When Scott Tipton was recently in Grand Junction, he met with a group of Republican Women and bragged about voting to repeal the health insurance reform bill. They seemed to think it was a good idea, but I’ll bet that none of them had ever read the bill, let alone a good analysis of it.
This is personal for me. I am a diabetic, and in May will be forced to find my own insurance, as the insurance through my employer will run out. That’s a pre-existing condition. Insurance companies will no longer be able to refuse to insure me because I have diabetes. The State of Colorado is in the process of setting up insurance exchanges that were mandated by the health insurance reform bill. I’ll be able to shop for insurance on the exchange, where competition and a requirement that 80% of all premium dollars must go toward health care instead of administration and CEO bonuses.
If my mother weren’t on Medicare, it would be personal for her too. She is a breast cancer survivor who had a mastectomy years ago. Yesterday she was diagnosed, once again, with breast cancer in the other breast. Instead of a mastectomy, this time she’ll be getting a lumpectomy. Believe it or not, she was more distressed at the prospect of another mastectomy than she was at the “C” word. Technology has improved a lot since she last faced cancer. Her sister is a survivor of stage 4 breast cancer. She knows what to expect.
It should be personal for young women, too. Women used to have to pay more for insurance than men did, because it was presumed they would cost more through multiple pregnancies. Also Viagra was covered, but birth control was not. The health insurance reform bill makes it easier for women to access the reproductive health care they need. But the party of small government is still insisting that women should not have access to even private insurance that covers abortion. If a women gets pregnant, they want her to deliver a baby, regardless of her health, the health of the fetus, or the circumstances of conception. That is putting big government into the bedroom of every woman in America. You can’t be in favor of small government and be in favor of government intrusion into the most private decisions a woman makes. The two are mutually exclusive.
Homework
GOP Distortions About Health Care
Lymph Nodes & Breast Cancer
New Rules for Pre-Existing Conditions
Colorado Working on Insurance Exchanges
Abortion Debate in Washington DC
Health Care Reform and Birth Control
This is personal for me. I am a diabetic, and in May will be forced to find my own insurance, as the insurance through my employer will run out. That’s a pre-existing condition. Insurance companies will no longer be able to refuse to insure me because I have diabetes. The State of Colorado is in the process of setting up insurance exchanges that were mandated by the health insurance reform bill. I’ll be able to shop for insurance on the exchange, where competition and a requirement that 80% of all premium dollars must go toward health care instead of administration and CEO bonuses.
If my mother weren’t on Medicare, it would be personal for her too. She is a breast cancer survivor who had a mastectomy years ago. Yesterday she was diagnosed, once again, with breast cancer in the other breast. Instead of a mastectomy, this time she’ll be getting a lumpectomy. Believe it or not, she was more distressed at the prospect of another mastectomy than she was at the “C” word. Technology has improved a lot since she last faced cancer. Her sister is a survivor of stage 4 breast cancer. She knows what to expect.
It should be personal for young women, too. Women used to have to pay more for insurance than men did, because it was presumed they would cost more through multiple pregnancies. Also Viagra was covered, but birth control was not. The health insurance reform bill makes it easier for women to access the reproductive health care they need. But the party of small government is still insisting that women should not have access to even private insurance that covers abortion. If a women gets pregnant, they want her to deliver a baby, regardless of her health, the health of the fetus, or the circumstances of conception. That is putting big government into the bedroom of every woman in America. You can’t be in favor of small government and be in favor of government intrusion into the most private decisions a woman makes. The two are mutually exclusive.
Homework
GOP Distortions About Health Care
Lymph Nodes & Breast Cancer
New Rules for Pre-Existing Conditions
Colorado Working on Insurance Exchanges
Abortion Debate in Washington DC
Health Care Reform and Birth Control
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