Lack of Insurance......

I'm sitting here at 1:47 AM, Awake and crying, Why you might ask, Well it's complicated, that's for sure....... But I will have to tell you THIS story for you to understand.
OK, so as I said...... I sit here in tears, Not because I have a broken heart or because I'm lonely. Not because I'm having a bad dream or because I'm arguing with anyone. No It's because I sit here in pain, I have been having pains in my back and leg now for years, but my right leg has gotten worse since our big move, Bad enough to cause sleepless nights, tears, and for me to question why...... I tried using aspirins, but that isn't working and So I sit here in agony and I don't understand why. My Husband makes pretty good money, I mean, we are not rich but we dang sure aren't poor either. This year the Insurance Company that Georg's Company uses raised the cost of Insurance, We have been lucky for the past 3 years we've had the insurance, The cost has pretty much stayed the same. We were devastated when this changed and knew that it was something that we would have to decided after three years if we could continue to keep. I have COPD as well as 7 discs in my back that are bad,my body is full of arthritis from years of working construction, I also have bone spurs on my neck and a collapsing spine , so the decision to let the insurance go was a hard one to make.... But with money tight and me being denied SSI disability benefits ( the government decides if they think your are disabled or not and you have to be falling over dead if your me to get it) we just couldn't make the decision to keep it. Now after living for 3 months without it I am in so much pain I can hardly breathe. It costs way to much to see a Doctor whenever I feel like it. My Doctor I have saw for 3 years refuses give me my medications unless I am a current patient, which slays me. I was on contract for my narcotic prescriptions, but she says I have to have a visit with her as a cash patient and my status will return to current, How I asked her did I become un-current, I mean just because I am now a cash patient, I had just seen her a week before our insurance was canceled. I thought I was current. It all boils down to money.
In this country(USA) approximately 45 million[as of August 2005] persons do NOT have health insurance. I'm sure there are countless other reasons why. Should we blame the increase in part to the continuing erosion of workplace-sponsored health insurance. A majority of Americans still get their coverage by sharing costs with their employer, though a smaller and smaller percentage of American jobs are now accompanied by medical benefits. I am not much educated in what our Government does for us people that are caught in between having to chose whether we eat or paying the high cost insurance premiums for our insurance so that we can live to eat.

I am sure that the Government employees get good Insurance coverage, I don't know this for a fact but I am fairly sure they do ........ I did read that President Bush is calling for reforms to make private health insurance more affordable for Americans without raising taxes, Now wouldn't that be a first . President Bush has also said : Rising health care costs make insurance too expensive for many Americans. *And this is a news flash to whom?* If your sitting where I sit you ALREADY know this!
Why can't we be like Canada, They have publicly funded health care I think that would be great.
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Most Americans play by the rules,We pay our taxes, we try to do the right things in life[ most of us that is] .
We wake up every morning and to go to our jobs that we have no health security at. There has got to be a way to fix this. I should be able to afford to see a Doctor no matter what, No person should live in pain or with an illness because they don't have Insurance and cant afford a high cost cash visit.
I don't know how much longer I will be able to hold out, living in pain. I awake everyday and I ache. I will have to wait to see a Doctor and live with pain but it is really hard to do. I don't know how many of you have lived with severe pain before but it is hard...... I just can't afford it right now, when will I be able.... that is a good question.
Peace!