An appeal to America: the year of massive health care reform when it’s most needed
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December 28, 2008
Out of control, The economy, heroes & villains
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Tags: economy, fired, getting fired, health insurance, healthcare, job loss, jobless, jobloss and health care, laid off, lay offs, terminated, unemployed, unemployed health care, unemployment
I’m unemployed. My extended health care benefits run out at the end of the month, in exactly three days. I’m taking a short-term contract job in the new year that will offer zero benefits.
But if my health or the health of my family is threatened, I’ll be fine. We could develop a serious illness, have a major accident or just develop a garden-variety sinus infection. Doesn’t matter. I and my family will get the health care we need, employed or not.
Why? Because I live in Canada.
And if I lived in any … Continue Reading
Tags: economy, fired, getting fired, health insurance, healthcare, job loss, jobless, jobloss and health care, laid off, lay offs, terminated, unemployed, unemployed health care, unemployment
