and unusual punishment and early death. And to think it would have excluded mental health and substance abuse treatment when so many are battling drug addiction was puzzling.

March 26, 2017 at 8:57 AM

Blogger Bill Katz said...

I echo concerns for your health Kevin. I have two stories to tell. Years ago, I had a bike accident. I fell off and shattered my elbo. I had a health care plan but before the new regulations. I was convinced that a ride to the hospital would cost me $1,000.00 in deductible. Someone asked if they should call 911 and I said no. someone eventually gave me a ride hipome in his pick up truck. I walked around my house cradling my arm with an ice pack until I realized I needed to go to the hospital.

For worse, a friend of mine who had been unemployed for years, died of a very treatable disease. She was losing her home because she could not find enough work. She was the former director of the Amistad Foundation of Culture. Dirdra Bibi didn't need to die but it seems she was too proud to beg for public assistance.

This is the fear that we all have lived with and died with. I hate what America has turned into. Or maybe it has always been this bad. We enjoy spending much of our wealth on killing machines and the military so we can finance our recurring invasions. But when it comes to health care coverage of its people, no way.

It doesn't rank in importantance to killing people while trying to coerce the world into our image and likeness.

You're correct, Kevin. This issue should not be a political issue. But everything ultimately becomes a political football where one aside says black and the other white. No matter with the issue is. It's hot on one side and cold on the other. Then the special interests enter fray with bags of money to get their taste. And We, the People get F_ _ _ked all over again. Every time.

March 26, 2017 at 9:16 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

If I recall correctly, the blog owner was hee hawing over Trump during the election. Do ya think the chickens have come home to roost?

March 26, 2017 at 11:16 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

No, I think both parties have shown an extreme lack of leadership. We all know healthcare is a mess and someone needs to fix it. Only time will tell if President Trump or the Democrats have the leadership and integrity to fix it

March 26, 2017 at 11:56 PM

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March 27, 2017 at 8:06 AM

Anonymous General Grievous said...

The republicans made the same blunder as the democrats - ramming through a bill that nobody had read. Realistically, no or very few democrats are going to be cooperative with any bill that changes "Obamacare". It's an admission that their ACA is flawed.

At least the ACA bill architech Gruber was honest when he said that they were relying on the stupidity of voters to pass the bill.

Trump made a campaign promise, to repeal and replace ACA. He can say he kept his side of the bargain, and bonus points for making #NeverTrump Ryan the fall guy.

They will have to come back to resolving health care, because the fundamental premise of ACA has failed: young people are not buying health care, ACA economics are broken. Insurers are dropping out. The failing ACA will have to be fixed.

March 27, 2017 at 8:31 AM

Blogger Bill Katz said...

Kevin, I deleted my post because I had too many typos. Issues with IPad and me eyes.

March 27, 2017 at 9:19 PM

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