In 2010, I joined the ranks of Baby Boomers returning to their hometown to care for an elderly relative. This is my life with my beloved 90-year-old Grandma Ruth Mae Fowler.
Grandma and me, Easter, 1971
Monday, March 26, 2012
Healthcare in High Court
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/supreme-court-health-care-reform-case-expect-094452929.html
Today, March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether to keep or kill the largest reform package for healthcare in America, and their decision affects the 99% far more than the 1% (*of which most judges probably fall into that category.)
I am part of the 99 percent and this action scares the bejesus out of me. First, I was witness to the fiasco when the Supreme Court basically stole the presidency from Al Gore, and plunged us into a four-year debacle that had the younger George Bush sending this country into spiraling debt. (Remember President Bill Clinton left office with a balanced budget). But I digress.
For the next three days, the Court's Honorable Judges will decide whether 30 million Americans will be able to get health insurance - something that should be an inalienable right! Twenty-six states, including my home state of Colorado (how embarrassing) joined forces to question the validity of the newly-embraced moniker of Obamacare, named for our beloved President Barack Obama, who passed this law as one of the first he signed during his first term.
Insurance companies forced this action because Obamacare will mandate that no-one with a pre-existing condition can be denied health insurance (jeez, who needs it most!). It also limits how much insurance companies can charge older people.
Obamacare also expands Medicare and will open coverage to more than 15 million who earn too much to qualify. The Congressional Budget Office says by 2019, with Obamacare, 95 percent of all Americans will have health insurance.
I don't. And I don't think it should be an issue. Everyone needs health insurance. Without the Veterans Administration (VA - I am a U.S. Navy veteran) I would be dead. I wonder how many others who are uninsured couldn't wait.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Okay, I like Obamacare
Obamacare turns two years old today. It's a big day for the young law. That's why people across the country are joining us today in saying Thanks Obamacare.
- Thanks from the 20 million women in the U.S. who have taken advantage of the law's preventative care benefits.
- Thanks from the 973,000 Coloradans who received at least one new preventative service in 2011.
- Thanks from the 28 million children in the U.S. for getting rid of lifetime coverage benefits.
- Thanks from the 2.5 million people under the age of 26 who are now able to stay on their parents' health insurance.
- Thanks for making sure no woman is ever denied coverage by removing pregnancy and domestic abuse as pre-existing conditions.
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