Fat Cat Super Tuesday

Today is Fat Tuesday and Super Tuesday, hence “Fat Cat Super Tuesday.” Today’s topic is the cost of health care.

The cost of health care in the US has gotten way out of hand. Universal health care has been in the news quit a bit here lately. And it got me to thinking about the cost of health care. While we are fortunate enough to have health insurance, the cost of health care can still be through the roof. Should we have universal health care here? Yes, I think we should have some form of universal coverage. I think if it is done correctly it will benefit a great deal of people.

Why? Simple the economy is in the tank, there are a lot of us that can not afford the things that we once did. In Dallas in the late 80’s and early 90’s there was a continuing education group, called FunEd. You could take a variety of classes, one of which was called “How to survive on $50-100k a year.” My husband and I used to joke about the class quite a bit. During this time we were both working, he was a computer nerd and I was in international sales. We were able to pay for numerous prescription medications for our autistic son, his many doctor’s visits and hospital stays. It was hard at times but, we still had money left over at the end of most months. There is no way that we could do this now, even though we make a lot more than we did then.

I have heard several people commentate about people not buying medical insurance when they can afford it. These people who are not buying medical insurance are said to make $75k per year. No one ever stops to add where these people live. If you are in the middle of nowhere US and make 75k, more than likely you are doing really well compared to the rest of your neighbors. But, say you live in New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas or any other large metropolitan city 75k is really nothing. If I had to choose between mortgage or rent and health insurance, I would choose a place to live. Is universal health care the answer or the only answer? I don’t know? But, I do know that something needs to be fixed when it comes to the cost of health related costs. The only way any of this is going to change is to vote for what you want. Register to vote.