Baby Denied Health Care Coverage For Being "Too Fat"

Gee, it must be nice to afford health care. Oh, wait, your employer provides it? What happens when you lose your job and get sick? Tough shit. Mend that broken leg yourself, right?I was without a job for 6 months, then picked up a job as a temp/contractor. I have worked there for a little over a year now. The company I work for (International Truck and Engine) is in a hiring freeze due to impending outsourcing of the Data Center in which I work. I have 3 kids. My "temp agency"(they call me a contractor) does not provide health care, nor can I obtain it through the company I work for since I am not technically an employee. I make too much for Badger Care. I also have pretty bad asthma and severe heartburn.You wanna know where I get medicine for asthma? My girlfriend. I turn in here scripts for albuterol and advair because I cant fucking afford it. She, on the other hand, being a single mother with no job, gets badger care, as does here daughter. I have no problem with that.I don't expect anyone to give two fucks about me or my family except me or my family. I just wanted to put it out there. I would gladly pay a portion of my income for everyone to have sufficient health care because I have seen both of my grandmothers die from cancer and I could not imagine seeing that had my one grandfather not worked for Chrysler and the other for Green Giant, both with stellar health care.I can also see where the opposition comes from. However, it seems as though the only people who oppose, already HAVE health care and can't imagine not having it. You take your ability to pay for it for granted. To you I say: go shop for private health care where you would pay the monthly out of pocket.Take this with a grain of salt. Just think about those less fortunate for once. Everyone deserves a chance for a healthy life.{ABE} oops, i meant a general reply, not a reply to Mod.Edited by hooah212002, : No reason given.

How do you suppose these services should be funded then?

Must be nice that YOU can afford that new tire or that oil change.....some people can't, and that's the point.Edited by hooah212002, : No reason given.

Do you really think those are the only people this is for? Have you NEVER heard of an honest, hard working citizen who gets ..say, cancer, and is up to their eyeballs in medical bills? So much so that they have to take out a second mortgage, can no longer work, and can no longer see their regular doctor until they pay up? What about wounded vets? Being ex-army, I sympathize the most with vets who are getting fucked in this system. I'd be glad to pay a portion of my income for my brothers in arms to recover and lead a healthy life.

I just did a cursory search for the ehealthinsurance site you linked to. I looked at the cheapest one just for my son and I. (note: I have 3 kids and a fiance, but I just did 1 child aged 5) And thats just half of it at 62 bucks a month. I didn't copy all the shit they don't cover. Does THAT look like a plan you would sign up for?? If so, be my guest.Private insurance is fucking expensive my friend.

I was astounded and disgusted, to the point I almost vomited, when I read that article. How much longer can private insurance companies continue to go on doing this to us?