Happy Independance Day!

[rayvyn2k]

To all the Americans on my f-list. To the Brits--erm, God Save the Queen? Ahem. Sorry about that whole Revolution thing. Really, it probably would have been better for everyone if we'd just stayed part of the Empire. But you can't have everything.

Anyway-- droxy posting "Stars and Stripes Forever" led me to YouTube to try to find other patriotic music and this was the best of the lot:

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[droxy.livejournal.com]

I have a HC account, then nice thing is I can put away money before taxes and it rolls over. This is automatic 20% discount on care. I am throwing as much money as possible into that, because when the law kicks in I will be 55, which is a cut off in the actuarial tables. I wish it was a case of something is better than nothing, but it's really not. It heavily penalizes people with existing insurance and also those who don't opt in (can't or wont pay for insurance), and makes it unlawful to self insure. The HC law may put charity hospitals out of business do to "community group governence" requirements, which seems oxymoronic because these folks provide services to the poor! (sounds like a power and liberty grab by the nanny state to me, but that's opinion) I know reading the law is an effing chore. But it is important to really understand what it is.

Part of the high cost is consumers don't research HC like they would to buy a car. I read in consumer's reports that there are ways to get 20K surgeries for 1,500 (e.g outpatient). The costs of cat scans varies, a lot.

I agree, if you are going to social HC, they should have just went whole hog on it. Frankly, I'd liek to see the whole health insurance industry just go away and we go back to cash on this, services were much cheaper when insurance did not exist.

We the people can, if we the people all paid one dollar into a citizen lobby group for one cause and one cause only. Because money talks and bullshit walks and it doesnt matter what party it is.

FWIW this wont get repealed. Govt likes to grow.

[rayvyn2k.livejournal.com]

Ain't that the truth?