[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by KeybdFlyer

My wife & I would like to thank those of you in this thread who are against this bill for your unstinting opposition to it. She, at slightly less than my 61 years, fell down the stairs of our apartment just short of 4 months ago but has yet to receive any form of treatment for the agonising pain she is in - save for the nightly heat packs I apply to her arm, shoulder and hip. We do not know what damage has been done, nor will we ever, as we cannot afford private health insurance.

In May of this year, I began passing blood along with my urine. I do not know why this happened or if it is anything "serious", nor am I likely ever to do so as long as insurance companies charge premiums that exceed the amount of disposable income we have available to us.

Whilst I feel genuine sympathy for the plight of the mother of one of the contributors to the thread, who receives a pitiable $250k for her emotionally painful duty to inform parents of the death of their child, my sympathy is tempered by the knowledge that that figure is slightly over eleven (11) times the income my wife and I exist on. I will make the assumption that she also receives medical insurance through her employer.

My wife endured the emotionally distressing procedure of an hysterectomy just over four years ago. We are still paying-off that bill, which is bad enough in itself, what is really galling is that the amount still owing is only $1000 less than the original bill. After four years.

Yes. It is truly heartwarming to see that there are so many people who oppose anything at all if it means rubbing their political fur the wrong way, or possibly adding a few dollars to their taxes or removing a few more from multi-billion dollar "industries" (I remember when they used to call themselves "services", but any idea of serving the public vanished decades ago). Thank you all for playing your part in ensuring that both our lives will continue to be lived with fear of contracting an illness, or meeting with an accident, or simply of getting even older.

Thank you one and all.

My sympathies to you and your situation. This is precisely the sort of thing that I cannot believe happens in our country every day. It's not fair and its not right.