No matter your
political leanings, Boomers, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding
medical insurance reform has been a winner. It has you thinking about medical
insurance. You need it. You need it more than any other segment of our
population.
As we get older –
and yes, you Baby Boomers are getting older in larger numbers than any other
single segment of our population – we need more medical care. Bodies begin breaking down, despite your best
efforts to keep it otherwise. You will find yourself needing to take more pills
than at any other time in your life, just to break even. You’ll need more
preventive care. You’ll need more medical procedures to repair what doesn’t get
prevented.
All of this costs
money. Lots of money. Without medical insurance, the expense would eat up any
savings you have in a heartbeat. A heartbeat you need to keep monitored, by the
way – and that’s another expense.
So get that
medical insurance (I have Kaiser, and find it works well for me). But get it.
It’s a must for your peace of mind and body. The United States does have the
best health care in the world, but only for those who can afford it. For most
of us, that means medical insurance
And please, none
of that silly bleating that the government mandating that you get health
insurance somehow robs you of your patriot freedom. Our citizens have always
joined together to jointly face common problems, be it the draft in all-out wartime
to Social Security in time of economic turmoil, not to mention the taxes that
enable us to jointly support our schools and highways and police and fire
departments and all the rest. The fabric of our nation has somehow managed to
survive.
Being told you
must get health insurance robs you only of the freedom to be stupid and the
freedom to be selfish – stupid to procrastinate about getting something vitally
necessary and selfish to expect the rest of us to foot your medical bills if
you are uninsured.
If you want to
worry about freedom, worry that the United States imprisons more of its
citizens than any other country in the entire developed world. But worry while
you’re medically insured.
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