Daisy

Your answer before suggested to me that you had thoughts of spreading the misery. Then you mis- read me. Anyone that needs medical care in this country gets it regardless of insurance, there is no way that I would want anyone to suffer without medical care. It seems you are implying I am wealthy that is not the case by any means. What I am saying is that we in this country seem to want others to pay our way, why shouldn't the employees pay a portion of their own insurance? That is the issue. I really do believe national health insurance would be a disaster in the long run.

EGAD! I posted a lengthy response, came back and it did not post.... Im not going to repeat everything I said, but basically I am not in favor of Universal Health Care. The Canadian method is not working well, I have had relatives experience shoddy treatment, such as having to wait 6 months for chemo therapy, waiting for longer periods for MRI. CT scans and etc...due to lack of the scan machines themselvs... We all know that Canadians come over here to have good and fast healthcare that they are willing to pay out of pocket. Im not sure what the answer is to solve the problem but maybe go back to letting the doctors and hospitals handle things and get the government out....I am old enough to remember when you can choose whatever doctor you wanted and pay them by the month if insurance did not cover everything....This country does take care of those that cannot afford to pay for their care, It is not so much as a lack of healthcare as it is a lack of health insurance. I wish there was a good answer that would make it right for everyone....

Obviously I am in the minority on this topic...I cannot garner sympathies for the employees having to get into their own pockets for health care..I have to pay $844.00 per month just for me. I have a real problem for someone who has been getting free health care all this time objecting to have to contribute to their own healthcare. They make good salaries and the benefits as a whole are quite good. I think our groceries are expensive enough without having to pay more so that they can have healthcare cheaper. I am not calloused or unfeelilng, I just think it is about fairness. Quite sometime ago I was in a disgussion about a law suit that a couple filed on their landlord, seems that the landlord had been giving them reduced rent for quite sometime the landlord felt that the couple needed help, after he got a better job and they were on their feet, the landlord told them that effective 60 days they would be paying the full rent..they sued,and won! They won because by giving them reduced rent it became like a contract and it was an expecxted amount to pay...and etc...........cannot recite the exact premise. The issue with the grocery clerks is exactly the samething.

I love old fashioned franks. have tried several brands but none match the taste I recall as a child when my grandfather (a sausage maker) would give me some..when I visited. They were so good, you bit into the casing and it cracked and juice just spewed, they were tasty and moist...cannot find anything remotely close.