OT: Health Care Reform - Reality ** Kinda Longish

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Howdy Victorianne,

 

> I hear what you're saying, Butch. My father (91 right now) was an Air

> Force Colonel and lives now in the Veterans Home in Chula Vista, CA, where

> he can discuss " the good old days " with his cronies.

>

 

Good for him .. I salute his service and wish him many years of happiness

yet to come.

 

 

> But he and his friends there all back the health reform bill.

>

 

Some will. None of my retired military friends do .. nor do the troops

from Fort Campbell who we duck hunt with in the winter.

 

 

> Even though they have the VA and he himself has Kaiser (from retiring from

> the City of Los Angeles after 30 yrs. as the head civil engineer).

>

 

He also has Medicare .. and Tricare for Life .. so if he also is VA eligible

and has Kaiser .. he is covered from head to toe.

 

 

> But he has me, and my kids and grandkids as well as my sister and her

> kids--all of which have no other hope of getting health care.

>

 

Wishing you luck I am .. truly.

 

 

> i also have a son who is in the Marines, now serving in Afghanistan, who is

> also in favor of the bill, as are many there who have family/friends who are

> having trouble getting care.

>

 

I salute that young feller too .. and wish him good luck .. and a safe

return home. All active duty military folks are young folks to me .. no

assumptions there. ;-)

 

As for the families of those troops you speak of .. you must mean extended

families .. immediate families are covered when a person is on active

military duty.

 

 

> We all are of a " wait and see " opinion right now.

>

 

We have no choice .. but I think the wait will not be very long.

 

 

> But i'll not complain about anyones attempts to level the playing field on

> any subject.

>

 

Good show .. check the Group polls and you will find roughly a 50-50 split

on opinions.

 

 

> However, i guess i am mostly of a socialist bent, as i am Canadian.

>

 

I will do my best to do my best to overlook that. ;-)

 

 

> Vicky

>

 

Happy Easter .. or have a nice weekend .. which ever is applicable. :-)

Butch

 

 

>

> --- On Sat, 4/3/10, Butch Owen <butchowen<butchowen%40gmail.com>>

> wrote:

>

> This post is about reality .. its not intended to be negative or positive

> ..

> its reality as I know it. It will bore some folks but it might cause some

> others to more clearly see how things are now .. not how they wish it was

> ..

> but how it is.

>