Sickness

You know what really sucks? Being uninsured! So I'm sick. I feel that I probably have strep throat, that or the world's worst cold that is killing me. I went to the doctor yesterday and explained my situation and they said sure we will see you. that will be 140 dollars and extra if they have to run any labs. I am feeling really crappy and not in the mood to argue or try to price shop in my weakened state so I say ok to the terms. I then get my throat swab in the 2 hours I am there only to have them say that they don't think I have strep throat and they will call me in 48 hours if the culture shows anything. So now I am sans antibiotics and I could possibly be dying and another thing I am sans....140 dollars. I hate health care, insurance and the rest of the system. I am temporarily unemployed but do normally have health insurance I can't imagine what it is like for those who have to deal with it every time they are sick.

I need to point out at this juncture I am not pro universal health care. I am a advocate of a free market health system. Mostly I am anti insurance companies because they are the reason the cost is so ridiculously high. They do this to people when they are in an already weakened state or are in an emergency situation when they do not have the ability to shop around for the most cost effective care.