Originally posted by: theblackbox
So, back in August I left my job of 7 years with a software company and then we sold our vet clinic and moved to the beach in SC. We are patiently waiting for the end of march when we will start the 2007 thru hike of the a.t.
When I left the software company, I gave up my health insurance, which covered my wife as well with no pre-exisitng conditions. She is diabetic.
Since we are both unemployed right now, gainfully unemployed that is, we went to get individual insurance and we were told that my wife could not get covered under insurance unless she joined a ship, which was well over 500 bucks a month just for her. They said as a consellaion, it would be cheap to insure me.
Historically, I've always been fairly conservative when it comes to government, and liberal when it comes to personal issues such as abortion, drugs, and the such.
I almost dropped dead in the chair when they said this to us about my wife. I was amazed and sickened that our fat cow of an insurance system wouldn't take my money, and add to their bankroll. All we wanted was catastrophic. thats it, no rx, nothing...just in case.
when i left the agents office, i decided there and then that the policy of empowerment i had always preached was at an end, I have decided that now i live for entitlement. I now am looking foward to the chance of government sponsored health care, howevert slim. I want my part of this country, what i always gave year to year in taxes i want back.
so now i have decided i will support the liberal agenda, vote democratic from here out and fight for my hard earned benefits i deserve now we both have no jobs...
My wife pointed out something funny to me, she said " you notice when we were working and paying taxes (a lot of), we were conservative, now, we don't work, we're liberal."
I thought about it and ironically she was right.
The government has screwed the pooch with the insurance industry, and now i see that. Now i'll wait and hopefuly collect what i deserve, as does every other american.
until then, our catrostrophic insurance will be the same as south of the border. If we need something, we'll use the emergency room, i will be a ward of the state, whichever state i am in at the time.