Thursday, November 5, 2009

Rife With Consternation

How does it work? Who gets my money? Blue Cross/ Blue Shield or the United States Government? Work work work, work work work. Self pay. No Caterpillar, no group policy, no break. Nada. Imagine- 25 years in business and insurance premiums paid surpassing $150,000- and that's just for health insurance. Don't forget life, auto, business liability, comp., inland marine, completed operations, home owner's, contractor's, liability umbrella.......... At this point, all I look for is a better deal.If Blue Cross has to cut it's rates to compete with a public option, go public option. If my rates are to go up, tank public option. If nationalized health care costs me, forget it. If it saves me dough, then I say go.The problem is, we taxpayers can't get a straight answer from our lawmakers because they must maintain their party loyalty. Good or bad, costly or cost effective, socialism or social rescue. It all depends on which side of the fence you reside and just how far from the fence you sit. My bet is that the real reason a straight answer is not to be found rests on the probability that nobody can accurately project the cost, success or failure potential of the bill. I can only hope that whatever way this thing goes- left or right- my pocketbook doesn't have to carry more burden. Ciao.

1 comment:

Nick said...

I agree. I also think the system is seriously flawed and it's easier to change directions once in motion. Unfortunately, in a two party system we will always be at some sort of stalemate. I don't know if health care should be run by the government, but I'm not so sure if the basic service of standard human health should be a for-profit industry. Nothing like kicking people when they're down.