"And yes, as someone who is self-employed and only BARELY getting by right now, *I* cannot afford proper healthcare. I barely maintain my thyroid treatment. I can't even go to a dentist. Even signing up for an Dental HMO, at $25 a month (very affordable), I need over $3,000 worth of dental work because a filling cracked between two teeth, and they want to pull both of them out and give me a root canal and a then a crown.
Damn right this country needs to do SOMETHING to fix healthcare. I don't know what either, I'm not smart enough to come up with a plan. That's why I'm not running for president." Erika, I hear you loud and clear ... my husband WORKS for a division of United HealthCare and because my prescriptions for my allergies and asthma are so ridiculously expensive, we can either pay for those or pay for preventive care (but not both), and god help us if we should have an emergency room visit or need extensive care for some reason. Every year our benefits have decreased and our deductibles/premiums have increased. He's worked there 5 years and we pay about 40% more than we did when he started. And that's for EMPLOYEES of UHC. How f'ed up is THAT? -----Original Message----- From: Erika L. Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 3:12 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Differences between Obama and Hillary Agreed, doctor's, pharmaceutical companies and the government make affordable healthcare almost a fairytale dream. But: we all need healthcare. And the system, being what it is and has been ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253726 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
