First of all let me say I am not astro-turf, nor am I a member of any mob, but I AM fed up with the guilt trip the statists are trying to lay on me for my position on their push for socialized medicine.
I am, to use my youngest daughter's term, a grown-ass woman with more than the usual life experience. I've had great health care for about fifteen years now, and before that, no health care. We have never been poor enough to need MediCal nor have we been rich enough to pay it all ourselves.
I LIKE my health care provider, thank you very much, and I do not see why, as much as we hate Richarde Nixon and his era, we couldn't look back to him when he pushed for a Kaiser Permanente-type health care system. Yes, I have Kaiser. I consider that they saved my life, or at least extended it, even though I had to jump through two years of hoops to get what I thought was the best for me. I also am pleased with the way they've worked with us on Himself's health issues: they took no chances, kept him as long as they needed to determine the severity of his condition, and have steadily moved us toward the surgery he will be having to resolve his problem (a very common problem for a white male over 50, thank you).
I DON"T want anyone to die because s/he can't obtain emergency treatment or life-saving treatment, but, likewise, Himself and I pay a good chunk of change for our health insurance even with our employers picking up the major part of the tab.
It is not moral, ethical or legal for a government of strictly-limited power and authority to engage in the old socialist hack "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." That's just crap.
I am prepared to engage in civil disobedience if it comes down to it to keep this country from sliding further into a statist, socialist morass where those who work are deprived of what they've earned and those who won't live off those who work.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
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I have so much to say on this subject but never do for fear of being ostracized in the blogging community, in general.
Besides, the HR 3200 killed the computer. Its been brought back to life but is only limping along.
I am not afraid. I will take the heat for both of us. Kaiser Permanente for all, or bust!
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