SHOES!!!

I just had to yell at you

Hope all is well with you.

Lindyy

sounds perfect.

Hi Lindy - today was the day I did my taxes so I am feeling it --self employment is tough ..

I would also marry you if it was possible. No insurance is such a pain.

i'm not a chick but i'll date you

I ain't saying she's a med digger
that was priceless

Was hoping this was a male!!!!!

sorry you must have good benefits

maybe all three could get married and get like a discounted family deal? IM going to go write my locsl congresman

I have excellent benefits + AFLAC!!!!

I'm down!

see all those supporting

the anti civil union

are throwing a roadblock in the way



i voted against it by the way

I am ready,,, Shu, Shuuuuu...Miles

I might be willing to do the same if there are any well insured females out there. I need to get my own health insurance, but everything I can afford has at least a $2500 deductible. So insured or uninsured, I just pray that nothing happens. Hopefully, Barack or Hillary can bring some improvement in this country's health care system.

Shoes,

Don't tell me you are still single??? No takers yet? Goofy men

What is a woman to do??

Lindyy

Mac60..... So you are hoping Hillary can bring some improvement to this country's health care system. Well, there was a thread a while back on that same subject. Here is a copy of what I posted.

In Senator Clinton's Health Care Program, she speaks of how health care is the right of every “American” — but she has a rather expansive definition of “American.” In 2005, Hillary co-sponsored legislation in the United States Senate to offer free health insurance, under the State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to the children of illegal immigrants who have lived in the United States for five years. So, that means that those who have dodged the immigration cops for five years successfully would be rewarded not only with legal status and a path to citizenship, but with immediate free health care for their children.

Indeed, when Democrats and liberals speak of the fifty million uninsured Americans, more than one fifth of those are illegal immigrants. Thus, about one in five of the beneficiaries of Hillary's program for universal health insurance are illegal aliens. Illegal immigrants are a disproportionately large segment of the uninsured population because legal immigrants and citizens who live in poverty are eligible for Medicaid, but illegal immigrants are not.

Hillary speaks of the importance of stopping health insurance companies from raising premiums on those who are sick. But she does not mention the inevitable flip side of her proposal — to raise premiums on those who are well. On the one hand, she would cover all those with chronic conditions with low-cost health insurance and, on the other, would stop insurance companies from “cherry picking” healthy and young people for their insurance plans. The net effect would be a major increase in health insurance premiums for the vast majority of Americans. In effect, her plan would turn “insurance” into “subsidy.”

The concept of insurance is that one pays a relatively low premium to guard against catastrophic expenses that are outside of our ability to meet financially. But Hillary’s program would really be nothing more than a cash transfer from the healthy to the sick, not an insurance program at all.

Hillary says that her program would provide “universal” coverage for all. In order to achieve universality, one must make the program compulsory. The bulk of the uninsured do not want to have to pay for insurance. They are healthy and don’t want the added burden of health insurance. So Hillary’s program, as she freely admits, would require health insurance as a pre-condition of employment. Not having health insurance would be a violation just as driving a car without automobile insurance is illegal. The resulting coercion would force millions to pay for coverage they do not want and feel they don’t need. But to pay for her national program, Hillary needs everyone to be covered so she can use their revenues to subsidize the coverage of those who are ill.

But the main defect of Hillary’s program is that it leaves out any attempt at cost control. With health care absorbing 16 percent of our economy, cost control is a vital part of any plan for universal coverage. Indeed, without it, extending coverage just offers a blank check to patients and providers which would drive even higher the share of our economy that goes to health care. Hillary will be forced to control costs as the implicit and vital element of any health care reform. This control of costs belies her contention that she would leave the health care system untouched except to extend coverage to those who now lack it. Because she would need to limit utilization and lower costs, she would be forced to ration health care and to impose government mandated and controlled managed care on all Americans.

For the first time, the word “no” would come into our system. Do you need open heart surgery? Are you a poor risk because of smoking or diabetes or age? No longer would the bureaucrat at the other end of the phone say “we won’t pay for it” or “you don’t need it” or “we can’t fit you in at our facility.” The answer would simply be no — even if you pay for it yourself, you may not have one. It is this type of coercion that drives Canadians over the border to the U.S. in search of medical options denied them at home under their socialized medical structure. Now it would operate on both sides of the border.

Finally, Hillary admits her proposal will cost $110 billion dollars. Where will this money come from? Taxes.

Obama has no better plan.

back to the marry thing,,,,, are you a conservative, or a liberal.

what your really asking... does she sleep naked or in a flannel pj's...

Leah,

The topic of this thread was Shoes being willing to marry for health insurance. Since I don't have coverage to offer her, I did not propose marriage. Being in a similar boat, I then stated that I would also be willing to marry for heath insurance.

I only mention Barack and Hillary because they have both stated that they will address this issue. A Republican administration will do nothing. Any proposal by Barack or Hillary will be bantered about in Congress and who knows what the final legislation, if any, will be passed in the end.

Merits of any particular approach can be debated on another thread if you like. My whole point is that our health care system needs reform. We can do better.

I feel ya shoes. I wish I could afford to go to the doctor.