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health care….again

sometimes i feel every single blond hair on my head when something dawns on my so late in my thought process!

i have been completely wrapped up in this health care debate. i was wrapped up in it back in 90’s. it’s personal. i want it to happen this time around. i need it to happen this time around.

so in the midst of all of these craziness going on…it dawned on me that if things were to remain exactly as they are now in the health care world, when michael retires (if it’s before medicare days…) we will be without insurance. not because we couldn’t afford, because we hopefully could but because we both have several preexisting conditions. we had hoped/dreamed/joked about retiring when michael is 55. it’s a dream and a long shot but could happen if things go well in his career. it dawned on this dumb blond a bit late that even though we might be financially secure, we would not have health insurance nor any chance of getting it because of our preexisting conditions!

if michael were to have a recurrence of his colorectal cancer and we had no insurance, it would break us. my preexisting conditions are minor for the most part but his are not. we wouldn’t do it. he will have to work until he’s 67.5 at least. that is the earliest that medicare would kick in.

with no change in the current system…that’s it. the decision is made for us.

right-wing ridiculousness – part 175…

so yesterday the teabagging, right-wing crazies had a march on washington yesterday. nothing wrong with that, huh? i don’t know…

at times i feel like this thing must be about race and yet other times i feel like it’s all about not participating in ANYTHING the democrats propose – even to the detriment of your well being! on msnbc today ________ said that while watching clips from the recent teabagger protest in washington (my words, not hers) she noticed that it wasn’t just about healthcare but also taxes, the war, anti-abortion, cap and trade and much more. that should be a hint….they don’t like anything that is going on. that’s fine. they are entitled to their positions but just admit that you are not willing to work in anyway with this president. you want him to quit working on the agenda that got him elected. you want him to ignore the huge mandate he was handed on election day and resume the bush agenda.

i think obama and his group need to realize that these people do NOT want to work with us. they do NOT want work on a compromise. they do NOT like you or us. there is nothing that can be done to appease these people within your agenda.