Coakley vs. Brown

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

What does this have to do with the inherent stupidity of a system based on employers paying for health care?

I mean, a huge number of those illegals HAVE JOBS . . .

Don't forget that a huge number of EMPLOYED people are UNINSURED as well.

Originally Posted by moe.ron

Why do you even bother?

It's hard to resist.. I get it. It's not just because of this clown though. It's because you hear this said in reality too and it's so incredibly frustrating to know that there are so many ignorant people in this world. I mean, there are elected officials who spout off this crap and everybody just believes them. They are so out of touch with reality that it's almost impossible to NOT give them a reality check.

The saddest case of "uninsured" I know is my old neighbor. She worked for a company for 29 years, got breast cancer while insured and employed full time. She was off work through her surgeries and chemo and survived (yay!). However, she was off work for longer than the 12 weeks allowed by FMLA. As a result, they cut her to part time which meant.. no health insurance. So, she has had to pay for all her follow up cancer treatments out of pocket. 29 years of loyalty to one company and that's what happened.

People do NOT stop to think that if they get really really sick, they lose their job and, therefore, they lose their health insurance right when they need it the most. This system is so messed up.