http://www.neoteny.org/2009/10/13/small-business-health-insurance-and-social-change/ The American Left, Societal Transformation, and Biological Evolution Wed, 15 May 2013 17:49:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.neoteny.org/2009/10/13/small-business-health-insurance-and-social-change/comment-page-1/#comment-2393 Sheila Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:50:13 +0000 http://www.neoteny.org/?p=550#comment-2393 My family and I are in the same boat. We own a restaurant. My husband had colon cancer two years ago. When I quit my job at a large corporation to work full time in our family business, we found out that no insurance company would accept him because of his pre-existing condition. Right now he's using the very expensive Cobra of my previous employer's insurance. When that runs out, he'll be forced to use our state option (thank God we have one), which is even more expensive. I just don't understand why a family of three has to pay $1200 a month for medical coverage...there is no way that we would ever spend that much in typical medical needs. But we can't be without it because if the cancer comes back, we'll be bankrupt without it. We just can't win and something needs to be done about this. We are at the mercy of multi-billion dollar insurance companies...it's just not fair. My family and I are in the same boat. We own a restaurant. My husband had colon cancer two years ago. When I quit my job at a large corporation to work full time in our family business, we found out that no insurance company would accept him because of his pre-existing condition. Right now he’s using the very expensive Cobra of my previous employer’s insurance. When that runs out, he’ll be forced to use our state option (thank God we have one), which is even more expensive. I just don’t understand why a family of three has to pay $1200 a month for medical coverage…there is no way that we would ever spend that much in typical medical needs. But we can’t be without it because if the cancer comes back, we’ll be bankrupt without it. We just can’t win and something needs to be done about this. We are at the mercy of multi-billion dollar insurance companies…it’s just not fair.

]]> http://www.neoteny.org/2009/10/13/small-business-health-insurance-and-social-change/comment-page-1/#comment-2362 Chris Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:33:04 +0000 http://www.neoteny.org/?p=550#comment-2362 As a small business owner, I absolutely agree. I face the same hiring--and keeping good employees--challenges, and the same beat-your-head-against-the-wall frustrations. Like you, I am certain a public health system would unleash an unprecedented surge in new, innovative businesses that would, along with direct positive benefits to employers and employees, create a powerful 21st-century economic engine for this country. As a small business owner, I absolutely agree. I face the same hiring–and keeping good employees–challenges, and the same beat-your-head-against-the-wall frustrations. Like you, I am certain a public health system would unleash an unprecedented surge in new, innovative businesses that would, along with direct positive benefits to employers and employees, create a powerful 21st-century economic engine for this country.

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