For the past year I have watched more pundits discuss the topic of health care reform on the various news channels. The more I watch the more confused I am. We currently have the worst kind of health coverage through my husbands job. Each month we pay a lot of money only to have the very basic of coverage. I should actually say we pay a lot for basically no coverage. We rarely go to the doctor's, and when we do, after paying the co-pay end up getting a large bill through from the doctor's office because our insurance will not cover it. We finally decided that it just was not worth it. We would be better off saving the 100's of dollars we pay each month for no coverage, and paying the doctor directly.
Well this morning my husband decided to cancel our coverage and was informed by the insurance company that "he could not cancel the policy" The woman was rude and obnoxious, vague and basically could not care less. My husbands only option was to quit his job to cancel this policy. I was aghast! and yes really quite angry.
We know the system in place is FAR from perfect, but come on. I originate from the UK where the National Health Service is in tatters. I could go on about the horrible treatment and the disgusting conditions of the British hospitals, but have you got all day?
I am sceptical about the real reasons for Washington wanting to take over 1/6 of our economy, is it really to help fix the problems? Health insurance is a mess, but still the quality of health care available is far superior to the UK. The problem is not with the care in the USA but with the chronic insurance options. I am in no way in support of a government take over of health care, but wish they would fix the real problems that is the insurance industry.
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