Comments on: I need MONEY! http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2006/08/02/i-need-money/ advocacy for the job seeker Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:49:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JibberJobber Blog » Blog Archive » Medical Prescriptions for the Unemployed: Pfizer Does It Right! http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2006/08/02/i-need-money/comment-page-1/#comment-408811 JibberJobber Blog » Blog Archive » Medical Prescriptions for the Unemployed: Pfizer Does It Right! Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:53:38 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=34#comment-408811 [...] really blew me away. I’ve blogged about health care here a few times - starting from when I cut my hand open to my thoughts about Obama saving the healthcare system… but this one is really heartening.  [...] [...] really blew me away. I’ve blogged about health care here a few times – starting from when I cut my hand open to my thoughts about Obama saving the healthcare system… but this one is really heartening.  [...]

]]> By: Jimmy http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2006/08/02/i-need-money/comment-page-1/#comment-329544 Jimmy Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:03:19 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=34#comment-329544 Okay, I'll be the bad guy... I don't have any children, because I can't yet afford the should-haves. If you don't have savings large enough to cover emergency situations such as a short hospital stint, being unemployed, temporary relocation, etc... should you continue to have kids??? You could say that when you were both working you didn't have any financial woes, but did you have a savings that could cover all of the forementioned items? If not, then you should, or you shouldn't have several children, if you did have an appropriate savings, and you have used all of it and are still not is a comfortable financial position, then something else is wrong. Okay, I’ll be the bad guy…

I don’t have any children, because I can’t yet afford the should-haves.

If you don’t have savings large enough to cover emergency situations such as a short hospital stint, being unemployed, temporary relocation, etc… should you continue to have kids??? You could say that when you were both working you didn’t have any financial woes, but did you have a savings that could cover all of the forementioned items? If not, then you should, or you shouldn’t have several children, if you did have an appropriate savings, and you have used all of it and are still not is a comfortable financial position, then something else is wrong.

]]> By: Nancy B http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2006/08/02/i-need-money/comment-page-1/#comment-328877 Nancy B Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:14:29 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=34#comment-328877 I added it up today... I have had poor / no insurance most of my adult life. I have several friends that have had to make terrible decisions about housing and chemo... even with my most recent job... one of the best packages in the country... dental insurance was horrible and my husband still faces 2 root canals we can't afford. My father had a union job for 35 years... it never occured to me when I graduated college that health insurance didn't come with every job and that an HMO with full vision, dental, and drugs wasn't included... oh how far we have come to fall back so far! I added it up today… I have had poor / no insurance most of my adult life. I have several friends that have had to make terrible decisions about housing and chemo… even with my most recent job… one of the best packages in the country… dental insurance was horrible and my husband still faces 2 root canals we can’t afford.

My father had a union job for 35 years… it never occured to me when I graduated college that health insurance didn’t come with every job and that an HMO with full vision, dental, and drugs wasn’t included… oh how far we have come to fall back so far!

]]> By: Kathie M. Thomas http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2006/08/02/i-need-money/comment-page-1/#comment-328872 Kathie M. Thomas Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:03:34 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=34#comment-328872 This shows how different medical care is in various countries. In Australia we have a govt medicare system so that even those on unemployment, pensions, etc have some form of care. And we have many surgeries that bulk bill to the govt medicare agency so that patients don't have to pay out any money. However, if you want choice of doctor, etc then private insurance is so important. I am thankful that I'm kept in work and am mindful of how so easily situations can change - for the worse, or the better. Thanks for sharing this story. This shows how different medical care is in various countries. In Australia we have a govt medicare system so that even those on unemployment, pensions, etc have some form of care. And we have many surgeries that bulk bill to the govt medicare agency so that patients don’t have to pay out any money. However, if you want choice of doctor, etc then private insurance is so important.

I am thankful that I’m kept in work and am mindful of how so easily situations can change – for the worse, or the better. Thanks for sharing this story.

]]> By: Karen Swim http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2006/08/02/i-need-money/comment-page-1/#comment-328860 Karen Swim Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:55:28 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=34#comment-328860 Jason, I pray that your hand heals quickly! Peanut butter stops the bleeding and yep superglue does work. Your story was eerily familiar. I had an accident with a slicer and there was so much blood and in the old days I would've headed out to get stitches but like you I had no health insurance and definitely could not afford a $1000 bill for a cut. I worked in healthcare my entire life & I knew the problems but there is nothing like facing them as a patient. When I really needed help there was no where to turn. My husband and I lived off of our savings for 3 years while I paid for his insurance and mounting medical bills out of pocket. We could not afford to keep me covered. He had cancer, became paralyzed from the waist down, we had no income and we could not even get disability. The case worker came and in spite of my husband's obvious paralysis, inability to see the paper to sign it, they didn't seem to get it. After he died, I was left with a mountain of medical bills, no insurance and still no help. It is sad that you work hard, pay taxes but there is nowhere to turn when life takes an unexpected turn. Jason, I pray that your hand heals quickly! Peanut butter stops the bleeding and yep superglue does work. Your story was eerily familiar. I had an accident with a slicer and there was so much blood and in the old days I would’ve headed out to get stitches but like you I had no health insurance and definitely could not afford a $1000 bill for a cut. I worked in healthcare my entire life & I knew the problems but there is nothing like facing them as a patient. When I really needed help there was no where to turn. My husband and I lived off of our savings for 3 years while I paid for his insurance and mounting medical bills out of pocket. We could not afford to keep me covered. He had cancer, became paralyzed from the waist down, we had no income and we could not even get disability. The case worker came and in spite of my husband’s obvious paralysis, inability to see the paper to sign it, they didn’t seem to get it. After he died, I was left with a mountain of medical bills, no insurance and still no help. It is sad that you work hard, pay taxes but there is nowhere to turn when life takes an unexpected turn.

]]> By: Having a Job Doesn’t Make You an Entrepreneur | YourHRGuy.com http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2006/08/02/i-need-money/comment-page-1/#comment-322611 Having a Job Doesn’t Make You an Entrepreneur | YourHRGuy.com Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:56:48 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=34#comment-322611 [...] his despondence turned into business opportunity and he made a conscious effort to risk money, health and career on the opportunity in front of [...] [...] his despondence turned into business opportunity and he made a conscious effort to risk money, health and career on the opportunity in front of [...]

]]> By: JibberJobber Blog » Blog Archive » Phil801’s Daughter Has Cancer And What Else Is Wrong With Healthcare http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2006/08/02/i-need-money/comment-page-1/#comment-296050 JibberJobber Blog » Blog Archive » Phil801’s Daughter Has Cancer And What Else Is Wrong With Healthcare Tue, 27 May 2008 14:24:42 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=34#comment-296050 [...] experience reminds me of the time I cut my hand open two years ago. I had been unemployed for a while, had no health insurance, and was long-past the time when the [...] [...] experience reminds me of the time I cut my hand open two years ago. I had been unemployed for a while, had no health insurance, and was long-past the time when the [...]

]]> By: JibberJobber Blog » Blog Archive » My unemployed hand http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2006/08/02/i-need-money/comment-page-1/#comment-13 JibberJobber Blog » Blog Archive » My unemployed hand Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:34:34 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=34#comment-13 [...] I didn’t expect to get any e-mail asking about my hand - but I’ve gotten more e-mail on that post than any other blog post I’ve put up! [...] [...] I didn’t expect to get any e-mail asking about my hand – but I’ve gotten more e-mail on that post than any other blog post I’ve put up! [...]

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