Pet Insurance... Warning: Exploding Head Rant Inside! [View All]

Ok, that's it. I have had enough. PET INSURANCE? I can't get insurance for my wife or 2 of my sons because of "pre-existing conditions", gays can't get insurance for their partners, but those lovely people at Palm Beach Community College have determined that their employees should have insurance for their pets. Thanks to C&L for this link:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2007/11/24/s1b_PBCC_1124.htm

I can't wrap my head around this. A couple years ago I went into business for myself. Luckily business has taken off and for the first time in my 45 years I am not worried about how to make ends meet. Problem is now I fall into the gap between "can't get medicare for my wife or sick kids because I make too much money" and "we can't insure you because you have sick people in your family".

Maybe some genius from Fox News or from Freeperville can explain to me how I can get insurance. I've tried them all. At one point I offered AETNA $1700 a month to cover my family and I was denied(pre-existing conditions). It would have put me back into the "struggling to make ends meet" category again but my family would be safe. Right now we are paying for my wife and son's meds and all their medical care out of pocket. I have an autistic son who luckily is highly functioning and does not require much medical attention and I have an adopted son who has Muscular Dystrophy which luckily has not manifested itself yet. How much longer can I rely on this kind of luck? Or on pay as you go medical care, which mind you is outrageously over priced thanks to insurance companies? We are basically one serious illness or even a broken arm or leg away from going back to living paycheck to paycheck. I guess it's too much to ask for to have affordable medical care for my family, obviously working my ass off for 30 years isn't enough to earn me the right to live without the fear of one of my kids dying from the fucking flu. But never mind that, now I can get insurance to cover Fido if he has worms!

When my kids are fully grown and out of my house I'll be moving to another country. I am an honest hard working guy, who has just discovered that people like me are not welcome here. What America wants are greedy, nasty, apathetic morons who are more worried about whether the schmoe behind the counter at Wal-Mart uses the word holiday instead of Christmas than they are about sick children receiving medical care.

I could rant about this shit all day, But I just sneezed and if I don't run out and take a bunch of useless over the counter cold and flu medicines I may get really sick. Then I'll be really fucked.