Re: Food snob?

On 20 Mar 2006 11:27:57 -0800, "Gregory Morrow"
<gregorymorrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Lack of medical care can means you don't get treatment for obviously
serious things like chronic diseases/conditions; it also means more
mundane things like not having the means to visit a dentist to get
dental work done so you can feel that you can properly present yourself
to a prospective employer (who is going to hire someone who is missing
a front tooth or two?)...


Exactly.

My mom was a teacher for many years. My dad worked for Boeing for
almost 30 years. Both are retired now. It was okay at first. But their
health plan changed when they reached age 62. My mom has several
medical problems, and her prescriptions are over $600 a month. She
gets very little assistance with prescriptions. They thought the new
plan was going to help, but it doesn't really. She has stopped taking
certain prescriptions because of the cost. She'd rather twitch at
night than take the medication for that one. And she has cut off the
daily asthma medication too. She just feels it doesn't help enough to
justify the cost.

Right now, she is calling dentists looking for one that will fix her
tooth. The new plan does not cover dental work, and she has a crown
that has come loose. She is using orajel to keep the pain down. She
went to a dentist toda and needs a root canal.

My parents have worked all their lives, and paid plenty of taxes, but
there is very little help for them now. What a great reward for
productive members of society. They also volunteer at charities. My
mom is the president for the local pregnancy Aid charity. She is there
at least once a week helping to give out supplies to families in need.
She spends hours every week typing in the statistical information that
is required for grant money from the local cities. Without the grant
money, they can't pay the rent, heat, and electricty to run this small
chairty, which is in a building about the size of a one bedroom
apartment. There is no pay for anybody. It is completely volunteer,
and most are elderly women, so they are afraid to touch the computer.
When the cimputer has a problem, or my mom has a problem with the
computer, it's up to me and my sister to fix it. I'm the technical
hardware expert, and my sister is the software expert. My dad is the
handy man to fix anything else that needs work.

It is still very frustrating to see some of them go from one charity
to the next, working the system. Some that refuse anything that isn't
new. (There isn't enough grant money to buy new stuff - we take
donations, and go to garage sales)

Many of these people have better medical help (because of welfare)
than my mom does.


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