Health Care

So many people really suffer and sustain horrific losses due to a lack of medical health care or coverage. Even my step-father, a man who worked his way up to executive position in a fortune 500 company with what was considered good health care coverage, died of cancer without anything, utterly shocked and saddened that a year of illness reduced his entire life savings and benefits to nothing. People don't understand that you can lose everything trying to pay deductibles, declined services, and the medicines and equipment needed to deal with illness. And that's if you have good coverage. Add to that the fact you cannot earn an income while you deal with the illness.

Health really is our most precious resource. That was really brought home to me today as I watched the surprisingly funny new movie, SICKO. It's well worth seeing, I think, by Americans who need to take a hard look at what we can or need to do about our lack of health coverage.

And by peoples of other countries who have socialized medicine, as a reminder what a wonderful service that is.

Even Micheal Moore has lost weight, changed his diet to include more vegetables, and goes for a walk regularly, after realizing how essential our physical health is.

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