Here I am 45 yo, 140 lbs 5’5″, cholesterol levels good, bp is good, no history of cancer or heart problems in the family. And yet, my fat friend who is 5’2″, weigh 350 lbs, has problems like you cannot believe with her feet, ankles, knees etc… has job and pays 450 a month for minimal health care. She has high bp, cholesterol levels out of whack, migraines, etc… I am self employed and cannot afford minimal health care packages because of a pre-existing condition – depression. BTW, the actuaries for my family put them all well over the age of avergage mortality for Americans. This is capitalism at it’s worst. Why can’t I have the same single payer insurance that congress Has?

I hear you.

So I guess I am meant to divest myself of a farm which is a livelyhood, should or rather when illness returns.

But you all in your ivory towers have your insurance…..

but the reality is that there is no way to profit in caring for sick, unemployed people. Like police, fire, defense, and welfare, there is no way to provide a costly, vital, necessary public service without taxing others.

That is, I’m afraid, the ugly truth!