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Young and middle-aged people need to vote. I've been in and out of hospitals for the last few years, months, days, hours with relatives, and guess what they don
by jen_h 7y ago
Young and middle-aged people need to vote. I've been in and out of hospitals for the last few years, months, days, hours with relatives, and guess what they don't ever worry about: medical bills. Like never.
And guess what they won't ever vote for: Those of us younger than 65 ever having the same luxury. We may be visiting them in the hospital every day, but they don't really see us.
And it's hard, because our generation loves them and wants the best for them, but most of us know we won't ever get the same quality of care for ourselves unless something changes...and as a human, well, you know, you get kinda bitter counting up "Wow, this is awesome, but what would it cost if I had this happen to me?"
Vote, people, because if our elderly are getting state-of-the-art amazing life-saving care, why shouldn't our young people, upon which our economy depends, be getting the same great service?
- sizzle 7y agoAre you referring to Medicare part A and B coverage? They paid out the whole $50k bill for triple coronary artery bypass. Apparently they cover 60 days of inpatient hospital stay for any health issue. I hope I have this coverage when we hit 65....
- jen_h 7y agoIt is amazing...then, if you ever get alllll the way down to their private insurance policies, you find that they are nothing like our generation's insurance policies...they actually pay for stuff and have low deductibles! I try not to get too bitter about it, though, because their great coverage means we don't go bankrupt trying to help them: we're very lucky for that (although eldercare is a whole other ball of wax)... It just kills me to see all of these young people begging on GoFundMe just to afford insulin -- and dying! Over insulin! -- while it's stockpiling pretty nicely in Medicare-recipients' closets thanks to overzealous pharmacies that know Medicare will pay for whatever they keep shipping, and seeing young people cobbling together their own makeshift slings for broken bones while so many nonagenarians are technically part-robot thanks to Medicare's great coverage.