Here is a health care story for you...

[and-justice-for-all]

I was at the employment office recently, I am due to be laid off in the near future because the job is ending. Well, I ran in to some one that worked at the same place I currently do, I was surprised to see her and I did not understand why she was there.

It appears she was pursuing the work she had been doing here, down in Arkansas. These jobs require a level of clearance in order for you to work them and to obtain that clearance, you have to clear a Federal Background check. A process one has to do every time, regardless if you have had it previously or coming immediately from another location.

Her daughter had developed a blood disease, she told me what it was but I can not recall. Over time they had become overwhelmed by medical bills, even with insurance, which caused them to fall 90 days or more behind on some them. When they do a background check, this is one of the things they look at or for and they will not grant you clearance and therefore, you can not work at the site.

So she goes all the way to Arkansas, only to be turned away for a job she had been doing for years and rejected because of medical bills.

If there was Universal health care, this women would still be able to support her family and not get dumped because her medical bills have backed up. Now, she is back in Indiana looking for work and struggling.

[juno jones]

1. K&R! n/t

[high density]

2. Yes, most background checks include credit reports

I have seen applicants for receptionist jobs at the office I work at be denied because of poor credit history.

If this woman already has insurance, I don't know what "universal health care" would do for her.

[and-justice-for-all]

3. Her health insurance is only going to pay so much...

her daughter probably had many trips to the doctor, emergency room visits and who knows what else. Once the for profit care hits its end, it is all out of pocket from there.

Universal would not burden her with the medical bills/out of pocket cost and she would therefore still be in her line of work.