Why are people suprised?

[Aikman_TheGreat]

A few things

I was for the sales tax that was proposed during the campaign by what's his name:) I was for it 10 years ago when Ventura proposed it in a speech I heard. Instead of the current tax system.

I'm poor I made 14,000 last year, it's not from lack of trying it's circumstances. I got a 4.1 In high school and a 3.9 my first year of college before I had to drop out for family reasons.

I paid 900.00 in federal taxes on my 14,000 dollars not to mention state, social security etc. I brought home about 600.00 a month.

I applied for help with healthcare and was turned down because I was told you had to

1. Work over 100 hours a month and make under 500.00 a month
2. Have a drug addiction
3. Have children

So the only health care I could find was 250.00 a month so there is NO way I can afford that.

RANT RANT RANT
I am not talking about price of health care, that is insane I'm talking about the insurane companies getting away with screwing you and the TERRIBLE service. I've know 2 people who have died because the insuance company would NOT cover their life saving surgery. One needed a bone marrow transplant and they told her that the illness must have been a pre existing condition. One because the treatment was "experimental" and they would not pay for it. I've known people who have been turned down for MRI, CT scan etc.

I also HATE the lawsuits and we could have filed one ourselves but didn't. When my father went out to get his surgery he had a stroke because the doctor cut off blood flow to his brain during surgery. Then he was sent to intensive care and we were not told. When we found him the doctor told us it went well and he would be awake soon. 8 hours later another doctor came across him and rushed him to get a scan and found he had blood clot in his brain. The emergency doctor called for an airlift to get him to pittsburgh but the snow was to bad. He lost the use of his right side and needs 24 hour care(what I do now). While he was in recovery he was getting SHARP pains that had him in tears and bent over, this was a friday and the doctor(the one who did the surgery) said he was leaving and would be back on monday to check it out and gave pain killer till then. After about 2 weeks of this pain another doctor realized that the bag he had in to help him pee had never been changed and in for a month giving him a parasite.

So his routine surgery left him in a wheel chair for the rest of his life and the doctor could care less. One of the nurses tried to talk us into filing a suit aginst him and told us he already had 7 pending..

The healthcare system is bad right now. Insurance is way too high, and you dont get what you pay for. I dont even have insurance right now because I know how high its going to be, and I'm nervous because I'm afraid there is going to be some "strings attached" sort of thing that I miss in the fine-print. It all stems from money-hungry people.

And the story about your dad, holy cow. I dont even know what to say about that. Thats horrible. I dont like all these lawsuits either, but in cases like yours I see them legit.

[aw00d05]

There are always going to be rich and poor, and there are always going to be people who deserve it and don't deserve it in both categories. All that really matters is people should be working to the best of their abilities at their jobs, provided they are fortunate enough to have one right now.

I agree 100% if everyone was equal the world wouldn't work properly.