I am SO SICK of government wrangling and infighting on this issue. I have a plan to get this fixed, NOW....
The elected officials in this country (USA) are sitting on the best health care plan available. They are paid $50K or more and get lots of "perks" for being elected...
1) Freeze all elected official's assets.
That means the dog catcher to the president - anyone who is elected into their office, freeze their assets. No income, nothing to sell, nothing to use as backup...
2) Reduce their pay to $1800-$2200 a month with NO BENEFITS
This means no health care, high taxes, no vacation, no travel benefits, nothing.
Let's see how fast they figure out how to provide health care then...
I heard an objection - Saying this legislation will reduce the quality of health care
PUH LEEZ!!!!
We have one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world.
We have more obesity, more diabetes, more heart disease, and more cancer, than just about any other country in the world.
Our medications are overpriced and hard to cover with insurance, much less pay for if you have no insurance.
Don't tell me about the quality of health care in this country. That's pure bullshit!
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Test Results
All my test results were good. That's good and bad. It's good that there was nothing found, bad because we don't know why I'm feeling so poorly.
More meds, add a vitamin regimen, see what happens in a month. "Modern" medicine is a pain!
Maybe I'm just getting old. Both my parents are gone, so I can't ask them what getting older is like. I don't get to ask them about bodily functions - not that we ever talked about that while they were alive anyway...
More meds, add a vitamin regimen, see what happens in a month. "Modern" medicine is a pain!
Maybe I'm just getting old. Both my parents are gone, so I can't ask them what getting older is like. I don't get to ask them about bodily functions - not that we ever talked about that while they were alive anyway...
A blessed day off!
I actually have no where to be today. I don't have to work, at work or on the house, and I got to sleep in. What a treasure!
I do have things to do - of course! Laundry, housekeeping type stuff, packing for the move, and a meeting.
I've been deciding which meeting to go to - downtown at noon or tonight. I think noon - I'm missing a headlight and can't have it replaced till next week, so that would be my best bet.
I've gotten all my clothes all dirty and stinky with the work I've been doing at the house, so I need to do a couple of small loads today. I need more change, of course, so I'll pop by the bank after meeting and get a roll of quarters.
I also need more get-well cards. My aunt is in rehab with a broken arm (she's 81) and I started sending her a card a week - for a few weeks anyway. She wrote and told me she loved them and the staff howled with laughter at the cards (laughter is the best medicine) so I need to stop by a dollar store and get about 12 more of them. She will be there for at least another 6 weeks, and these stores are the least expensive option.
Who knows - maybe I'll even get the e-zine done for my site today! That would be a wonderful use of time!
I do have things to do - of course! Laundry, housekeeping type stuff, packing for the move, and a meeting.
I've been deciding which meeting to go to - downtown at noon or tonight. I think noon - I'm missing a headlight and can't have it replaced till next week, so that would be my best bet.
I've gotten all my clothes all dirty and stinky with the work I've been doing at the house, so I need to do a couple of small loads today. I need more change, of course, so I'll pop by the bank after meeting and get a roll of quarters.
I also need more get-well cards. My aunt is in rehab with a broken arm (she's 81) and I started sending her a card a week - for a few weeks anyway. She wrote and told me she loved them and the staff howled with laughter at the cards (laughter is the best medicine) so I need to stop by a dollar store and get about 12 more of them. She will be there for at least another 6 weeks, and these stores are the least expensive option.
Who knows - maybe I'll even get the e-zine done for my site today! That would be a wonderful use of time!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Health Care and Work
This is a political statement - if you don't want to read it, don't...
I've been employed at a couple of places in the last 7-10 years that "downsized" and actually moved the bulk of their payroll overseas - or at least out of the US. The reason for this, was the cost of health care.
Yes, health care.
This was several years ago, and these outfits needed to cut costs. A way to do that, was to move their payroll to a country with Universal Health Care. It slashed their payroll costs. They laid off over 700 people in one case, and moved to Canada.
Canada has Universal Health Care. It's part of the income tax. It's nationalized. Whether it needs to be fixed or if it is causing a bottleneck, I don't know. I just know that 700 people here were out of work.
We need Universal Health Care. Pay for it out of income tax. Provide it for ALL people. Get rid of the insurance companies that are rationing health care. Sure, some folks need more care than others - that is the nature of health care.
Pay bonuses for staying healthy and not using health care, if you have to. Financial incentives work!
I've been employed at a couple of places in the last 7-10 years that "downsized" and actually moved the bulk of their payroll overseas - or at least out of the US. The reason for this, was the cost of health care.
Yes, health care.
This was several years ago, and these outfits needed to cut costs. A way to do that, was to move their payroll to a country with Universal Health Care. It slashed their payroll costs. They laid off over 700 people in one case, and moved to Canada.
Canada has Universal Health Care. It's part of the income tax. It's nationalized. Whether it needs to be fixed or if it is causing a bottleneck, I don't know. I just know that 700 people here were out of work.
We need Universal Health Care. Pay for it out of income tax. Provide it for ALL people. Get rid of the insurance companies that are rationing health care. Sure, some folks need more care than others - that is the nature of health care.
Pay bonuses for staying healthy and not using health care, if you have to. Financial incentives work!
Someone's downfall
I stayed with a woman (call her K) - rented a room - for about 3 months several years ago. She kept saying things that hurt and verbally attacking me, so I pulled my typical passive/aggressive stuff and made myself need to move - which is what I wanted to do but didn't know how to verbalize at the time.
Well, K is getting her come-uppance right now. Not for what went on between us, but for years of behavior that have built up a history of deception, cheating, unethical practices and so on. It's hard not to gloat.
I ran into someone a few weeks ago who bought her house and we started talking. We didn't even know these ties when we met! God truly puts the right person in your life at the right time. She's validating my experience with K. My part is still my part, but I wasn't crazy - it truly was a crazy situation. My behavior was coping behavior, and because of this validation, I can be much easier on myself for my part in things.
I prayed this morning that K will have a soft place to fall. I know she needs to go through this, but I hope she doesn't completely come undone. I know that she's in the heart of the universe, that God has her in his hand, and so on...
It just shows that the laws of Karma are still in play. This is the stuff she sowed, she is now reaping the harvest. Truly, we gather ten times or more what we sow.
She's in deep doodoo- literally! Septic tanks included...
It's SO hard not to gloat!
Well, K is getting her come-uppance right now. Not for what went on between us, but for years of behavior that have built up a history of deception, cheating, unethical practices and so on. It's hard not to gloat.
I ran into someone a few weeks ago who bought her house and we started talking. We didn't even know these ties when we met! God truly puts the right person in your life at the right time. She's validating my experience with K. My part is still my part, but I wasn't crazy - it truly was a crazy situation. My behavior was coping behavior, and because of this validation, I can be much easier on myself for my part in things.
I prayed this morning that K will have a soft place to fall. I know she needs to go through this, but I hope she doesn't completely come undone. I know that she's in the heart of the universe, that God has her in his hand, and so on...
It just shows that the laws of Karma are still in play. This is the stuff she sowed, she is now reaping the harvest. Truly, we gather ten times or more what we sow.
She's in deep doodoo- literally! Septic tanks included...
It's SO hard not to gloat!
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