We the People, no matter our disagreements, are not "Morally Bankrupt"... [View all]

[ScreamingMeemie]

Last edited Mon Dec 19, 2011, 01:33 AM - Edit history (2)

But our government is. In my opinion, on all sides.

It is not moral to withhold affordable health insurance and proper care to any of the citizens of a nation that claims greatness. It is also not moral to pass a law that offers health insurance and care to slightly more than that country did before, while still leaving out the many who need it most. It is not moral to allow health insurance companies to skip through a loophole in said law and discontinue singular insurance policies to healthy children in order to not insure any children, on their own, sick or well (my son now has temporary catastrophic insurance, while perfectly healthy, because I am a pre-exister who cannot obtain affordable-with deductible-high risk insurance for herself. If I could, he still would not be covered under it). This is not moral. This is not crying for a pony. This is asking for a chance to survive to see my son reach adulthood...to not leave him an orphan.

And it is okay to be angry because of it... and I am. And I will remain so.

It is not moral, in this country for a woman to pay, out of pocket $100 to her previous doctor for her records, scrimp and save for the money for a Remicade treatment, attempt to schedule an appointment, and be turned away because, even with records, she must have a standing relationship with an in-state, in-house doctor. It is not moral to make a previously compliant (flare free) patient jump through hoops to obtain basic medical service.

What is moral? Tripling my life insurance (because it is much cheaper on a term policy) so that my son will not become a burden on the government that feels burdened with the thought of offering true relief to long time pre-existers, at affordable prices. That is what I was always taught was moral. Taking care of one's own. So I do. But I don't have to be happy with my government while doing so...and I can sit in judgment of them...and hope for the "more" (which isn't so very much) that they talked about on the stump. I can do that. And others can do otherwise. And that's okay. And no one should be put down for it. On either side.

And if you should feel tempted to respond with, "So who are you going to vote for?" Please don't bother. Don't add insult to the already insulted. It wasn't you that insulted me, it was the elected people I had such hope for. Also, you would have missed my point.

Have a good night DU