Sicko

i'm not saying that we're completely broken. or beyond hope. i just think we should start to stand for a change. a change that ensures EQUAL healthcare for everyone whether they're rich or poor, black or white, adult or child. so many healthcare horrors. each person's story stamped with denied:
"i was denied coverage because according to my insurance company you're just not supposed to develop cervical cancer @ 22."
"they called it a pre-existing condition."
"they would not help my seizing daughter @ this hospital, because my insurance company would not pay for it. she died upon arrival at one that would."
"they did not pay for my ambulance ride to the hospital after my head on collision because it was not pre-approved. when was i supposed to call to get pre-approval? after i regained consciousness in the ambulance? should i have crawled out of my car and picked my cell phone up off the road?"
"i volunteered on 9/11. now the government will not help pay for the respitory conditions i developed as a result. they say i'm a hero but deny me."

i have some respect for the original plan of hmo's. it had promise. it had hope. it opted to give people the choice to seek out the best medical treatment they could find. it promised doctors the right to practice wherever they wanted.

but things have gotten out of hand. and the plan has become tainted. dirty. and too many insurance companies have blood on their hands from the people they have denied to save the company money.

but wouldn't we all be better off if we instituted another plan. one that encouraged better health. for instance, great britan's doctors get bonuses when their patients are healthier - reduced cholestorol, weight lost, stopped smoking. instead our plan rewards the insurance companies by denying coverage. making the american people worse off in health & $.

our plan just seems ass backwards at this point.

helping so little @ such a great expense.