Comments on: Time to Chime in on Healthcare http://www.deepnthought.com/archives/769 Deep...or NOT so Deep Thoughts & Opinions Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:50:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Alisha http://www.deepnthought.com/archives/769/comment-page-1#comment-567 Alisha Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:54:22 +0000 http://www.deepnthought.com/?p=769#comment-567 Hey, it's Alisha, John's wife. Good article, very well written, great points. I am also a liberal democrat. I also vaccinate on schedule, but don't get the flu vaccine for myself or my son. But, I am a huge supporter of the health care reform John has been laid off since February. We were able to afford our United Health Care insurance for the first 6 months of him being laid off. Then they quit giving us the "special rate' and they wanted us to start paying over $1200 a month to keep our health insurance. We get only $600 more than that for a whole month from unemployment benefits. Our mortgage alone is almost $500. There was no way we could pay $1200 a month for health insurance. We are now all on the state issued medical card. I cannot begin to tell you the amount of stress that has been lifted from my shoulders knowing that my family will be able to go to the emergency room in the event of something terrible happening or if one of us gets really sick we will be able to go to the doctor and get medicine. I was terrified the couple months we were without health insurance until we got approved for public aid. Yes there are a lot of bureaucratic hoops you must jump to get approved and there is a long wait time before you are approved, but it is more than worth it for us. Not only do I hope the public option gets passed, but I hope eventually we have Universal Health Care like so many other countries do. But, that is just my humble opinion. Hey, it's Alisha, John's wife. Good article, very well written, great points. I am also a liberal democrat. I also vaccinate on schedule, but don't get the flu vaccine for myself or my son.

But, I am a huge supporter of the health care reform

John has been laid off since February. We were able to afford our United Health Care insurance for the first 6 months of him being laid off. Then they quit giving us the "special rate' and they wanted us to start paying over $1200 a month to keep our health insurance. We get only $600 more than that for a whole month from unemployment benefits. Our mortgage alone is almost $500. There was no way we could pay $1200 a month for health insurance.

We are now all on the state issued medical card. I cannot begin to tell you the amount of stress that has been lifted from my shoulders knowing that my family will be able to go to the emergency room in the event of something terrible happening or if one of us gets really sick we will be able to go to the doctor and get medicine. I was terrified the couple months we were without health insurance until we got approved for public aid.

Yes there are a lot of bureaucratic hoops you must jump to get approved and there is a long wait time before you are approved, but it is more than worth it for us.

Not only do I hope the public option gets passed, but I hope eventually we have Universal Health Care like so many other countries do. But, that is just my humble opinion.

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