Reply #71: Hence the difference between your ideals and my realism......

[FrenchieCat]

and there ain't nothing wrong with that.

But I pay $1,100 per month for health care, not including the $30.00 co pay and prescriptions on a family of 3 (I also have to pay Blue Cross for my other daughter away at college at $2,000 per term...as she is in MA, where our Kaiser does not service, and where the state forces insurance due to mandates). We are self employed. We are hanging in there by the skin of our teeth in terms of health coverage at this time.

So, I'm not in this for the drama, I'm in it for the possible benefits, like many more than just myself. We would like them sooner than later....so staying realistic just appears to be a better option to getting things done without too many delays.

Some of us don't have time to wish for what will not be. We can only hope that we get what was promised to us in Obama's campaign platform.

So you can get exorcised if you must, but I'm obviously quite practical and calm, or as you state....I have some gall and then some nerves! :hi: