Healthcare Blues

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.