As a computer technician, I meet all sorts of people. I don't often bring my political views up as mixing business and politics is not a good idea, especially when you jump to an erroneous conclusion.
Yesterday a customer came into the shop with an ailing system. It was one in which they had encountered a problem and attempted to repair it themselves. This does not always work, as I should know, having tried to repair my own car a few times with the same results. (Brake jobs are much more expensive after you have compounded the issue with your own repair efforts.)
This was a particularly chatty customer and before long I found out that she was a phlebotomist and that she had been working at her new job for only six months or so. She later mentioned that she had applied for a position at a different facility because 'it had benefits and her current job did not offer them'.
This surprised me somewhat as I had simply assumed that a job with the medical profession would naturally carry a benefits package. It's interesting how silly our assumptions look when you learn the truth.
As I was taking her check, she said that she had to go to Seattle to convince a doctor to perform surgery on her for cancer. I asked what type of cancer she had and she said that she had developed cervical cancer several years ago and that, though a previous surgery had initially checked its progress, it had returned and invested her lymph nodes.
I said that I hoped that she would be able to do so and that I was sure it would work out fine.
She said, "Yeah, like 'What's the matter, aren't my medical coupons good enough for you?'"
"Well," I said, "When Barack Obama is elected, we are all supposed to get health care coverage."
She looked at me in a vaguely disgusted manner, gave a kind of derisive snort, then gathered her computer up and headed to the door.
I suppose that she saw the pathway to a more accessible health care in a different fashion, but I don't know. Even that is an assumption, as she did not speak to me further after that.