Health Care

I took a few days off from blogging...I spent the other day in the emergency room with Maddog. Just dizzy spells, nothing serious; her doctor sent her to the emergency room just to be safe. But it got me to thinking of the millions of Americans who have no health insurance. The Republicans don't want to pay for health care for poor people, but don't they realize they are already paying?

One look around any emergency room waiting area will tell you--the working poor go to the emergency room when they are sick. The hospital will not turn them away just because they can't pay; the hospital will just charge it to the insurance carriers of the people who can pay, through higher costs.

If you don't believe me, just check your statement the next time you go to a hospital. You (or your insurance) are paying $2.00 for a single Tylenol; $20 for a pillow (that you are only renting! You don't even take it home with you!) $5 or more for bandages, and on and on...

When the indigent don't pay, the costs for everyone else goes up; if the costs to the insurance carriers go up, your premiums go up. So don't kid yourself; you are already paying for their health insurance. National health care would be cheaper in the long run, don't you think?