Greetings,
My name is Mario Maurizi and, I this is my first post on this or any forum. I have been visiting and gleaning this board for a month in an effort to help my wife, a solo NP trying to implement AC.
I stumbled onto this thread and am compelled to reply. These posts from 4/29-5/4 speak volumes to your credit, and to the dark era the USA has been enduring. Words from some of you moved me emotionally. I recognize your frustration, anger and feelings of helplessness.
In my former life, I provided health insurance to my employees.
We all hated the insurance companies. My employees knew that it was more doable to buy group health with pre-tax dollars than make higher wages and have to provide for their family's medical needs and catastrophic coverage. We still had to compete against companies that did not offer health insurance. It cost around $8 an hour to insure an employee and family in a mediocre HMO.
The thirty years of we-they propaganda that has divided Americans is poison to be avoided. Trust that people know the difference between a rich sob and someone who works hard and is
well compensated for it. There are a many tens of millions of people/patients/families as frustrated, angry and feeling helpless as you. They need truth, not the sound bites they get now.
Better stop here before I go on a rant, but know that as a cynic who has been bored and disappointed with my fellow Americans, You gave me a little hopeful lift. My virtual hat is off to you.
Mario Maurizi
Office lackey
