Health Care

The great debate is churning at the Supreme Court about the Health Care plan set forth by Obama. And I had made a promise not to make this blog a political platform, but honestly I can't let this one pass without a word or two.

As you all know Joe was sick for a long time. And we ran out of insurance to cover his treatments. In his Senior year of high school his cancer recurred. Our decision at that point was not when do we start treatment but rather where do we find insurance to cover his treatments, and at five figures for each chemotherapy that was a consideration. We were presented with health coverage for him for everything but his cancer. We were forced to apply for Medicaid and Disability for Joe. So many warned us that his care would be less than we knew. You know what they were wrong. Joe's protocols were administered in the same hospital and his oncologist never changed.

My twin sons suffer from asthma and Tony has diabetes. Without the exclusion of pre-exisitig conditions they will never qualify for health insurance. Their opportunities in the future will be limited to only places that will insure them within a group plan. Something to think about.

I am amazed that I have one at UChicago and was made to buy a student health plan because he was "out of network" at the tune of three thousand dollars a year; and I have one in Scotland that his plan covers everything, including medicine, with no charge.

Hmmm...something to think about during the great debate of our civil liberties.