I know, I know...it has been a terribly long time. Lots to talk about, let me tell ya. Let me get right down to it.
We just found out a few weeks ago that we are expecting our first child (and probably only child if I don't stop feeling like I have a stomach virus 24/7). Our health insurance from my husband being active duty runs out at the end of November. Health care IF they ALLOW us to pick it up from Tricare will cost upwards of $771 a month....for TWO PEOPLE! It gets worse...if he gets coverage through his work it won't start until Jan. 1, 2007...and they may not even cover the pregnancy since we will not have been with them for a year. So, how the hell is anyone supposed to get coverage in this country. This country is for ****e...let me tell you. 41 million people uninsured, mostly middle class, because they can't afford it. What is wrong with this picture? Doctors make hundreds of thousands of dollars every year...some even millions of dollars, and there are people out there that can't get healthcare because they don't have insurance. On CNN they had a story about this...and about how many have to declare bankruptcy because of medical costs...I can't believe it...let me tell you.
So you ask, what about public assistance...well, we don't qualify...hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Not for medicaid, not for food stamps, not for any public assistance. And there are welfare people out there smoking and drinking away their foodstamps (yes, it is possible, I have seen it done), and there are soldiers with families who can't afford healthcare and don't qualify for assistance. And not just soldiers....middle class working people in general.
Pretty soon there won't be a middle class...just the rich and the poor....welcome to medieval times.
What can we do? Does anyone have an answer?
OH! And the military is dicking around and taking their jolly good time in releasing my husband to go active duty...believe it or not...it would solve all of our healthcare problems...Thanks Army for being arseholes and not helping a soldier out. SCREW YOU! | 