From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] The future of eldercare in the US
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:17:15 -0400
From: "Leslie" <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>
And people who previously couldn't afford insurance now >have to PAY
insurance premiums,,,,,,, uh with what money?
(Regardless if full or reduced rates.)
Yeah, that's the part that gets me. Simply legislating that everyone has to
have health insurance isn't the answer. I've signed up for Medicaid to avoid
being forced into spending money I don't have on something I don't want.
Medicaid has already started nagging me to get this check-up or that
screening, but they are easily ignored.
It actually DOES feel good to know that I can be mangled in a farm accident
and go to the hospital without losing everything I own. Other than setting
broken bones and stiching up cuts, I have little faith in Western medicine,
and my health care is generally through alternatives that aren't covered by
insurance.
Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA
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