I am writing this because I am so fed up!!!
How much more can we take in this country?!
Each job lost we have to apply for a new healthcare plan
Jump and will tell more...
I have been married for 12 years. My husband has been taking care of our family for this long.
He is African-American and he is trying to do the right thing.
He works as an Insurance Business Analyst/Project Manager and so I can afford to stay home.
We have been through 9/11 and other crises but this one is even worse. Everytime he loses a job we lose our healthcare and have to wait a month for new healthcare if it is a consulting job. If the job is permanent it starts right away but each job sees the plans getting more expensive and worse than the one before.
He lost his job in April and just recently started a new consulting job. Now he has to travel from New Hampshire to Boston everyday on the bus waking up at 4am to make it in and getting home by 7 every night and to bed by 9 to wake up and start again. Don't get me wrong we are grateful to have a job again and he will do what he has to do to keep working to support us all.
But my husband is a cancer survivor. He has diabetes, high cholesterol and recently has been diagnosed with intestinal problems where he has to be careful what he eats. I have a thyroid problem as well as asthma.
Our deductible right now in this consulting job is $4000 for our family and we have to pay for any labs. Our labs are only paid for with a physical, which is only once a year. My husband is very worried because he has to have labs frequently because of his health issues.
I just called Max Baucus' office and tried to tell them about our situation and why it is important to have a public option and healthcare reform. The guy I talked to was not even listening and he made me so mad!
I yelled at him to repeat what I said and he could not repeat it. I put the phone down and called back to speak to someone else and was able to explain our situation. I told them that we desparately need a public option in this country with any healthcare reform and that we need healthcare like what they have in government. I told him we could not keep losing our job and switching to new healthcare that sucks each time. I told him that things are really bad and they need to light a fire you-know-where because we are fed up and tired waiting. He listened and said they were doing their best but I interrupted and told him it was not good enough.
Right now if my husband gets sick from all this stress we stand to lose everything. We are trying to do the right thing. Why is it so damn hard to do the right thing and be rewarded for it?
We work hard, take care of our family, make sure our daughter does good in school and is well behaved. We are not trying to get welfare or take the easy way out like these republicans would have people believe about all black folks.
I am sick and tired and tired of being sick and tired.
I want healthcare for my family and I want it now and I do not give a damn if they have to spend their damn recess making it work.
Just get it done already. People are suffering out here and we have had enough!