New Medical Discoveries

Now I can clearly state that in the past 3 years I have been told I was going to die by some idiot in the medical field numerous times, and here I am still with a healthy heart, lungs, low cholesterol, low blood pressure and clean of all STD's. Not to say I don't have my health issues but hell I'm 44.

The thing I find most interesting about this is I don't have insurance. None of my employers have provided it for me in the last 25 years and I could never afford the $500 a month payment to be self insured, let alone any hefty deductible. At this point I have yet to find any immediate government program for health insurance. Most of them take numerous months to get started (SSI, SSD, Medicaid, other NYS affiliated programs). So I pay out of pocket hoping the doctors will be kind as I await the government to decide if I am eligible.

Personally I am getting by with the assistance of Family and a Close friend. But I wonder strongly about the families out there with no coverage, that are unemployed, that have 3 children and a mortgage. Every time one of them gets ill do they get the "Death Sentence" because they were a smoker, a drinker, improperly nourished, had bulimia or AIDS? I know if you are a drug addict or a super alcoholic you can get immediate attention at numerous government funded rehab centers. So what does this tell us.

Instead of smoking cigarettes you should smoke Crack Cocaine until you need assistance and you will get it immediately. Instead of drinking alcohol in moderation you should drink tons of it so you can get assistance. Instead of keeping your pride and holding your family together you should shop at food pantries with other people down on their luck and hope you don't Botulism or other difficulties. I am not by any means judging anyone, I want to make this very clear.

I did not and still am uncertain about the new health care bill being put into place. If the local governments have a hiring freeze at present (Most do) then there is a question of implementation. If it took me 5 months, my current wait time, to get assistance on Medicaid coverage while I am unemployed I question the ability of the local governments to implement this new program for families that need it and also wonder what the reaction from the medical field will be. I wonder how many people have been told they will die in the next few years unnecessarily just because their doctor couldn't rip off the insurance company. Trust me the first time you hear it from your doctor it changes the way your brain works.

I wanted to end there but need to clarify I think. If your doctor tells you that if you do not stop drinking you will die in 2 years, you drink knowing you will die. If you are told smoking will cause your death in 1 year, you continue to enjoy your smoke. If you are told that fast food will be the death of you in 6 months you will eat it and enjoy it. Why stop your one vice so close to your death sentence if there is no advice given as to fixing the problem? If you knew your car was going to fail in a week with no hopes of repair you would drive the hell out of the thing!

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