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health savings accounts and more…

25 Feb 2010 by admin

fucking ridiculous.  this is rep. bill cassidy’s plan to help solve health care issues-health savings accounts.   my family can barely pay the daily bills that we have to take care of let alone set a large portion aside for medical savings.  as democrats have said, these accounts are great for upper middle and high income families.  we’re middle income and it’s not feasible for us.

what i’ve noticed over and over again in the republican ideas are that they cater to the wealthy.  they favor business over consumer.  it’s hard to stomach.  it’s also hard to stomach the fact that republicans have spent years ignoring the problems with health care….and besides that even actively trying to do away with medicare and medicaid.  why should i believe that they will help me?  they’ve given me nothing in the way of proof to show that they would.

my family is full of preexisting conditions.  we’re fucked if my husband loses his job…absolutely fucked.  my husband and i dream of owning our own business.  we have, what we think, is a great idea and one that we talk about often.  we couldn’t ever do it though….due to preexisting conditions.

here how’s it shakes out in my family:

my husband: colon cancer, high cholesterol, osteopenia, compression fracture of vertebrae with repair
myself: bi-polar, asthma, migraines, hashimoto’s thyroiditis
kaitlyn: occasional thyroid issues but relatively healthy thank goodness
thomas: asthma but relatively healthy
tyler: pectorus carinatum but relatively healthy

so were does that leave us?  only tyler could get coverage for asthma, as long as he doesn’t develop it in middle school like i did.  kaitlyn and i can’t get coverage for thyroid issues.  my husband will most likely be denied coverage altogether.

i’m just so tired of worrying about this.  we keep talking about how america is the greatest country in the world.  it’s not anymore.  we’re delusional.  our health care is 37th in the world.  our education is far behind in all aspects.  our green policies lag far behind.  our public transportation system is non existent in most parts of the country.  our civil rights are starting to lag. we’re in two wars which are not going well.  our relations with nations around the world were damaged severely by the cowboy nature of the last regime.

i’ve never been so pessimistic about the future of america.  this is due squarely to the destruction wreaked between 2001 through 2008 and the above issues further harmed by bush/cheney.

why is it NOW that all these teabaggers want to remember life and liberty?  why NOW do they feel we need to reform government?  it’s disgusting.

watching the summit…getting more and more disgusted.  boehner, blackburn, mccain and mcconnell just seem interested in scoring political points.  kyl and coburn did have a bit more in the way of ideas but seem unwilling to meet half way.

as obama has said over and over, the democrats have included many republican ideas but that doesn’t mean that they will be added word for word.  that’s the idea of compromise….you don’t get your way entirely and we don’t get ours.

the repubs keep talking about the percentage of americans who are against these bills as put forward.  that masks the facts.  i’m against the bills as put forward…not because they’re bad but because they don’t go far enough!  i think a decent percentage of those people are like me.

argh!  enough for now…

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skewed political health care stories…

21 Feb 2010 by admin

ok…a good riesling to start the rant…and off we go!

this is one thing that drives me crazy and i’m sure i’ve ranted about it before.  taking information that on it’s face value seems to support your point but which is really taken out of it’s context and true meaning.

there is a story about a poll that was analyzed.  it says that 70% of americans are behind the health care reform. that’s health care reform as a whole.  i can believe that.

republicans however keep trotting out the stale, tired statement that the overwhelming majority of the public is against health care reform.  if you look at certain poll numbers it looks that way.

however, this is different than the 70% above although they would seem to be conflicting.  it seems as if you cannot have the two side by side; either they’re for it or they’re against it.  right?

WRONG…if you look at the number of americans against health care reform right now, they form two distinct groups.  one group is opposed to it on it’s face.  they think health care in the US is fine…nothing broken…let us keep the status quo.  the other group believes the system is broken…our premiums are going up…our amount of care is going down…we need change.

so…what does this mean?

simply this, if you look at the path that this recent health care debate has taken it has taken the path to piss off the most people possible:

if you’re a conservative, you’re mad it started in the first place; after all, you hadn’t done anything in the previous 8 years to fix it and you wouldn’t be doing anything now if you were in charge.  you think that each state can handle it on their own.  you think that businesses need to be protected even at the cost of their employees.  overall, you think we should hold steady at our current place or even go backward; remove medicare entirely.  you’ve argued that insurance be able to be sold across state lines; a good idea.  but you are unwilling to allow there to be any central oversight; a bad idea.  you wish to include tort reform; a good idea.  but you think this is a central policy which it’s not.  tort reform has overwhelmingly been shown to be such a small portion of overall costs that this is like swatting at flies!  what are your other ideas…i’m not sure.  i haven’t been able to get any coherent list of conservative ideas that make any sense.  conservatives seem to be hinging it all on those two things.

