como? seriously loco...

Did I spell that right? Eh...I really don't freaking care. So how 'bout I was watching TV last night when this commercial came on. I think its the same one that has been pissing my mom off for some time now. Its in regards to how "unfair" medical practice is in Pennsylvania. There are "minorities" (who are seriously the majority of our population now, so can we get a new word for it?) describing their plights to have good medical benefits magically poof into their hands. This one guy says that he is too poor and his coverage blows...WELCOME TO AMERICA JACKASS!!!! Our health coverage just sucks anyway, its not because your skin is brown. My family struggled with the same bullshit for years..and guess what? Now we pay $400 a month out of my husband's hard earned salary and our coverage still sucks rotten eggs--and my kids aren't even covered under that fee!!!! YEAH! And here's the kicker...WE ARE MIDDLE CLASS WHITE FOLKS!!!! Then there was this other guy--this is the best one. He goes off in Spanish about how its not fair that he can't get good health care because he can't find a doctor to understand what he is saying. Yes, well I don't feel so bad for this fella. I wouldn't move to Mexico, or France, or Italy or anywhere the native language isn't ENGLISH and be arrogant enough to think there is no need to learn to speak their tongue. Hello stupid!!! You're country wouldn't have sympathy on my dumb ass if I did that. What I found to be the VERY BEST part of that segment was the fact they used flippin' subtitles. Yes, subtitles, because hmmmm...I guess the producers of that little commercial are living in the reality that not everyone in this country speaks Spanish...and why the fuck should we? Ha ha ha...subtitles for some jackass bitching about his doctor not knowing Spanish....ha ha ha! I guess the whole point of the commercial was for Pennsylvania to find a better way to make healthcare more uniform across the board. But lets face the facts: all of our programs nation wide are suffering, as is the economy. Its all about the money, and if you're lucky you work for a large corporation that eats your insurance costs...but on the other hand, how good are they? And lets face this fact as well: its difficult enough to find a doctor that doesn't cheat, molest patients, hire irresponsible oafs that can't file records correctly as not to mix up patients (yes, personal experience), or isn't as concerned about if you can pay for procedures and meds but is more concerned about your health. Why screw with the good doctors out there just because they aren't bi or even trilingual? They practice in America...the country that has been teaching "ENGLISH" in its classrooms for oh, just a few hundred years as its primary language. The moral of my story: stop airing this bullshit commercial...for one thing, Pennsylvania is not discriminating people by denying good health care benefits. We are ALL getting screwed in way or another--I've cried about it on several occasions. Did you know that you can get denied care from an insurance company (namely Highmark BCBS) for the simple fact that you were on medication OR professional care for ANY mental illness at ANY time in your life? Unless you work for a large company that doesn't ask for a medical history at the time of application. PLUS, if you have a pre-existing condition, not only can they refuse to cover care for that ongoing issue, they can deny you coverage all together or ask you to pay an $800 a month premium for coverage of any new conditions. Did you also know that a family could have income low enough to qualify for housing assistance and food stamps, but still have to pay a monthly premium for state health care? That includes white people too you whiney turds. And for another thing, call me a bigot if you like, if you want to be heard in this country, say it in English please. I am tired of being classified as insensitive jerks because we aren't adapting to the people who immigrate here. I have nothing against immigration...hell, that is how this country became what it is; with one small exception: my great grandmother made every effort to learn to speak English, and all 11 of her children learned English as children, rather than Italian. And they never lost their culture along the way. Can't anyone just live with the fact the economy bites, and not place the blame solely on discrimination?