Stupid bloody American healthcare system
Oct. 7th, 2005 06:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
charliesmumMy friend is self-employed, so she doesn't have any health insurance. Because she isn't allowed to legally marry her partner, she can't get on her health insurance. She is really sick right now. She keeps passing blood clots, and is now extremely anemic because of it. She called a clinic and practically needed a note from God to get them to see her - she needs a note from her partner saying that she can pay other bills so J. won't stiff them. Or something. Even after that, it's a $2 charge for the visit, but anything else - lab tests, meds, etc. is full price. So not helpful.
The only thing she can do is go to a hospital because they have to take her. She's been told she can wait until tomorrow, but I'm really worried about her. Possibly because I've been watching too much House, but still...
It just really upsets me that she can't be on her partner's insurance simply because people have a moral objection to their lifestyle. It's not even a lifestyle. They live the same kind of life I do. It isn't right that she has to suffer because the fucking health care in this country is ridiculously expensive.
Grrr.
The only thing she can do is go to a hospital because they have to take her. She's been told she can wait until tomorrow, but I'm really worried about her. Possibly because I've been watching too much House, but still...
It just really upsets me that she can't be on her partner's insurance simply because people have a moral objection to their lifestyle. It's not even a lifestyle. They live the same kind of life I do. It isn't right that she has to suffer because the fucking health care in this country is ridiculously expensive.
Grrr.
