Quote Originally Posted by carinia
I've been pretty quiet the past few days because this is such a personal argument for me. I lost my job in April, (where I was paying 60 bucks every week for my husband and I) and was planning to go to COBRA, at a cost of 1600 a month for just myself and not my husband. That was way more than unemployment! Now Im working for a non profit its 310 a paycheck for half the coverage I did have. My sister is paying 600 every two week through her job, and because of her pre existing conditions she is exempt from coverage from almost everything.

Now you have some idea how much your employer was paying for your insurance.

I just want something affordable, so if the hubby's back goes out, were not sitting on a 900 MRI bill. So that if I get pregnant, I don't have to worry about how much the hospital stay is going to be. (Which is funny, since they don't pay for birth control OR for pregnancy) I don't mind paying in, but I want it to be fair; at least equal access! I don't like having options about what I would like to give up health wise so we can pay the mortgage.

The last thing you should be thinking about is getting pregnant, because from the things you have said you cannot afford a child. You should be planning on how to NOT get pregnant (planned parenthood has free birth control).

And we are a normal family. My hubby and I, to quote drudown, are not lazy, we're not homeless (still have to pay the mortgage), I do like pot but whose to say anything about addicts there?, and for fucking sure we're not a worthless. I just want an option where my family is covered; without having to worry about what is exempt, and without having to pay 70% of our pay each month in taxes and health care costs.

There are a lot of things that could be done with this health care bill, but its going to end with a lot of pork. I honestly am SICK of the people who are turning it into an arguement about how bad the "plan" is. Shut up and come up with an IDEA already. The fact is the government is the only entity that can fix the system,
That is not a factBad government plans NEVER go away. The exact opp[osite is probably closer to the truth, "The fact is the government is the only entity that cannot fix the system."