Mike and Mag,

I figured a lot of the speech was political hyperbole.  The thing
about covering immigrants is true under Obama's plan, but under
current law (Hayes-Hill), anyone who shows up at an ER is entitled to
minimal care.  So, since none of the proposals change that, all people
are entitled to some level of care.  That's one of the reasons it
costs $400.00 to set foot into an ER as a patient around here.  If
there were a requirement for health insurance, more people would see
primary care health care providers (if they are available).

If employers change plans because of reform, there's not too much that
legislation can do to prevent that.  Under our insurance, we had to
jump through lots of hoops to get our insurance to work with the
surgeon Janet had put in her baclofen pump.  Out of state, but one of
the top 5 people in the nation for baclofen pumps in people with
dystonia.  I'll probably end up getting "pumped" in about a year, and
would like to see the same surgeon.

Mag, do you have a 40 ml pump?  What concentration of Baclofen do you
use?  Janet's is a 40 ml pump at 500mcg/ml, and a refill for her is
approximately a third of what you said yours costs.  I know you live
in a high impact area for health care, but that still sounds
outrageous.  That illustrates why the SCHIP arguments of coverage for
people who make around $80,000.00 a year weren't that out of line.
-- 


Kendall

An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.

-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950

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