http://kmareka.com/2007/07/11/the-cost-of-a-broken-rib/ Progressive Views from a Nurse and a Social Worker Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:24:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://kmareka.com/2007/07/11/the-cost-of-a-broken-rib/#comment-1665 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:55:22 +0000 http://kmareka.com/?p=1294#comment-1665 Michael Moore’s ‘Sicko’ had many scenes of Canadians, French and British discussing how easy it is for them to get health care. Imagine if Americans had that security. We could change jobs, work part time, start small businesses, without risking financial ruin or worse from lack of health insurance. I know that my employer, like many small companies, struggles to keep providing health insurance when the cost keeps going up but paychecks don’t keep pace. The deductable becomes a bigger hunk of the paycheck. I work in community health, and pay is dependent on what the state is able to pay. The result is that many who provide health care are not covered themselves.

]]>