Partisan Free Politics

In a previous post “Sicko = Excellent Propaganda Film“, I described my impressions of health care, by relating the story of what happened, when I broke my back almost two years ago. By coincidence, I am still uninsured and recently found myself going to the hospital. (disclaimer: I’m loaded up on painkillers right now, I take no responsibility for grammar or coherence)…

So this past Thursday I found myself (like most Thursdays this sumer) playing softball on the mall, within sight of many a national monument. It was the top of the second, my team, the Muckrackers, was already behind by three runs. I stepped up - prophetically told someone that their smoking was going to cause me to bust my ass on the way to first… the pitch came, and I cracked an infield grounder - so I hustled my ass to first beating the throw narrowly with my right foot. My left foot (the more troublesome of the two) connected with the first basemen’s leg instead of the base - causing me to tumble shoulder first into the ground. To make a long story short 12 bucks (the price of a cab ride) later I arrived at GW hospital on the verge of fainting - something was sticking up out of my shoulder, and that something was causing me a great deal of pain….

So I get ushered in, I was asked first for an ID, next for an insurance card… Luckily I had an I.D. but had to tell these folks that I did not have insurance (apparently I should have or at least could have - I am for whatever reason not on the softball insurance list an oversight/clerical error to say the least). Here I am a productive member of society, struggling to launch himself as a young professional - also a proponent of preserving some form of privatized medicine in the interest of preserving innovation and life saving research, but none the less about to be screwed by the current system.

Anyway, monday morning I will have some answers in terms of social programs, or whatever that I am eligible for… In the meantime - my collarbone is sticking up - no longer attached to my shoulder or arm. My right arm is in a sling and I am, as I said earlier on Rush Limbaugh’s favorite drug. I have not been scheduled for surgery yet and the soonest I could get an appointment at a public clinic is Wednesday (for an evaluation only). I am going to keep posting my experiences here as I go through this medical journey -stay tuned. (as an added bonus I may be unemployed as well)

Regards - A