tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post7645853148278018139..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: The Samsara of HealthcareElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-83827128789593910262017-11-23T09:54:38.221-08:002017-11-23T09:54:38.221-08:00Having to Prove Value for a Life, any Life, bother...Having to Prove Value for a Life, any Life, bothers me tremendously. After all, WHO chooses what Lives are Valuable ENOUGH to provide the most basic of needs to even Survive, let alone Thrive? Not just Human Lives, but the Lives of all Living Things has been reduced to what expenditures are necessary to ALLOW them to but LIVE! In my Eyes every Living Thing has tremendous Value and it does not have anything to do with mere dollars and cents... paper and metal is all our currency is... flesh and blood is far more Valuable and relevant. Big Hugs and Happy Thanksgiving!Bohemianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743017084098726581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-44142032923906453732017-11-17T15:19:22.075-08:002017-11-17T15:19:22.075-08:00I wish you could move to Canada. Our health care i...I wish you could move to Canada. Our health care is far from wonderful but no co-pay, no shopping, no health care as business. As an underemployed kinda chronically poor single woman, I pay $35/month (most provinces have done away with monthly payments) for doctors, specialists and the odd ER visit. Our big issues here are wait lists for non essential tests and dental care not being covered by our medical premiums. Oh and many meds aren't covered buy many have extended health coverage through their work. That American system breaks you and so many others. Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15066407219763290707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-1921353913985444752017-11-16T15:58:43.307-08:002017-11-16T15:58:43.307-08:00My heart has been, continues to be, heavy. Cold. B...My heart has been, continues to be, heavy. Cold. Broken. My gut has been, continues to be, a knot of dread. Thank you, as always, for your voice.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221703763145912238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-77677136376047448162017-11-16T15:37:19.305-08:002017-11-16T15:37:19.305-08:00Ah - little mother mind and samsara.Ah - little mother mind and samsara.Adelaide Duponthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490123934889071074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-63123673390481539792017-11-16T14:39:02.412-08:002017-11-16T14:39:02.412-08:00Criers are not wimps. What causes people to cry is...Criers are not wimps. What causes people to cry is usually something that has revealed stunning hypocrisy, heart wrenching betrayal and the breaking of spirit. That's what this medical system and corrupt government are doing to us. You are no wimp. You may feel like one, but the proof is in.livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091094639074377780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-86762022811685872532017-11-16T13:55:55.042-08:002017-11-16T13:55:55.042-08:00Access to healthcare (whatever is medically necess...Access to healthcare (whatever is medically necessary) is not only a right, it is a duty, it underlines the social contract, it is a cornerstone of any society based on equality and solidarity, not *goodness+ and *charity*.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-20224654028801341342017-11-16T13:04:34.960-08:002017-11-16T13:04:34.960-08:00I remember this post well and am so fucking sad th...I remember this post well and am so fucking sad that it is still so relevant. I, too, am headed out onto the healthcare exchange (such a benign phrase for such a time-sucking, soul-sucking activity) to parse out options for my family and I know it will take days of weighing costs v. providers plus large leaps of faith (if I choose a plan with a $6000 deductible, will I have that much money to pay upfront if something major happens?) and it pisses me off. Here's hoping that next year will bring a sea change in representation after the clusterfuck that is this year's political landscape. A little relief is definitely in order. kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-46498770746660580122017-11-16T12:45:58.649-08:002017-11-16T12:45:58.649-08:00Exactly what Angella said. Kafkaesque.
And the be...Exactly what Angella said. Kafkaesque. <br />And the beauty of your daughter. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-69005324753473407232017-11-16T09:45:34.800-08:002017-11-16T09:45:34.800-08:00That final paragraph just unraveled me. The ongoin...That final paragraph just unraveled me. The ongoingness of it is like something out of Kafka. But that portrait of Sophie is sublime. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.com