By the way, did you notice that the medical insurance industry has helped real estate brokers?

[liberaldemocrat7]

By the way, did you notice that the medical insurance industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and the health care industry in general has helped real estate brokers?

[hang a left]

1. How'd they do that?? nt

[pepperbear]

2. you're talking about all the office park space and the suburban medical centers...

that are cropping up all over the great American landscape?

[liberaldemocrat7]

3. No.

No, the medical insurance industry, the pharmaceutical industry opposition to single payer universal health care make it possible for lucky sick people with newly found cancer, heart disease and other serious illnesses to sell their homes and the real estate brokers make a nice fee from offering the sick person's homes to healthy people for sale. So the real estate brokers have gotten helped by the pharmaceutical and medical insurance companies.

:sarcasm:

Yes, I have one of those "lucky" friends who had to sell his home this past July 2007 and now lives with relatives, while he waits on a waiting list for inexpensive housing. Oh and he has a bit of furniture stored in those storage places wasting some of his money too.

Great huh? Thanks medical insurance companies and pharma, hats off to you.

Please read my signature in this message to leatn how to force congress to pass single payer universal health care.

[kdmorris]

4. Regarding the signature...

Rite Aid?? Why not Walgreens or CVS? They have way more power than Rite Aid.

And unless EVERYONE participated, there is NO chance that would happen. You think they give a shit that one or two people won't buy from them? I think it's better to lobby congress directly. Either way, unless we get the goddamned money out of politics, it has no hope.

You want single payer universal health care (as I do)? Start with lobbying congress for TRUE campaign finance reform. Make all those treats and favors that pharmaceutical lobbyists give to congress critters ILLEGAL. Make it so the average American can buy a politician just as easy as the average corporation.

THEN, we might get stuff done.

[zazen]

5. yup--putting home on market tomorrow to pay breast cancer bills

I have one of the best health insurance policies in NC and got treated at Duke. But still, from lost income during my medical treatment, my accruing copays, and medical complications stemming from treatment that have lasted 18 months, plus increasing premiums and a good ARM that's gone up 2 points over five years to 5.75% (but still, $400), I've got to sell the house just to liquidate all debt and have manaegable monthly expenses for myself and my two school-aged girls. And I'm fully aware that I'm one of the lucky ones. Plus, Raleigh is the #1 market in the country, according to a recent Forbes analysis.

A lot of us around here are selling by owner. The FSBO business is booming. I've sold by owner before and I hope to save 15K by not having a realtor do what I can do for myself.

FYI: The appraiser was here Friday. His company has been one of the most respected in the Triangle, because they don't rubber stamp grossly inflated purchase prices. He said, and this is in the top US market, that appraisers are going out of business left and right. Banks are blacklisting appraisers who rubber stamp, and even his company has seen a 75% DECLINE in appraisals in the past four weeks. Banks are going behind him to check up on his appraisals, which they never did. Even here we're starting to see a glut of housing and buyers who can't get financing. I'm just trying to get out before the worst of the crash.

But you're right--I never thought of medical bills systematically driving part of the house flipping market. I think they may have more a few years ago. Now that house is more likely to sit on the market for six months, and sell at a reduced price thereby lowering a realtor's commission.

[liberaldemocrat7]

6. I hope you recover from breast cancer.

I'm sorry to see that you have to sell your home.

I mad a sarcastic bumper sticker about this issue of the medical insurance inductry and pharma helping the real estate business.

[zazen]

7. thx! do you have URL for your bumper sticker?

Liberaldemocrat7:

Time to retire the Howard Zinn quote stuck on the back of my van since 2003. I'd love to see your sticker draft.

I think they got all of the BC. Thanks for the good wishes. I'm very lucky. At least I have a home to sell, and I'm getting out before the market crashes further. I just never thought I'd be diagnosed at 39 and downsizing due to medical bills at 41. The erosion of the middle class is no longer an abstraction for me.

[liberaldemocrat7]

8. I have a few bumper stickers about how companies oppose single payer universal health care.

Thank you Medical insurance companies. Bumper sticker

I want to thank Medical insurance companies and their bitches at the REPUBLIKLAN Party for helping real estate brokers when middle class houseowners must sell their homes due to catastrophic illness.


http://www.zazzle.com/maximus7/product/128006083684673576?rf=238083065491105452


Morticians against single payer Universal Health Care.

http://www.zazzle.com/maximus7/product/128349223184604655?rf=238083065491105452

[Lars39]

9. I'm sorry, zazen.

We lost our home in bankruptcy due to medical bills from my breast cancer,too. Best wishes to you. :hug:

[liberaldemocrat7]

10. Sorry to see that you had to sell your home.

I hope you get better and survive breast cancer. My mom at age 85 survives breast cancer for over 30 years. hugs.

We can thank the Republican party and the medical insurance industry and pharma for their opposition to single payer universal health care.

We already have free firefighting and policing in emergencies and we should have free doctoring as well.