IT.tv Episode 34: Don’t get sick…

Video thumbnail. Click to play
Click to Play

Just a quickie thought about the lack of health care for everyone in one of the richest countries in the Western world. Distributed by Tubemogul.
This entry was posted in IT.tv. Bookmark the permalink.
  • http://jeffandcarol.com/jeff Jeff Egnaczyk

    If you can’t pay for having your life saved you get substandard care or you go bankrupt. That’s a pretty damning truth about this country. I doubt we can fix it perfectly or that any other country does it perfectly but we can certainly do better. My dad, who votes against the Democrats every election, got converted to that side when his mother died and he saw all of the bills. (He, of course, still won’t vote Democratic.)

    Good luck with your dad, Vinny.

  • http://jeffandcarol.com/jeff Jeff Egnaczyk

    If you can’t pay for having your life saved you get substandard care or you go bankrupt. That’s a pretty damning truth about this country. I doubt we can fix it perfectly or that any other country does it perfectly but we can certainly do better. My dad, who votes against the Democrats every election, got converted to that side when his mother died and he saw all of the bills. (He, of course, still won’t vote Democratic.)

    Good luck with your dad, Vinny.

  • http://jknipp.com/ Jonathan

    Yeah man, I wrote to you before asking for advice about my hospital. They charged me $748 for basically the equivalent of a shitty checkup and a prescription….. even after they told me at time of admission it’d like $250.

    I’m still fighting that, by the way.

    I hope your dad is okay man, take care.

  • http://jknipp.com Jonathan

    Yeah man, I wrote to you before asking for advice about my hospital. They charged me $748 for basically the equivalent of a shitty checkup and a prescription….. even after they told me at time of admission it’d like $250.

    I’m still fighting that, by the way.

    I hope your dad is okay man, take care.

  • http://hubpages.com/hub/Warrior-Custom-Golf Bill

    Amen Brother! I agree, the financial institutions can go under. We have a larger crisis going on and it is called health care.

    A family insurance plan (good one) costs around $12,000 a year. A full time minimum wage job, with no health benefits, earns $14,872 per year. After taxes, one would be in the red for paying for family health insurance. Can’t this country and our elected leaders do us better?

  • http://hubpages.com/hub/Warrior-Custom-Golf Bill

    Amen Brother! I agree, the financial institutions can go under. We have a larger crisis going on and it is called health care.

    A family insurance plan (good one) costs around $12,000 a year. A full time minimum wage job, with no health benefits, earns $14,872 per year. After taxes, one would be in the red for paying for family health insurance. Can’t this country and our elected leaders do us better?

  • Patrick

    As I’m sure you know, it’s seven HUNDRED billion dollars, which is even more egregious, considering the health care crisis in this nation.

  • Patrick

    As I’m sure you know, it’s seven HUNDRED billion dollars, which is even more egregious, considering the health care crisis in this nation.

  • me

    Vinny you've been blogging since March of 2004 … you're too young for that type of behavior … get outside and get away from the computer! Life isn't fair and everybody dies … medicine, health care etc is WAY overrated …