Thanks for the apology - but completely unnecessary... funny how one little comment in the early hours of a saturday morning in bed can cause a ruckus. I think that we agree 100% here. I can't explain enough how done I am with healthcare in this country. I could tell stories... I could give figures... but I think kleinbl00 has put it more eloquently than I could have. US healthcare is so far past broken that it's a miracle that it isn't agreed upon across the aisle. I just know that I pay so much it hurts.... and I get really sub par service... that I'm often afraid to use because I can't afford it. There's a guy at church I'm working with. We literally had this discussion yesterday - except - instead of a cold or flu - it was an INJURED BACK ON THE F&%KING JOB AND WAS FIRED FOR MISSING WORK BECAUSE OF HIS INJURED BACK. It's mind boggling... but legal for a company to jump through the right hoops and fire some one after the company has broken them for life.edit: sorry steve, I got mad. It's not your fault.
If somebody's sick, they should be able to take a day off without fear of being fired via 'at will employment'." I mean, if someone is sick and on the job, that shit is a health and safety issue - that's how disease spreads, by some sick dude in a restaurant touching your flatware, which you touch, then touch your face, and then YOU get sick.