…and how much more do you think that our cost of Hell-Care has gone up since the author wrote this column in 2002? ~ Editor
Government And Medicare Have Driven Up Our Medical Costs.
March 15, 2002 ~ In 1962 I still lived in the Los Angeles area, where I was born and where I grew up, where I attended private school and UCLA. In August, 1962, I moved away from the congestion to my second home, Arizona, where my grandparents had lived and where I had spent much of my childhood. However, the main reason for coming here was that my mother had undergone very serious surgery at the UCLA Medical Center in June, 1962, and I wanted her to be around her mother and sisters.
Two facts need to be established so that the purpose of this article is clear. First, there was no such thing as Medicare in 1962 and most medical and hospital services were affordable to working men for themselves and their families.
Second, I was the sole support of my mother and her only child, she was not covered under my employer’s health benefits at any premium, because a dependent parent wasn’t eligible. As a woman business systems analyst, I was paid about half what the men made for a similar job. Continue reading
Ramses V, one of the pharaohs of Egypt, is believed to have died from a smallpox infection. Smallpox evolved relatively recently, appearing approximately 10,000 years ago around the time when humans developed agriculture.
I went to see my Doctor at the Hershey Medical Center. I proceeded to explain to him that there was no law requiring most people to pay Federal Income Taxes. Dr. Richard Levine got all upset and called the Emergency Room. He then asked me to go to the emergency room and talk to a psychiatrist. Dr. Levine said to me that he did not know if the Psychiatrist would Hospitalize me or not for stating that there was no law requiring most people to pay Income Taxes. He said that a few days in the Hospital might do me some good.
Published on the first generation Federal Observer website sometime in late 2001 or early 2002. Life goes on and nothing really changes.
It is interesting how things come back around to haunt you once again. Note the date – and this is when I had hernia surgery back in the day. Five months later I moved into my sons’ house to begin an 11 month renovation and restoration to prepare to sell the home for his family. The following was a letter which I sent to my Physician while I was going though my recovery. He laughed his rear-end off and asked if he could frame the letter and hang it in his office.
The American Medical Association on Tuesday refused to endorse smallpox vaccinations for all Americans, rejecting calls from doctors who say the disease could be used as a biological weapon.