The Manhattan Project

Imagine a man where it all began
A scientist pacing the floor
In each nation, always eager to explore
To build the best big stick
To turn the winning trick
But this was something more...
-Rush, Manhattan Project

Health care in the United States; it's an oxymoron. It's also moronic. 

The Affordable Health Care Act will help 50,000,000 people get healthcare, myself included. So why are so many people against it? Why have there been so many lies about it? This is something Presidents from both parties have been trying to get done for 100 years, starting with Teddy Roosevelt.

I was denied healthcare 2x in October. When I finally called the CT hotline, I found out that they cannot deny anyone healthcare starting in 2014, and that I will be able to get insurance as of Jan 1. Otherwise, because of the skull fracture I had in 2009, I would be denied coverage. 

My European friends find this ridiculous. In their countries, healthcare is a right, not a capitalistic enterprise. 

My sister-in-law was supposed to have back surgery on Wednesday. It was to take 7 hours, involve 5 doctors and entail incisions on both her front and back. She has a non-malignant tumor that is pressing on discs. On Monday, less than 48 hours before the procedure was supposed to take place, my sister's insurance denied certain hardware that would guarantee that at least one of the discs would disintegrate and that my sister-in-law would need another surgery. That can best be defined as madness.

On Monday, one of the lead doctors had a peer-to-peer call with the insurance company. The peer, was not a peer. He was not a neurologist. He wasn't even a surgeon. His decision denied my sister-in-law the surgery she needed. She had prepped mentally and physically (giving up cigarettes.) This had been three years in the making and Samsung (who is self-insured) blew up the whole thing with less than 24 hours. 

It seems, it would be easier to learn how split an atom than to get a needed (but very expensive) operation in the United States. Speaking of which, at this moment, I'd much like to give North Korea that enriched Uranium they have been longing for. Luckily, I do not have a line on any (the NSA may stand down now.)

The decision is being appealed and they still have the option of a lawsuit for pain and suffering. She will get this operation, and the insurance will pay for it, come Hell or global warming. It's just ridiculous what my sister and sister-in-law have had to go through. 

In 2000, the WHO ranked the United States 39th in world. Obamacare? Hell yes! In 2014, we are the last developed country to get affordable health care.