Once again, my opion - read disclaimer on previous post.
I have come to the conclusion that we don't need Obamacare, House or Senatecare, or any other "care" that the goverment cares to thrust upon us. What needs done is a complete overview, review, redo, whatever, of the insurance industry.
Dealing with doctors as much as I now do, sometimes on a daily basis, I don't believe they're out to get us, screw us, manipulate us, or whatever they've been accused of. Granted, there's always a bad apple in the barrel, but the whole barrel isn't rotten. I understand some folks have had bad experiences, but I've learned to speak up and tell the medical personel that it's my body and enough can be enough.
That said, I've learned that doctors can no longer do what they think is best for their patients. Just because they want to, the insurance companies don't let them. There is a person or people at the insurance companies that feel they know more about you than the doctor that has been treating you for several years. They look at a few papers and decide what you need. This practice is obscene at best.
Those of us with chronic illness know full well about nausea, vomiting, pain of every kind, and the frustration of hearing the doctor say, "There is nothing more I can do. The most recent _______ (fill in blank) has not been approved by the FDA so just do what you can with what you have." I have seen the "I'm so sorry" look in my doctor's eyes so many times, I'm beginning to feel sorry for them when I have to make an appointment.
Why have we allowed the insurance companies to carry our nuts in a sack, and threaten to squash them whenever we dare question? It's time to wake up, speak up, SHOUT if we have to, but get our rights back. It's our bodies, it's our health. Call your Representatives, Senators, whomever you think will listen. The more we yell, the sooner we'll start being thought of before the insurance companies when it comes to our healthcare.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Made Me Say, "Wow, Really?"
Ok, so I've started a new blog. There seems to be a lot going on in the world and anyone and everyone who knows me at all, knows I have an opinion on everything. This is my place to give it so my friends can have a break. As I said, this is only my opinion, strictly mine. If you're offended, so what. If you get mad, so what. If you unfriend me, a big so what!! I appreciate any and all comments, but I don't care if you're hurt, mad, offended, fat, ugly, etc. This is not to be taken personally by anyone.
First one - prepare yourself, here it comes:
Today has been a horrible day for the city of Chardon. A child went into a school, shot 5 kids. 1 dead, 3 critical (as of this writing). Cleveland news has been covering this all day. It's now on all the major news networks, and all over the internet.
I've been reading comments on Facebook. Here are a few actual quotes, "...glad the shooter is dead", "...he'll get away with it, just spend his life in a psych ward", "...where are his parents...", "...this kid is nothing but a piece of s**t...". There are also many, many comments to the families and friends giving support, and prayers. Everyone is entitled to express their thoughts. I'm totally supportive of our free speech rights.
After reading all this, hearing it all day on the news, and getting phone calls from people who didn't think I knew about it, the comments that totally blew me away - I mean jaw dropping had to sit down a moment kind of shock - were the comments I overheard coming from a group of local high school students. Here are actual quotes (I wrote them down so I wouldn't forget them), "...ha ha ha the kid looks like such a loser...", "...if you missed school in Chardon today, you dodged a bullet", "...he only shot 5? There were more than that standing around...", "...what's the big deal, this happens all the time, it just happened in New Hampshire in the beginning of the month."
The last comment took my breath away. Are our kids becoming so hardened by the horrible moments that happen in life they're incapable of being shocked anymore? Are they becoming so cold to what's "wrong" they're losing what's "right"? Has the world become so evil it's becoming impossible to teach our kids that something like this should never happen?
I know the first thing is to blame the parents. Where were they? What kind of life did they give this kid? blah blah blah blah - we hear it all the time. Well, maybe it's time we start to say, seriously, "Hey, where ARE the parents?" "What kind of life DID they give this kid?" You have to have a license to drive a car, own a dog, sell real estate, even have a garage sale (around here). Anyone can pop out a kid, no questions asked. Well I think it's about freakin' time someone started asking questions. I'm not trying to take complete responsibility away from this apparently disturbed child who more than likely needs serious psychiatric help, however, why didn't he know not to do something like this? Why didn't he know there are lines that you just don't cross?
We need to start bringing the parents in on this immorality. The parents and any adult this child had contact with. What happened? Where did they go wrong? Where did we as a society fail this child and how can we keep from continuing to fail our children? How many kids, teachers, people have to die before someone, anyone, stands up and says - enough? How can we, as a society, sit back and allow the violence, filth, and absolute vulgarity that passes for entertainment, drown our children? We have to set the standards. We have to say NO from time to time. We have to teach them true right from wrong, and we have to start NOW. We have to make sure they know they're loved and supported by us and that they have a place to go, someone to talk to, before life becomes to much to bear and something happens. They have to know, and it's up to us to teach them.
First one - prepare yourself, here it comes:
Today has been a horrible day for the city of Chardon. A child went into a school, shot 5 kids. 1 dead, 3 critical (as of this writing). Cleveland news has been covering this all day. It's now on all the major news networks, and all over the internet.
I've been reading comments on Facebook. Here are a few actual quotes, "...glad the shooter is dead", "...he'll get away with it, just spend his life in a psych ward", "...where are his parents...", "...this kid is nothing but a piece of s**t...". There are also many, many comments to the families and friends giving support, and prayers. Everyone is entitled to express their thoughts. I'm totally supportive of our free speech rights.
After reading all this, hearing it all day on the news, and getting phone calls from people who didn't think I knew about it, the comments that totally blew me away - I mean jaw dropping had to sit down a moment kind of shock - were the comments I overheard coming from a group of local high school students. Here are actual quotes (I wrote them down so I wouldn't forget them), "...ha ha ha the kid looks like such a loser...", "...if you missed school in Chardon today, you dodged a bullet", "...he only shot 5? There were more than that standing around...", "...what's the big deal, this happens all the time, it just happened in New Hampshire in the beginning of the month."
The last comment took my breath away. Are our kids becoming so hardened by the horrible moments that happen in life they're incapable of being shocked anymore? Are they becoming so cold to what's "wrong" they're losing what's "right"? Has the world become so evil it's becoming impossible to teach our kids that something like this should never happen?
I know the first thing is to blame the parents. Where were they? What kind of life did they give this kid? blah blah blah blah - we hear it all the time. Well, maybe it's time we start to say, seriously, "Hey, where ARE the parents?" "What kind of life DID they give this kid?" You have to have a license to drive a car, own a dog, sell real estate, even have a garage sale (around here). Anyone can pop out a kid, no questions asked. Well I think it's about freakin' time someone started asking questions. I'm not trying to take complete responsibility away from this apparently disturbed child who more than likely needs serious psychiatric help, however, why didn't he know not to do something like this? Why didn't he know there are lines that you just don't cross?
We need to start bringing the parents in on this immorality. The parents and any adult this child had contact with. What happened? Where did they go wrong? Where did we as a society fail this child and how can we keep from continuing to fail our children? How many kids, teachers, people have to die before someone, anyone, stands up and says - enough? How can we, as a society, sit back and allow the violence, filth, and absolute vulgarity that passes for entertainment, drown our children? We have to set the standards. We have to say NO from time to time. We have to teach them true right from wrong, and we have to start NOW. We have to make sure they know they're loved and supported by us and that they have a place to go, someone to talk to, before life becomes to much to bear and something happens. They have to know, and it's up to us to teach them.
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