I love REM, But I love this message more.
Currently I am part of a medical study where my medical bills are paid for, which is an amazingly fortunate situation to be in, as I have not had medical insurance for years. This benefit ends in less than two years.
This is most unfortunate, as in my time without insurance I have been diagnosed with SLE Lupus and am now completely uninsurable. And before I was picked to be in a study, I drained my retirement accounts and went into a gross amount of debt to try and stay healthy, as healthy as I could.
And without the study picking up the tab on a radical procedure, right now I would be planning my last days, as my normal treatment options had been exhausted. I would also likely be out of a home.
The debate on the public option makes my head explode. Seriously People???? Are we really suggesting that Health Care is only an option for those who have the funds to afford it?
But as the title of the video above states, we can not afford to wait. Public Option Now!!! Anything less is failure.
What exactly is the argument against the Public Option? I haven’t heard a good argument yet - that makes me think this is a particularly bad idea. Can someone - anyone explain to me, why having a Single Payer Option available to everybody is a bad idea?
I like the idea of Fred Wilson - Consumer Centric Health Care - because that creates a market, and markets create competition and competition benefits the consumers.
However, what exactly is the problem against having an option that will help the uninsurable, the problem against having something that will help the currently unhelpable ?
What will it cost us? (900 billion over 10 years, less than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan) - and so what? Please educate me?
