I just went to the website to sign up. For some reason, I think I did once before. I am very limited health wise, so I hope they can find me something to do. The three things they had listed won’t work for me as I am losing my hearing. It’s very hard for me to hear unless someone speaks very clearly and sometimes loud. If you know about hearing loss, it all depends on tone, bass, etc., in order to hear or understand the words.
But good news! I just heard from Vocational Rehab yesterday and after being put on a frozen wait list for the last 5 years, they think they may be able to help me get hearing aids!! Isn’t that great!

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hcpbevent/

You know, I have written to WhiteHouse.gov more than a few times to ask what we can do to help with the Reform. I’ve always clicked the little box that says something like “would like an answer”. For some reason, they never write back. I think we need an organized effort, something like during the campaign. I am of limited resources and no money but I have a lot of time I could spend helping out.
Do you know of anything that I might be able to help out with reform? I have been forwarding messages and articles. It doesn’t seem to be doing much good. I cannot believe that Obama would blow this! But then every time that I think he may have, I remember that he is not only intelligent but he also has street smarts. Hopefully, he’s holding his cards close as he obviously can’t even trust some W.H. aides.

Thanks for sharing your story, Mary b.
“He seemed alright” … the Doc was the one who decided to splint your heel instead of coughing up a boot, which is more expensive than a few ace bandages. What bullshit. The real tragedy is, millions— millions of Americans don’t even have access to this kind of bullshit care. Change is so overdue, the current clusterphuque so broken, that only dramatic and replete change will come close to fixing it. 77% of us know this; will we stand unified this time? We ALL better hope so.

My thoughts, exactly.

The reason that I was asking about Insurance was because about a year ago I fell down a couple of steps and broke my heel bone and a couple of other bones in my foot. It was very painful and I had to drive myself to the hospital. (Standard transmission, too)
Of course, I didn’t tell them that or they wouldn’t have given me anything for the pain.
I am uninsured. There were two other people in the E.R. waiting, and it was obvious that they were getting pissed off over the wait time. After about 5 hours, or maybe longer, they brought me in to see the Doc. They X-Ray ed it and told me it was broken. DUH!
Then, instead of a cast or a boot, they put a plastic splint on it that went up to my knee. I have no idea why I had a splint that went all the way up to my knee. They then wrapped a bunch of ace bandages around it and gave me crutches. The nurse was a real bitch. I told them I could not use crutches as I have two disk problems, one of which is herniated. I also have nerve damage in my neck. I asked for something else, maybe a cane. They’re supposed to be the professionals, they should have figured it out. The nurse just mumbled something bitchy and said “crutches” even though I told her I could not use them. I only saw the Doc when he came in the room to tell me what was broken so I couldn’t tell him of my other injuries. He seemed alright.
So, as a result, I had to walk without crutches, a cane, whatever. They gave me 5 vicodin and told me to see an orthopedic. Yeah, like that was gonna happen without insurance.
So, there you go. My long story short, thanks to the Bush Administrations claim that the E.R. will help those without insurance. What a freakin joke!
This is a prime example why we need a STRONG Public Option! That, and because when I go to the Doc once a month, my scripts cost me $799/month for 4 (FOUR) scripts. And every month, the price goes up a little more.