Comments on: My letter to President Obama

By: Susannah

Susannah — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:12:57 +0000

OMG, the statement toward the end of that article about paying for benefits for “illegal aliens” gives me shivers down my spine. That is just scary stuff :(
It is interesting to me that the protestors on Medicare were happy with the coverage. I work with some people who simply do not understand how it works at all so they don’t use it. It is not an easy system to understand without inside help. My ex (who is 32 years old and has Medicare and Medicare’s supplemental insurance) does not like it but can’t get coverage elsewhere. I wonder if the “supplemental insurance” the people in the article were talking about is the Medicare supplemental insurance. Hmmm.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:59:35 +0000

It drives me nuts that all the Republicans do is criticize the public plan and don’t provide any solution for the uninsured Americans.

Read a good article about how protesters are on Medicare and happy with it, but don’t want the same type of coverage for those under 65. Government-run health care doesn’t seem to be a problem for them personally.

http://crosscut.com/2009/08/18/health-medicine/19171/?pagejump=1

By: Arwyn

Arwyn — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:47:01 +0000

That’s strange, because detached and bewildered is pretty much how I feel. But I think the detachment is self defense, or I’d start losing it, and screaming in the streets, because it’s simply unfathomable that a “public option” is even in question at this point.

Thus my letter: which, incidentally, was the first time I’ve actually written my government representatives (I sent copies to my Senators and Congresspersons as well) in, oh, a decade. I guess blogging is good for something! (Good practice to bloviate about a subject on which I feel quite passionately.)

By: Susannah

Susannah — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:47:59 +0000

I can’t even begin to put to words how much I hope and am counting on Obama and his administration to overhaul our health care system. I am blessed to have medical insurance through my employer, cover my son on this plan, and covered my ex on the plan while we were together. At this point if any one of us were to lose the coverage we currently have we would be ineligible for a private plan (each one of us for a different reason). The only option for any of us would be OMIP, which a friend just told me for her family of four would cost nearly $1300 a month. Cost-prohibitive does not even begin to describe the first thought that came to my mind when I heard that. It is high time that everyone has access to health care – whether they can afford it or not.

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:27:09 +0000

I’m Canadian, so I’m watching this unfold from a place of some detachment, but also bewilderment at the idea that anyone would be denied coverage. I’m really hoping that Obama is able to pull off some real change. Health care is a basic human right, it’s so long past time that all Americans had access to it.

By: maria

maria — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:44:54 +0000

hear, hear!