now if you’re a liberal, you’re mad now that everything you thought was worth fighting for has been stripped from the bills presented.  i, as a liberal, would like to see one public option; one national health care system.  i think this best cares for the population as a whole.  that was dashed against the rocks very quickly.  ok…onto the public option.  this seems fantastic…the best of all worlds.  those that already have insurance through employers will stay with those policies.  those that can afford to purchase their own will keep those but for those who are such severe risks or financially incapable of buying their own insurance would be able to have government support.  awesome!  no…that wasn’t acceptable either.  ok, what next, here is where i’m unclear.  liberals want everyone to be covered.  we want preexisting condition policies off of the table (i’m a victim of that one).  we want straight forward care with no games.  but what have we gotten in the end?  i’m not sure, to be honest.  the final bill was so laden with holes that i can’t figure out what it would have done for me.

so with all of that being said, look at the poll numbers.  if you were to go deeper into what the majority means, you would find people on both sides.  it’s not that the overwhelming majority of americans are against health care reform.  it’s that the numbers are  split.  one portion doesn’t want reform at all and the other thinks the reform should be tougher.  i would like to see the pollsters cover this completely and fairly for once.  one number cannot be taken on face value.

so yes, i believe that 70% of americans want health care reform.  do i believe that a majority are against it…again, yes i do but that’s split into the gone to far and not far enough groups.

whew….i need another drink!

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right-wing ridiculousness – part 175…

13 Sep 2009 by admin

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.

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the president’s education speech…

08 Sep 2009 by admin

wow! after listening to that speech, i’m scared to death for the mental health of my children. i think they will turn into socialistic, brainwashed little soldiers who will mindlessly do the bidding of this marxist democratic president….

ugh…just kidding.

i think that republicans/right-wingers hate obama (and democrats) so much that they will be against ANYTHING this administration tryies to do whether in the public’s best interest or not.

why is asking a student what they can do to help the president a bad thing? these righties are saying it’s just another way to brainwash the kids. it’s another way for obama to push his agenda.

HOLD ON! if this is a potential assignment given by teachers after hearing obama’s speech wouldn’t parents then see this assignment and have the potential to look it over and help the students craft their homework? couldn’t parents help the children to understand the views the parents may hold? why would kids necessarily be indoctrinated and begin to suggest socialist programs?

isn’t it possible that if parents are spending time explaining their world views to their children, perhaps the kids would suggest some of those views in their homework assignment?

or maybe it’s that these right-wingers aren’t spending time explaining their family values to their children. maybe these kids have no idea what their parents stand for because their parents are too busy shouting down what the other side believes in rather than giving solutions.

typical of the right…trash what the left wants to do without suggesting any ideas of their own. always the party of no!

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the president at school…

04 Sep 2009 by admin

how disingenuous these righties are regarding the president’s speech to school children! it’s not unprecedented as i’ve heard stated repeatedly. it’s not even unusual. presidents have used technology as it’s become available. 25 years ago when reagan was president, this just wasn’t an easy possibility. presidents regularly speak to school children.

(now i know that bush only read a story to the kids but you have to keep the speeches at the intelligence level of the speaker and an elementary book was all he could handle.)

i do agree that asking ‘how you can help the president’ is a poor choice of words. it sounds like a plea for assistance in pushing an agenda. i would hope that what they meant was how can you be involved in the government.

every year in school we had to write some type of essay about the government. (what needed to be done. why our government is great, etc…) i am fully behind any assignment that would help my kids get involved in our governmental processes.

i wish these righties would just come out and say it in plain speak. you don’t want your kids to hear from a democrat in general…obama specifically. you would like to keep your indoctrination inside the home. fine…keep your kids home. don’t deprive my children of being involved in seeing what their government is all about.

i guess this all comes from sour grapes. after adulterous newt promised a republican revolution and piggy rove promised a permanent republican majority, it must be a disappointment to realize they screwed it all up. i’m not so stupid as to think the democrats will be in power forever or even for the next 8 years. i do, however, realize that holding the governing process hostage because you’re pissed that you’re a minority is childish! democrats may have disagreed strenuously with what bush was doing but it did NOT require a 60 vote majority every time he wanted something done! the dems were smart enough to use that awesome power responsibly…when it was very important. repugs are causing great harm to the governing process all for sour grapes. it’s sad, childish and irresponsible.

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