patient observation

You got to hand it to the girl, (Betina) she does her research. I'm too jaded now. Everything you try to research always has so many extremely opposing views, what's a person to do? Where can you go for real answers? and who would listen if you found them?

I have a personal experience with cancer, not from smoking, because I don't smoke. So without research and without a solution I might just say what I observed.

In my area I think quality health care is only available 3 hours away. But the drive is nice. My husband has good insurance, for now, but we are all frightened about job security. While sitting daily in the waiting areas for Radiation treatment, insurance and cost was often the topic of discussion. Now this facility treats everyone equally and many of the nurses and other staff have said that is why they love working there. It is a great place and I don't think you could find any better. But the patients are still left with the terrible burden of sky high medical bills. As a side point, I never received a bill from one of the labs and before my treatment was even completed a collection agency was contacting me. You know, here you are dealing with a very difficult situation and the Doctors tell you to try not to worry because it is not good for you and some bill collector calls making things so much worse. Well, after expressing my anger to the lab and pointing out to them that they were the only ones who had my address and phone wrong I simply paid it in full.

I am lucky, I was able to. But the premium my husband and the co-contribution from the company is outrageous. Combined I think it is $1400 a month! for just my husband and myself! And the future is not looking good here in Wyoming so I fear we might loose our insurance also.

Anyway, in the waiting areas I found my self truly sympathetic to those without coverage or inadequate coverage. I found myself wishing the Government would do something. What, I don't know. I don't want quality to decline or costs to increase, I don't want taxed more but that won't matter if we all loose our jobs. But I don't have any answers.

Like Betina I feel defeated and we all will die. There is a line I like in a song Jewel sings, "In the end only kindness matters."

Lets look out for each other, I don't think think the Government can even if it wants to. I watched the President last night,and liked what he had to say, I guess, but I'm not sure he really "said" anything. I don't have any faith in the ability to implement any of his plans, truth is I don't believe anything any politician says. Like I said, I'm too jaded. I watched Obama, he seems so nice. He's seems so rehearsed, too well prepared. I don't think he has any answers, no one does. He sure danced around enough to sound like he was answering the allowed and planned questions. I am jaded.