Well, I just can't win for losing, with the American health care system.
I went back on disability, so I could regain my health--or, at least find out what the hell is actually wrong with me, why I am feeling so rubbish, these days, and why I keep getting ill, of late.
Yeah, well, now that I've finally begun seeing a doctor/going for tests regularly, it's costing me a small fortune, so I'm pretty much in the same financial boat now, as I was before I was on social security.
The money's going out, faster than it's coming in. Not just medicine and cab fare and co-pays, but the hospital bills from this past winter...ouch! In my bill drawer, I have from the local hospital, a $1000+ bill, a $300 plus bill, a $234 bill and Saturday got a $160 dollar invoice. And that's just for the hospital/ER!
I also have bills from the orthopedest from last year that I'm still trying to pay, bills from specialists and from the health centre where I go for my general care.
The cab fare to all these visits (and cab fare has gone up a dollar or two in the last month alone) runs between ten and twenty-five dollars, per. Add in $20 to $40 in co-pays, and $10 to $50 and up for each medicine, not to mention the cost of over-the-counter meds (such as my iron pills) that the doctor prescribes....can't move for all the bills.
I make too much for state public health insurance, I don't work enough hours for the new (and rather expensive) emloyer-provided insurance, and don't qualifiy, because I work part-time, for New York state's private health insurance plan. I don't even qualify for the health centre's sliding fee plan! All I have is medicare, which Bush and Congress has cut-cut-cut to pay for their precious war and other nonsense that has nothing to do with providing Americans with a decent quality of life.
NHS may have its problems, but at least you don't go without to pay for it. Too many Americans have to give up things they enjoy--even food and other basic necessities, just to pay for medical care. One wonders why we even bother, because if we can't afford to enjoy even the simplilest things in life, what's the purpose of even living, any longer?
America is no longer about freedom and democracy. It's about greed and selfishness.
sweetladyjane
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"It's about greed and selfishness"
Too true.