I Am Getting An EGD (Esophogogastroduodenoscopy) Tomorrow While Many Others Who Need One Will Not

[Plucketeer]

24. I sincerely wish you the best in dealing with your ailment

I'm currently dealing with a kidney stone. It started with a trip to the emergency room - then trips to my GP and ultimately to a specialist - several trips to said specialist and the problem is yet to be totally resolved. But I'm happy with the care I've been getting and even HAPPIER that at not ONE of the places I've gone to has asked for a dime out of my pocket. At age 71, I'm on Medicare. But the real blessing is that I have lingering medical insurance via that provided by my wife's past place of work. That coverage is my secondary insurer and picks up everything that Medicare might not.

The point I'm aiming to make here is that while the affliction is painful in and of itself, the fact that I walk in and out of these places without having to consult with the offices thereof as to how much I owe is truly liberating. And if we DID HAVE Medicare for all, everyone could experience the same feeling of freedom that I've been enjoying of late.
The wife and I DO have a monthly premium for the healthcare thru her old workplace (she was a public school teacher), but it's almost incidental in it's amount - sorta like the "tax" that Bernie's proposing for the single payer he wants to establish for us.

It's liberating folks! It really is. And all we have to do is demand it. All we have to do is elect folks to office that do OUR bidding - not the bidding of the monied interests.