Reply #8: I come from an age that knew this stuff first hand.

[izzie]

Born in the 30's not many people went to doctors or dentist. It seems to be an easy thing for the poor to give up and not because they want to. Go to the poor parts of Maine and you will see people who do not care for their teeth. I do not know what they are doing for the rest of their bodies but this you can see. I my self did not have to worry as my father made en ought so we had all those things and married to a service man I had very good care there but and there is always a but. I got divorced and lost tri-care. On a fixed income health care is hard to pay for. I ran into some trouble with medicare and a check up. They charged me for every test that they say is free. I fought them for a year on it and that meant you could not drag me to a doctor for a check up for 7 years. I just had to go and the bills are coming in now. With eyes to be fixed and teeth done and health care ins. each month I am not looking forward to the next two or three months. Last check up they told I would have to pay as I was not sick. Is that crazy or what? Since so much of our medical comes from tax payers money it should be a thing the govt. does for the people. Yes we would have to pay for it but we are already paying for a good part of it. New drugs, hospitals, training doctors. are all partly paid for by our taxes now and some one else gets the profits from it.