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Well, good luck in purchasing your own health insurance! The ordeals you described seemed to me to make good arguments for universal health care. The last time I paid my own way was in 1965-66 when I had my 2nd surgery for arterio-venous fistulas (1st was when I was a grad student at UCLA). I had just started teaching and forgot to get signed up for health insurance. I cried in the hospital when I got the bill. My surgeon let me pay him off at $50 a month.. After several years I paid off my medical bills, but that was 1965!!!! Even with insurance, today people are pauperized. Who profits???? And, I do believe this discussion is relevant to PD. Stay on that soapbox. Ray Rayilyn Brown Board Member AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Haines" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:44 PM Subject: Re: arguments pro universal health care > Again, my statements have been turned around, I am not for universal > health > care. True it was tough, but we saw doctors immediately, got medication > immediately, I had health insurance from school, which helped. I never > want the > government controlling any thing else, and I don't want them determining > my > apts. with doctors. It is time to rein things in and get control > ourselves, > the government is not the answer, both dems. and republicans screw things > up. > Look at medicare, and all the other things, just cut taxes and let us > have > our own money to pick our own health care, or I like the savings > accounts, and > you keep what you don't spend. > My father worked for Bethlehem Steel for 40 years, and before the end > came, the unions had wiped them out from health care to 13 weeks > vacation. All > of them said, I don't need to go to the doctor, or new glasses, but what > the > h---, the company is paying for it so I might as well go. The company > was no > better, they had employees papering and painting the executives homes. > Every > employee and executive had a Bethlehem Steel wheel barrel in his garage. > I will get off my soap box now, this list is about Parkinson's, not > other > stuff, I apologize. > Gerry > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn