Some More To Think About

As I have posted before, this years election has got me fired up. One of the biggest issues is the idea of univeral health care. The thought of this being just a step away from reality scares the ever livin' life out of me.... appropriate enough since we are talking about health care...

*side note: Chuck was putting a door in the shop of one of his customers. The shop owner was talking politics, leaning toward the demo cratic side. After the shop owner stepped out, Chuck turned to the employee behind the counter and said, "Man, he's lucky my wife isn't here" I got a good little chuckle when Chuck told me that* Anyway, back to my original post

A friend of mine was telling me about a co-worker whos wife is expecting. She has been terribly sick with all those out of whack pregnancy hormones. I am sympathetic to her affliction. While I was pregnant with Gracie, I was on the verge of puking 24/7 and was dropping weight... not that I would complain about losing weight, but being pregnant was not the time for that... Well into my 15th week and still losing weight, my Dr prescribed me some relief... Ah, Phenergan.... a little pill I loved so much.. I am not big on taking pills so just imagine how bad it was for me to actually ask for some. On the brink of having my stomach barf out of my mouth for 15 weeks solid put a new meaning on the word 'miserable'.

So anyway, back to this other lady's nauseating story. The Dr prescribed her phenergan and a variety of other medications, trying to alleviate her misery. None of these drugs offered much relief. As a final straw, the Dr gave her a pill used to treat nausea in cancer patients during chemo. It worked like a charm, with one teeny, tiny draw back. The cost of this formulated love is a whopping $2500!!.... Holy Canoly, Batman!...

However, there is a little bit of light at the end of this tunnel. The insurance did agree to pay a portion of this astronomical price once the Dr wrote a detailed report on just how sick she was and how these others pills did nothing for her.

Around the same time that my friend told me of this woman's plight, I read a post over at Mostly Cajun.... I'll wait a minute so you can go check it out.....

Reading about how health care is being handled in these two Countries is frightening. Do you think that a universal health care policy would afford this woman this expensive medication? Or for that matter, would it even allow for simple little expenses such as phenergan? "Pregnancy is a natural thing. Morning sickness is all part of it. Deal with it."... I can hear them say.

In today's advancements in technology, isn't this taking a step backwards? Yes, pregnancy is a natural occurrence, but we don't live in the dark ages anymore either when amputations were done without an anesthesia.

That comparison is probably a little off base but that is the direction a government run health system would take. I reiterate, the plans that some candidates have for our country is alarming.

The mere idea that they consider themselves the best person to make decisions for us, that they want us to vote them into office so they can strip us of our blood bought rights and freedoms as American citizens sends chills down my spine.