When I think of freedom, I think of it in positive, aspirational terms: our First Amendment freedoms, for example, or FDR's "Four freedoms" or the uplifting songs of freedom sung by oppressed people around the globe. But right-wing, corporate-funded ideologues have fabricated a new negative notion of "freedoms" derived from individual choice. This is what passes for a philosophical framework behind many of the policies of today's Republican congressional leaders. For example, they say their plan to eliminate health coverage for millions of Americans and do away with such essential health benefits as maternity care for millions more is just a matter of good old free-market consumerism. As explained by Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Tea Party Republican, "Americans have choices.
Get to know your health insurance policy. It's your job.
Roske stated that he "asked the emergency room staff if his insurance would cover the CAT scan." The first thing I can do to make the health care system less complicated is to know the details of my own
health insurance policy. The LaBelles tried to buy their own health insurance in the past. Both of the LaBelles have chronic health problems. Buy Photo Terry LaBelle and her husband, Lee, of Altoona discuss their health care options with
medical bills spread across their table. It isn't the job of a doctor, nurse or office staff to know exactly what my policy covers and doesn't cover.
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