I drove by a spaghetti dinner fund raiser today...

[LeftyFingerPop]

that was seeking funds to help pay for the medical costs of some young gentleman who is suffering with brain cancer.

I decided to stop and get a dinner.

As I was eating, I kept wondering why we need health care reform in this country.

After all, we have spaghetti. :sarcasm:

[dflprincess]

1. Unfortnately, the "reform" we're getting

with the high out of pocket expenses it allows - won't put an end to fund raisers like this.

[LeftyFingerPop]

2. I shamefully admit that...

I stopped following the possible iterations of the potential bill a few weeks ago.

I will be reading DU tonight and watching the news to try to catch up.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Was it a church?

I suppose those who don't want to belong to social clubs like churches can just go suck eggs for assistance with their healthcare, huh? Curmudgeons are at a distinct disadvantage, as they always fail in popularity contests.

[LeftyFingerPop]

6. It was a social club. n/t

[CoffeeCat]

4. In my area of the country...

...we had a pancake breakfast for a firefighter who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

The family is drowning in medical bills. They have insurance.

Is this the utopia that the teabaggers are protecting?

[LeftyFingerPop]

7. Damn. I'm sorry to hear this. n/t

[jtrockville]

5. Uniquely American

Last week we got an email from our HR department with a plea to help a coworker.

[LeftyFingerPop]

9. I was thinking the very same thing today...

People from France, England, Canada etc. would gasp with disbelief over something like this.

[regnaD kciN]

8. Mmmmmmm...spaghetti...

:-)

[LeftyFingerPop]

10. It was good too! Meatballs, salad, bread. n/t

[MrMickeysMom]

11. And that we keep having to have things like this is a Godamned shame...

Yeah, we got people having garage sales here and spaghetti dinners there and pretty soon there will be no one left to help each other.

I'm so disgusted I could just shit a garage sale full of spaghetti on the Hill.

They couldn't possibly be proud of what they did tonight, could they?

[JVS]

12. I can make my own spaghetti cheaper without paying for someone's cancer treatment.

Kind of like medical care can be provided cheaper if not driven by providing profits to companies.