Health care problem

This article also located at Forbes.com is very interesting, especially for us older folk. I know that I have a tendency to ignore just about every pain my body experiences. Then I fear for what may really be wrong with my body. However, without insurance, there is really nothing I can do.

I suppose I could go see the D.O. at North Park Mall. But the thing is, if there is really something wrong, he will have to send me for “those tests”. Those tests being the ones that for some reason or another cost tens of thousands of dollars. Most of those tests would be un-necessary because what ever may be wrong would be found only by one test, and probably with my luck, the last test that is done.

I am not trying to whine about my personal situation, I just want to make it clear that we, as a nation, are facing some pretty serious problems in health care. Also, locally, we have a serious situation with our insurance companies and hospitals. Right here in the four states, there is a specific hospital that actually tells the insurance companies that they do business with, that if they (the insurance co.) do business with the other local hospital, they will terminate their contract.

This is unfair to the consumer, what if I have had the same doctor for ten years, and then change jobs and medical coverage? Then because of this problem, I have to find a new doctor who practices in a different hospital. OR I have to pay a premium price (penalty) for going to a physician out of network.