My visit to the ER yesterday

[OwnedByCats]

96. The system is definitely

broken, big time. Yes the vets are going the same way, I just don't know what the solution is for them specifically. I also would have more pets if I didn't have to worry about whether I could afford vet care. It sucks, it really does. As it is my cat will get better care than me for the foreseeable future. I care more about my cat than I do myself so that's my choice if it comes down to care for him, or for me.

I think there is plenty of blame to go around in this whole mess. How we fix it, for a start if we didn't send billions overseas we might have a fighting chance on providing care for everyone. I'm sure we could find other things that we could stop spending money on that we should only be spending if our economy was doing great. But of course, that would just be too easy I guess.

How to cap the costs of drugs, medical supplies, equipment, and what not, I don't know but I'm sure our government would have a problem with anything that was remotely practical.

I think also we are much on the same page about these issues really, as you said. I wouldn't mind paying for healthcare if it was reasonable but it's not even in the same ball park of reasonable now, not even on the same planet. My parents used to have excellent health insurance. My dad's company that he worked for (Lockheed Martin) changed to a cheaper policy. Well you know what that means. Their premiums went up, their copays went up and at the beginning of this year their premiums went up again, another 30%. My father is out on sick leave, probably going to retire because he's got more problems than anyone I know. He still has 3 years to wait for Medicare. He had a nasty infection on his leg (he's diabetic, along with arthritic and heart issues) and he went to a specialist. He saw the Dr. for 5 minutes - he dressed the wound and took a skin sample to test for cancer. The bill was $2,000 and his insurance won't pay for any of it. He's had to go back there several times and with him on the verge of retiring early, I don't know how he's going to pay for all this crap. It's truly a very scary time. And yes it appears to me lawyer and doctor wife may be a bit out of touch here. Not everyone has a money tree, you know?

With the cat food, I see your point. I guess as long as your cat has not had any issues so far and your vet thinks that's what you should use, what can you do? Stick with it for now really. I know you wouldn't want to rock the boat with her health. You can bet if Monsanto is involved in any if the ingredients, it's crap lol - that's my nervous lol, not that I think it's genuinely funny!

I guess we're all feeling the effects of such an uncertain future. You know, can't help wonder when it's all going to come to a head and how bad.