Health Care Reform, Now!

Okay, I am really tired of the heated town hall meetings and senior citizens carrying protests signs talking about death panels and working people with insurance fussing about losing coverage. And, small business owners complaining ab0ut the costs of providing health insurance to their employees. So, here is a real health care story that may help you make a decision about your vote. When I was 23 years old, I was between jobs and not in school. I had a severe asthma attack and wound up in the hospital. With no health care coverage, the bills began to pile up. I ended up checking myself out of the hospital after 2 days so that I wouldn't cause more burden to the tax payers of Hampton Roads, Against my doctors advise, I opted out of continued a continued hospital stay, which would have probably corrected the problem and cleared up the congestion in my lungs because of MONEY! Now, I have health coverage thr0ugh my employer. Prescription costs rose from $25 to $40 and the new insurance may not cover an asthma treatment that will significantly improve my quality of life. People, I want to be able to jog. Albeit a slog jog, I want to run. Without this treatment, I will be stuck with using the same old inhalants, pills and allergy shots. The experts predict that with0ut health care reform, our costs (out of pocket) will Folk, we are NOT going to be able to afford to pay our part of the premium for health care if we don't get the costs in check. I trust (some what) my health care providers to know what is best for me and my family. I trust my congressmen (some what) to do the best job they can for me and my family. Read the legislation on health care reform for yourself. Don't rely on television commercials and l0lobbyists to keep y0u informed on this important issue. Thank you for listening and reading.