Health insurance is in a sad state in this country - and something that Terry and I are watching carefully since we both have good insurance now, but will be giving that up in the near future when we go full-time in the motorhome. I will need to get my own coverage and pay for it because of the thyroid problem I mentioned in the previous post.

The problem is that we Americans want everything. We want our health insurance, but we don't want to pay for it ourselves - can't happen! The consumer ultimately pays for everything - don't kid yourself about that. So, we keep on the way we are with hospital/doctor bills going through the roof and more and more people loosing their coverage because insurance rates are also going through the roof. Who pays? We all do in the long run.

We could implement a national health plan similar to Canada or other developed countries, but then our taxes would go up and heaven forbid we can't have that! (being sarcastic here) So who do you think is going to pay for it? Most people who do have coverage already pay a portion of the premium through payroll deduction. So what would be wrong with putting that towards a national health plan instead of their company's health plan?

Like I said, who do you think is going to pay? Ultimately we are all going to pay anyway. If Americans wouldn't be so darned paranoid about their taxes going up we could have a national health plan where everyone is covered. We are the only developed nation that does not have national health coverage and it's because we are all so worried about our darn taxes. You can't have the greatest nation in the world without paying for it.