and if anyone cares, this is also about the survival of our nation, we cannot advance without a middle class, but doubt that will happen under Clinton or Trump.
My husband has had two bone marrow transplants, more accurately stem cell transplants for acute leukemia, and we are fortunate to have insurance, but we have met several people along the way who did not have access to quality care. And I might say he is damn well lucky to be alive, fingers crossed for the future
Financially this has put a significant strain on finances, 9K plus for seven years in addition to lost wages, but we at least had a buffer because we had saved for retirement, well that has gone out the window.
One daughter, a recent MD who is fine (still over 200K in debt for med school) and a son with an IT degree, a bit more dubious prospects for the future. My Dad said it is not what you know, but who you know and that holds true in many scenarios.
The children see what is occurring, my daughter voted for a Medicare for all system when voting for Sanders and contributing to his campaign, even though her salary is based not only on a percentage of billing, but also collections.
This election has cemented the idea that we are not in the club, yet they want our vote and speak of unity
We had better get it together. The Dems have not done anything to try and sustain a middle class, lots of words, but they give in so easily and do not have the courage of their convictions, maybe they never had such strong convictions to begin with, that could be a problem.