Now that the “Affordable Health Care Act” has gone into effect most of the people that I have talked to who tried to get it are having trouble getting on line. Those that have got online have found that they can’t afford the “Affordable Health Care” that is available to them.
Over the years I have spent a large portion of my income on insurance and hospital bills. I really hope that the government never gets to the point where they decide who is worthy of getting treatment. I am afraid the cost of my upkeep would cause them to just write me off. I only have about another year and a half left on the battery on my pacemaker-defibrillator and the cost of replacement is about $60,000. I am afraid a committee of bureaucrats would decide to just let my batteries run out…after all if they don’t think the government is worth keeping open why would they want to keep me running.
Y’all have a great weekend and I will post again Monday,
Tags: Bo Lumpkin, cartoons, comics, Gatorhead, Hospital Humor, humor, Webcomic
Gatorhead 
October 10, 2013 at 8:27 am |
$60,000!! :`(
to replace a battery.
I’m stupified.
I think you’d better set up a crowd-sourced fund for that right away. :`)
October 10, 2013 at 8:34 am |
Actually they don’t just replace the battery. When the batteries go dead they have to replace the whole thing.
Thankfully Medicare covers most of the cost.
October 10, 2013 at 12:24 pm |
It’s all a big worry, Bo. When my husband accidentally shot himself, and a couple years later had a heart attack, we were on payment plans for both – and we got the bills paid (no health insurance). We looked into the Affordable Care Act right away, and I was shocked at how high our payment will be. I’m worried about all of this. And yes, as we are getting older, I worry about denial of coverage in the future.
On a happier note, unless you drop a note to me with an objection (and please feel free to do so), I’m going to model a geezer-type character who sits on a porch in a rockin’ chair up there in Canada at the fishing/hunting lodge after you! 🙂 Not 100%, but I’ll be thinking of you as my inspiration. Ha! You’ll be my muse! I’ll be working on that book this month – starting this weekend!
October 10, 2013 at 3:13 pm |
Thanks Maddie. No problems with the Geezer. Glad to be an inspiration to somebody.
October 10, 2013 at 9:17 pm |
If they ever refuse to replace your batteries, I’ll do it for you!
October 12, 2013 at 7:35 pm |
Maybe Wom-batteries would last longer.
October 14, 2013 at 9:24 pm |
Yea you get to see the price for using the bathroom, watching the t.v.
and drinking the water.
October 15, 2013 at 6:42 pm |
The bill will probably put him back into hospital from shock.
You should’ve opted for a rechargeable battery Bo then you could just plug yourself into your phone charger for an hour or so each week.
I had a good life that people can’t afford the affordable health care. It is sad though that governments have all the money they like to waste on less important stuff but when it comes to peoples health they just don’t seem to care.
October 16, 2013 at 8:10 am |
I had a good LAUGH that people can’t afford the affordable health care.
I don’t know why I typed LIFE…