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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	PS on Health Care
	Date:	2/10/2009 12:25:46 PM

Believe me, you won't see me as an advocate for socialized medicine.
A friend's sister had a very rare form of breast cancer and was denied Tamoxifen because her cancer only has a 20% survival rate in five years and the cost/benefit ratio was not in her favor. Although she has defied the odds, she still doesn't get the same regular follow ups that she would have in the US and if/when she does get them, she isn't always assigned to a place near her home.

I was really hoping that they would come up with a plan similar to what they offer government employees (and members of Congress) with mulitiple carriers, multiple cost plans and levels of coverage. It's one of the few perks that government employees really get. Of course, my plan just went up $36 a month, but it is still a bargain.