tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post2042006760063858171..comments2023-10-23T09:41:22.599-04:00Comments on STONE SOUP MUSINGS: Don't Give Up On Health Care NowKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06875378679299157108noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-12304879911601508052009-12-26T13:28:02.592-05:002009-12-26T13:28:02.592-05:00Thanks for asking. Yes, I did find a job, but at ...Thanks for asking. Yes, I did find a job, but at a salary level I was making 10 years ago. And all the hours I'm required to work is pretty much why I haven't posted anything on the blog. <br /><br />I'm not really complaining, tho. I know how lucky I am to have found a job at all. Like you say - better than nothing. ;-)abinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-41641529916086779982009-12-23T09:04:29.085-05:002009-12-23T09:04:29.085-05:00Abi, I'm sorry, I should have asked how your j...Abi, I'm sorry, I should have asked how your job search was going. Did you find anything? There's not much demand for 50-60 year old workers in our area, but my husband is hoping that he might be able to land a long-term contract position. <br /><br />Sigh...I seem to be saying "something is better than nothing" quite a bit lately. :-(<br /><br />You need to get back to blogging so the world can keep in touch with you, although you probably have had too much of most of the world if you're like me.<br /><br />All the best to you and your wife in 2010 too.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06875378679299157108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-81306974323202357012009-12-21T21:12:55.597-05:002009-12-21T21:12:55.597-05:00Kathy, I'm sorry to hear about your husband. ...Kathy, I'm sorry to hear about your husband. I hope he's keeping his spirits up, and finds work soon. I wish you and your family all the best in 2010...<br /><br />And yes, you're right about the Senate bill - it will help some people. But it's disheartening to think that this was the best we could come up with.abinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-71857105240531977522009-12-21T08:50:21.994-05:002009-12-21T08:50:21.994-05:00Hi Abi, I agree with you completely, this bill is ...Hi Abi, I agree with you completely, this bill is health insurance regulation, but it will provide subsidies to help people buy insurance and it will cover millions of people who wouldn't have had health care otherwise. <br /><br />It's not what I wanted either, but the system is so rigged in Washington that it's the best we can hope for at this time. I'm just trying to stay focused on the goal: Insuring the uninsured (or at least a majority of the uninsured). Living in Michigan where jobs and insurance are scarce commodities these days, I know several people who will benefit from this bill - flawed as it is.<br /><br />(Hope all is well with you and your family. The auto woes caught up with my husband and he lost his job a couple of months ago.)Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06875378679299157108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18370478.post-77686353362598213212009-12-19T12:53:49.491-05:002009-12-19T12:53:49.491-05:00I'm more than discouraged about this so-called...I'm more than discouraged about this so-called "reform," Kathy. Reform would mean we were changing the fundamental structure of the system, but we're not. This plan reinforces the inefficient and expensive for-profit, multi-payer system we've always had, and doesn't even allow for a weak public option to compete with it, never mind a robust one.<br /><br />But it does offer regulation, albeit weak regulation. I disagree with some of the regulation Drum points out - for example, I believe the senate version allows for yearly caps - but until the dust settles and an actual bill is written, it's hard to tell. And I'm still unclear about what the Medicare cuts involve.<br /><br />At this point, I'm feeling pretty well beaten down on health care. All I ask of our in-the-pockets-of-the-lobbyists Democrats is that they call the bill what it is - health insurance regulation, and weak regulation at that - and not pretend that it's reform.abinoreply@blogger.com