By: Poppy

Poppy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:33:28 +0000

Good for Olympia Snowe – at least she votes with her brain not just to go along with her party. It would be nice if the Insurance companies were made accountable for their actions. They can cover something one time and then in another instance for the same thing decide not to cover it. We are all at their mercy. We should not have to go through so much trouble when we have paid for our insurance – when really needed it’s a hit or miss to get the coverage. Let’s take the Insurance companies to task and make some changes there.

By: Shana

Shana — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:48:32 +0000

Health insurance is the biggest LEGAL scam out there. For those of us lucky enough to have coverage, we pay and pay our premiums (or our employers do but then let’s face it–that benefit comes out of our hide one way or another) only to find that when we really need it–the insurance companies have many tricks and loopholes up their greedy sleeves. Not to mention the idiocy of how preventative care and well-visits are not always covered. Yep, these companies would rather take a gamble and see if you really get sick than encourage better preventative care. I am a mother of a child with Special Needs, and I have had to jump through more than one hoop for my insurance company to get the proper therapies needed for my son. In the end, most is not covered due to before mentioned loopholes, and I end up with the choice, pay it completely out-of-pocket or deny my son the help he needs to function better in society. And I am one of the lucky ones with health insurance. I cannot imagine how many sacrifices I would have to make if I had no coverage at all. It is horrible that a country as rich as ours (a self-proclaimed Super Power in the World) has so many people without health care. Shameful. We need a public option that is affordable and all-encompassing.

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