My shoulder is healing nicely. I'm in a sling for another week, then 4 weeks of PT and I'm home free. The bills are starting to come in, and once again we are thankful that we have insurance. So far, the medical bills total $29,000. Holy cow, who knew shoulders were so expensive?
According to the CDC 43.6 million Americans, almost 15% of the population, are uninsured. A friend of mine here in Anchorage is facing almost $100,000 in medical bills because her insurance company ruled her heart condition as pre-existing. I often think what would we do if we were in her situation. 29K right now would break us, 100K would take a lifetime to pay off. Other countries have successfully dealt with the healthcare situation, why can't we?
Here are the positions for the three candidates regarding healthcare. Take a minute and read through them, and keep this issue in mind when you vote this fall.
Obama
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/
Clinton
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/healthcare/
McCain
http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/19ba2f1c-c03f-4ac2-8cd5-5cf2edb527cf.htm
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One of our preschool moms works full time and doesn't recieve benefits, and her husband owns his own business. Private insurance is prohibitatively expensive for them. Their three children are insured under MC+ (missouri medicaid for women and children), but they still pay $250 each month in premiums for this. Burke and Lydia have been without insurance for ten years. Luckily, she qualified for MC+ for her first two pregnancies, but for her last, they overqualified by $19. Zander will be three this summer, and they are still paying for his perinatal services (and there were no extraordinary expenses).
It's obscene and embarrasing that we have not yet chosen to provide this most basic of human sevices.
Good luck with the rest of your rehab. We'll see you on the mound about mid-season. The Cubs could use your arm.
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