johnathan wrote:I also have a problem with the insurance thing,We have no insurance because my work fired me while I was under Dr's care. I had to have surgery and didn't have it. Is that wrong of me? I don't think so you need to watch how you word stuff this subject is really touchy too some people in here know what i am talking about. I have to draw unemployment to help out with the bills and also have to pay for the surgery,which is now up to $9,000 and I still don't feel that great. I am gonna have to have something done again. So now do you all understand where i am coming from? I love this zone and all the people in it let's just calm down a little some new comers looking at the zone are gonna be like wow this is not cool. Anyway just my 2 cents worth. And still thanks for all the prayers for my wife and I.
I completely understand where you're coming from, Johnathan.
I have not always had insurance, and many times when I was younger, put off having dental work done among other things simply because I didn't want another bill I couldn't pay. It created consequences that I now have to live with.
And sometimes, companies will lay people off when they need medical attention just to keep the resulting expenses from jacking up their premiums the next year. I think that's wrong, but it does happen, unfortunately.
The original point about healthcare was that the statement was made that only the rich can afford it. That is simply not true.
We have world-class facilities and the best medical practitioners in the world. We develop medicines that are used all over the world for the common good. We are blessed like this because of capitalism. There is incentive to do research and develop life-saving and life-enhancing medications and procedures.
Yes, doctors make a lot of money. So do hospitals. Is it worth it? My daughter would have died after only a few weeks of life without her surgery. Was it worth it to me? You bet it was. I would have paid any amount to save her life... insurance or no insurance. Because of our American way of life and our capitalistic healthcare system, her life was spared.
In fact, there was an unmarried teenaged couple who had a baby with the same heart defect who underwent the same surgery at the same time Ashley did. They did not have insurance, yet their baby received the same medical attention as Ashley. The total bill was probably about $50,000.
Had we gone through this in a country with a healthcare system as bad as Canada's, I know we would have lost our little baby. If healthcare is free, it's probably worthless.
So this is a very touchy subject with me as well, Johnathan. I have walked in your shoes. I may well walk in your shoes again. Even though our system is flawed, it's the best there is.
wow folks we are getting alittle viloent in here, I am glad that we all have our own opinion but I don't think that is the way it is supposed to be in here. Personally i am offended by some of the stuff being said. My wife is a new believer and just started coming in here and is having a hard time right now and then she see this.
