Doctor's Appointment

I have health insurance through the school.

Laura, and Amelia have insurance through the state of Oregon.

We spent the better part of our morning today trying to find a doctor who would accept the state's health plan. This is simply one more reason we've got to re-evaluate and reform the healthcare* system. Two reasonably intelligent adults cannot navigate the bureaucratic mess nor can we see the doctor we want to see because we don't have the right insurance. Essentially, low-income people are funneled to a particular subset of doctors who have more incentive to prescribe some medication than to help their patients feel better.

How in the world can conservatives, particularly religious ones, think that it's a bad idea to provide healthcare for everyone? Shouldn't everyone be able to go to the doctor of their choice and get, at the very least, the minimum amount of care? I understand why doctors and insurance companies are against it, but not why the average everyday voter is opposed.

I can only hope that one day this will be remedied. I hope there comes a time when Amelia gets sick and she doesn't have to worry that she can't get the care she needs or wants because she has the wrong insurance or none at all. We were literally turned away by a doctor today because we had the state health insurance.

God bless. America.

*Incidentally, I heard an interview with an etymologist a while back who was discussing the speed with which "health care" became "health-care" and finally "healthcare." Even now, my spellcheck does not give me a red underline for using it as one word. Words, and the way they change and the ways we use them truly fascinate me.