Painful Socialization

ninjahippie

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Tuesday February 17, 2009 · 7:04 AM PST

2009/02/17 · 07:04

I've been doing a lot of thinking about the recent socialization of the financial market. Couple that with the thinking I've been doing about the recent elections and the related issues being discussed. Something very near and dear to my heart is health care. It's dear from a couple of angles. I work in the industry and as a father of two – provide health care for my sons.

The "crisis" is very real to me. I have a very good job in the health care industry and have probably the best insurance this side of being a US senator. Still – I can barely afford to provide health care for my kids let alone myself.

I'm still paying on a 3 day hospital stay that my son had 2 years ago and I haven't been to a doctor (other than emergencies and serious illness) in years. Granted, part of that is my loathing of doctors but a huge part of it is that I simply can't afford to spend the money for something as seemingly frivolous as a checkup when I feel fine...

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