http://democraticgovernors.org/about
http://democraticgovernors.org/governors

Note his name on the list.

You would also be interested to learn that Acevedo is also a Democrtatic party superdelegate.

http://thehill.com/ campaign-2008/ puerto-rico-governor-obama-supporter-indicted-2008-03-27.html

I agree that we are in a sorry state of affairs in the US.
Ordinary citizens like yourself get hit with an accident or illness and it practically devastates them.
The Hobson’s choice you present in your example of a welfare mother is so prevalent and so obvious, but people continue to wear blinders.
But, as Mary suggests, do look into what you may recover in your income tax this year — although you already know the IRS limits.

My paper this morning ran an article on uninsured Americans traveling not only to Mexico, but to France, India and other countries for surgical care. The out of pocket costs they pay as a non-citizen is far less than they would pay in the US.

Umm, just for the sake of accuracy, Siegelman was NOT Governor when he was indicted. He is a FORMER Governor, having served from 1999-2003. In late 2005, he faced indictments based on allegations of improper activities as Governor, and he’d announced his intent to run as the Democratic nominee for Governor in the 2006 election (but lost to then Lt Gov Lucy Baxter).

I find it ironic: a brat capable of obtain $200m in contracts from the USA Government is incapable of defense himself?

Here’s the thing. Why should a couple who have worked hard all of thier lives and raised a family and paid their taxes, Basically lived by the rules of society, why should they wind up suddenly in debt to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars after carefully avoiding indebtedness in their lives for 40 or 50 years?

It’s like saying, we don’t care how hard you work or how well you plan, we will own you in the end.

It reminds me of people who condemn a single mom for drawing welfare that provides some medical care for her children instead of taking a 6 dollar an hour job which would not provide any health care for her children but would disqualify her from the welfare medical care for her children. What you do?

For example, in CT:

‘Medical debt is recognized as involuntary debt and not subject to the same kind of punitive debt collection tactics that Connecticut law normally allowsHere’s some good info by state.’

http://www.familiesusa.org/assets/pdfs/medical-debt.PDF

‘You may deduct only the amount by which your total medical care expenses for the year exceed 7.5% of your adjusted gross income. You do this calculation on Form 1040 Schedule A in computing the amount deductible.’

Lots of good info at this link:
http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc502.html

Good Luck and please try not to worry to the point of it making you crazy! I’m sure you’re doing your best!

Evil Spaniard Says:
Private healthcare it’s simply a way to scam people. Insurance corporations have batallions of lawyers who write their contracts, policies, and who fight tooth and nail against “insured” people. Regular people has to face a stampeding mammooth corporation singlehandedly with a stone spear.

We are at a loss Evil as to what to do. I just spent 6 hours in an emergency room in the fall and the out of pocket that I had to pay with no insurance was over 5000 dollars. It seems we they have us in a death grip with no real alternatives. With health insurance at least we can get the treatment we desperatly need at the time and can haggle over the money later…..

They have changed the bankrupcy laws now and I think they can literally take everything from you and sell it to pay these bills…..it is truly frightening. Why are we in Iraq?

Private healthcare it’s simply a way to scam people. Insurance corporations have batallions of lawyers who write their contracts, policies, and who fight tooth and nail against “insured” people. Regular people has to face a stampeding mammooth corporation singlehandedly with a stone spear.

Good thing my girlfriend doesn’t like to fly, she doesn’t wear a nipple ring, hers is a bit lower, than the nipples or belly button.
She would have kicked a TSA agent in the teeth, heh.

What I’m wondering is what was THE SIZE of the nipple ring? Because a regular one hasn’t more metal in it than a zipper. Either they have badly regulated the magnetic arc, or they force travelers to losen their trousers…

There must be 10’s of thousands of people in the same boat. I consider it a form of class warfare.

I was actually thinking about your situation re: health insurance when I wrote that entry. I feel really bad for you and your wife. $1,300 per month is crazy! CRAZY! I guess that means (assuming you itemize) that you claim those costs on your tax returns? Isn’t there some kind of tax benefit if your medical costs run over 7.5% of your yearly income? (not sure if that’s taxable income.)

well! now, how did that get there?!? it wan’t there yesterday!
ha!

ok… so i emptied the cache, and it seems to be better… also, it seems
to be TP only that takes so long to load…

almost hate to do the “reset” … it’s sure nice not having to type in form info…
but here goes…

Pollster – dates – approval – disapproval – Huh? – difference

Pew – 3/19-22/08 – 28 – 63 – 9 – -35
FOX/Opinion Dynamics – 3/18-19/08 – 30 – 60 – 10 – -30
CBS – 3/15-18/08 – 29 – 64 – 7 – -35

Down to 28 percent. Playing the approval limbo, how low can he go?

*eyeroll*

I can’t think of another US citizen who has the balls to make such a statement in public.

and have it reported by any media.

In a 60 minutes interview, Al Gore ripped Vice President Cheney’s denial of global warming. “You’re talking about Dick Cheney. I think that those people are in such a tiny, tiny minority now with their point of view, they’re almost like the ones who still believe that the moon landing was staged in a movie lot in Arizona and those who believe the world is flat.

Al called cheney a moonbat….on sixety minutes. I can’t think of another US citizen who has the balls to make such a statement in public.