Ouch!

Here's an interesting Washington Post article detailing how messed up the health care system is in the U.S.

And just yesterday, your beloved and kindly Senate had their noses to the grindstone figuring out how to worsen the situation, as they passed a bill that " . . . makes mild cuts to healthcare programs for the elderly, poor and disabled . . ." but allows drilling in the Artic wilderness.

Vive les Oil Companies!
Fuck you elderly, poor, and disabled!

I think the elderly, poor, and disabled need to hire better lobbyists.

Read this editorial from the Chicago Sun-Times (not a liberal bastion) for a more elegant analysis regarding the outrageousness of these healthcare cuts.

The husband and I just went through a stress inducing two month period where we didn't have health care coverage in the U.S. . . .simply because his old firm changed insurance providers so they were legally able to jettison us.

The re-application process TO THE SAME PROVIDER we've had for fifteen years, was Kafkaesque, to use a polite word.

We're working on migrating over to the French healthcare system.

When people ask me why I want to live in Europe I often reply, "Because it's comforting to live on a continent where every citizen has health insurance."

Weird, un-American concept, isn't it? Everyone on the continent has health insurance.