Reply #9: My incessant hammering of this exact point has ALMOST worked on my Republican mother

[riderinthestorm]

I say almost because even STILL, she won't admit to me that my point has any validity.

My husband has Stage IV, Grade IV lymphoma (remission for 3 years knock on wood). We have spent many, many hours in hospital waiting rooms both for appointments and the ER, and you are 110% right. You can completely see the fear in the eyes of those without health insurance. It's hideous.

I tell my mother that ALL humans deserve to be cared for - ALL of us. That my husband just happens to be on the side of those who have insurance but nothing separates him from the man sitting next to him who does not have health ins, and that as far as we're concerned - everyone needs care for their illness. Just because we are lucky-fortunate doesn't mean we shut our hearts.

Of course, she's a Christian(tm), Rush Limbaugh/Sean Hannity/Bill O Reilly fan, who believes GW Bush walked on water so she won't/can't agree with me on this ever but she does get very quiet when my husband's health issues come up. She knows he wouldn't be alive right now if we didn't have health insurance, and because she likes him very much, and I hammer the point over and over that ALL people are special and they ALL deserve treatment without going bankrupt. She really has no response other than the canned ones fabricated for her by the Rightwing noise machine and she already knows those talking points don't work on me.

Unfortunately though 3+ years of my working on her, PC Intern, hasn't really budged her enough. At least it hasn't budged her enough that she will even agree to contemplate my position without a knee jerk Rethug reaction. Some people are just too stubborn and hard hearted. At least she doesn't argue with me as vociferously as she used to - there's that.

Glad to hear that you are getting good care and hope you feel better soon.