By: Dead Man Walking

Dead Man Walking — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 04:45:26 +0000

Oh yes, – I am 55, just now having to avail myself of our fraudulent healthcare system. What a a journey of discovery. I have great Insurance coverage thru my employer, BUT – here's the reality… if you are diagnosed with a terminal disease and cannot work any longer, then you get in the tunnel for Long-Term Disability coverage via the insurance(IF your coverage has that) – at 60% of your salary,- mind you, at that point you are at the mercy of a profit based system that makes profit by denying such claims.
You lose your job, COBRA for a lousy 18 mos if you can afford to pay that. You can apply for Social Security Disability IF you have sufficient pay-in, I do, been paying in for 35 years – but that still will only pay me about 1600 a month. You will also need to hire a lawyer for a 25% nick off the first payout, as Social Security will deny all claims outright as a stopgap measure, then apply for Medicare, etc, which is not free either.
The upshot is best case scenario, you still won't be able to afford care and what benefits you might get are only forthcoming if you are under a doctor's care that you won't be able to afford…… no hope no future, better to bail now to another country where they don't leave their ill to die in the street. yet the corporate lapdog politicos villify socialized healthcare and the people here cheeer them on to their own doom. MADNESS

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By: Dead Man Walking