Health Care Bill = Health Crisis
Terri Carlson wants her 15 minutes of fame and she wants publicity. Well, I give her publicity here and on Twitter. Just not the kind she wants. She lives in California and has been setting up YouTube videos to find herself a husband. Some may think this a novel idea. She doesn’t want a husband to love, nor does she want his money. Ms. Carlson is looking for a man to marry her and add her to his insurance. She completed a segment on the CBS Morning Show this morning again, begging for a husband. She did not say what her medical condition is, but on her YouTube this morning before taking her flight she showed she was taking her medical test results with her as proof that the is ill. She is averring that she, a professed Republican, should be the poster child for President Obama’s health care reform bill. She has a job working for a disabilities group, but they do not offer health insurance. She has been buying Cobra Insurance (which everyone will attest to is very expensive), but it runs out in a year. She feels she must marry someone within a year and be added to his insurance in order to maintain her health care.
Ms. Carlson wants to see the entire bill go through so she will not be denied health care. I sent her a note via her website. I spelled out how she is wrong. This is a selfish act on her part. I believe that she is aware of this. She keeps stating this is all fer HER to be able to get benefits. She does not have other people in mind as she sets out on her talk show arena. I have blogged in the past about this health care reform bill. I have read more of it than the politicians we are relying on to vote on our behalf. The only good thing in the bill as it is written is the section that will make it illegal for insurance companies to deny someone benefits due to a pre-existing condition. However, Ms. Carlson does not take into consideration that this bill will force everyone to buy insurance even if they cannot afford it. Yes, there will be some allowance, but they are not very good ones.
In order for this to work, the government needs to revamp many areas, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. President Obama has had one goal since running for office ~ Health Care Reform. I watched him and listened to him as I was in favor of this myself. I did not give into the belief that his reform would bring about euthanasia. I did not listen to anyone but Mr. Obama. Unfortunately, it was his words during his address to the Senate in September that turned me against his bill. He is in a hurry to get this through in order to help a few people he has been trying to help since he first went into politics. However, he too has missed the big picture, the helping of ALL Americans. Until all Americans, or at least the largest population of Americans can benefit, this bill needs to be rewritten. Doctors can increase their costs for people without insurance while charging insurance companies the minimal. Alcoholics can get disability when alcoholism is their only disability, but people with heart disease and Meniere’s Disease cannot. This is not a perfect country and the government only wants to put a coat of paint on a decaying wall.