I am Pissed off!

David Posnett — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:31:46 +0000

From Perry Gershon:

I am pissed off!

The Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, said yesterday that state and local governments should declare bankruptcy if they find themselves in a financial hole due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Is he serious?

How in the world do we fight this crisis and bring jobs back if state and local governments are declaring bankruptcy?

Governor Cuomo called out what McConnell said as “offensive”, and “one of the saddest, really dumb comments of all time.” Exactly right.

Mitch McConnell is competing with Donald Trump to be the poster child for demonizing and politicizing a national health crisis.

But what I am really pissed off about is the complete and total silence from Lee Zeldin. Again and again and again, this guy never fights for us. Never!

Even his Republican colleague on Long Island, Peter King said the comments were “shameful and indefensible” and called McConnell the “Marie Antoinette of the Senate.”

But nothing from Zeldin. Nothing.

Nothing but his usual silence in the face of the most extreme in his own party.

Let me be clear, the money the states and local governments are asking for would go to our fire fighters, police officers, EMTs, and healthcare workers.

HEALTHCARE WORKERS! This is who Zeldin will not fight for.

Folks, we need to defeat Lee Zeldin.

Perry

A Personal Fight

David Posnett — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 03:22:11 +0000

Published as Letter to the Editor, in the East Hampton Press, page 7, March 15, 2017

My friend Liz was an intense supporter of the ACA (Obamacare). There was a good reason. She had her health insurance canceled back in 2005 and then months later she was stricken with a nasty type of cancer. Chemotherapy nearly bankrupted her costing $400,000. But she survived. She became a long-term cancer survivor and started a national support group for patients like herself, a group counting a membership of over 5000 cancer survivors. She was very well informed and attended medical conferences to keep up with the latest advances.

However, she still had no medical insurance. So she signed up on-line for the ACA and she was waiting for her insurance card. She wasn’t feeling well. Fully aware of the costs, she did not want to see a specialist in NY City until her insurance card was in hand. One Monday she went to Southampton Hospital’s emergency room because of severe shortness of breath. A few hours later she was dead!

It is not clear what happened. But it is very clear that

Health insurance is not a “joke”. In fact, lacking health insurance dissuades us from consulting a physician when we know that we should. Lacking insurance really costs lives.
Treatment for cancer and other disorders can be extremely expensive and often leads to personal bankruptcy, especially when you are uninsured. Healthcare disasters like hers were in fact the most common reason behind personal bankruptcy until we go the ACA.

Many people were touched by my friend. She was in her fifties and she lived in Amagansett when she died. She fought for all those with her predicament. I know she would want us all to fight for the ACA and for “health-care for all” that includes those that cannot pay for insurance.

bankruptcy – R&R – Reachout and Rebuild

I am Pissed off!

A Personal Fight