| Dad and Friend | ||
| Author: Douglas (Other, Arizona) | Category: Access to care | Recommended by 0 reader(s) |
A few weaks ago my dad experienced some bleeding and went to the hospital. They did a colenapsney from rear and moth and could not fine where the blood was coming from. the hospital recommenced swalling a small camera to see inside. insurance compunney did not want to pay and his privet doctor went along. my wife has a friend that is having ...(More)
| Need better benefits | ||
| Author: Linda (Tennessee) | Category: Health care reform | Recommended by 0 reader(s) |
I'd like my insurance plan to pay for non traditional services such as Chiropactic, Bio- indentical hormone replacement and others. Sometimes non traditional services work better than surgery or therapy. Each individual knows their body best and should be able to get services that best meet their needs. Usually these services cost less than the ...(More)
| No new wheelchair for you | ||
| Author: Sarah (American Federation of Teachers, Minnesota) | Category: Insurance issues | Recommended by 0 reader(s) |
My husband is an amputee with a non-healing wound on his remaining foot. He has been wheelchair bound for over two years. His wheelchair is completely shot-there is only one brake and it doesn't hold, we've redrilled the seat because it has ripped out and the back is all cracked. We paid over $500 through our insurance with an approved provider ...(More)
| Loss of Insurance due to Outsourcing | ||
| Author: Grant (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Washington) | Category: Other | Recommended by 0 reader(s) |
My wife has recently lost her job along with nearly 500 others in the last three years in Spokane. The company she worked for provided a fair wage with health care. Many other companies moved the jobs and the plant south of the border. This company was profitable for over 50 years and still operating in the black, but still opted to move for more ...(More)
| Health Care in General in these USA | ||
| Author: Kathleen (nonunion, Texas) | Category: Other | Recommended by 0 reader(s) |
First let me say I'm a nurse and for almost 30yrs of working in the health care field these eyes,ears,hands and feet have seen,heard,felt and ran to many a patient in need of real care. While training as a nurse the first thing I heard in the clinica study was keep down the cost. Where was the care, I was totally blown away. As time went on it ...(More)
| 'SCARED' | ||
| Author: Marian Murray (American Federation of Teachers, California) | Category: Insurance issues | Recommended by 0 reader(s) |
I am a female working class person, who have spent all her life trying to made a living,some days I want to think I am lucky, but when I look in my wallet some days and don't know were my next meal is coming from,I don't know how to deal with any increase in premiums or life as a whole.(More)
| Americans need heathcare reform Now | ||
| Author: Joe (Communications Workers of America, Florida) | Category: Health care reform | Recommended by 0 reader(s) |
The US goverment needs to make a basic healthcare plan available to all. Americas corporations and employers should not have to foot the bill for heathcare. The current system puts American businesses on an unlevel playing field with foreign businesses because of this problem.(More)
| Increasing co-pay and out of pocket expenses | ||
| Author: Ruben (International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Michigan) | Category: Health care costs | Recommended by 0 reader(s) |
Increasing ammounts of co-pays and out of pocket. Employer refuses to pay as health care costs are way too high and out of control.(More)
| Premium costs triple | ||
| Author: Deborah (nonunion, Massachusetts) | Category: Health care costs | Recommended by 0 reader(s) |
My premiums have tripled in the past 5 years while coverage has not changed at all. Meanwhile, my income (I a self employed) has sunk to a third of what it was 5 years ago due to the economy. Finally, the cost of everything else has risen too. In 5 years, in my 50's, I have gone from top 1% of Americans in annual income, to going steadily into d...(More)
| No tax funded health care | ||
| Author: DANIEL (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Ohio) | Category: Access to care | Recommended by 0 reader(s) |
I don't believe it is the tax payers job to fund health care for working individuals that should be between the employer and the employee, I'm not for third party providers, it should be set up as an account without penalties and ridiculous restrictions like they have now in the name of the person and be allowed to accumulate with interest over the...(More)