Back from another trip

I just got back from Switzerland this weekend. Man I have been tavelling too much and am now too damn tired. And my cough is not much better man. Its been almost 4 months, but then considering the other medical problems I have been having, I think that it is not much of an issue.... only an irritation.

It snowed while I was there in Zurich... which is damned strange.... People think global warming is a myth, but it is staring straight at us right now. Most of us will think that it is some other person's problem, but it is actually our own and also our children and their children.

But talking about children, having one is not cheap man.... even while it is inside the body, it is already costing me plenty of money.... the hospital visits, the supplements and so on... all are things that cost money... then you bear the child.... hospital and doctor fees too.... Depending on a C Section, Epidural or natural birth... again all the money is to be factored in. The most expensive will be of course a C Section.

Then bringing up the child is another cost... Education, transport... allowance and so on.... And if the child is not too bright... tuition and so on..... So how on earth does the gahmen think we can afford to bring up or even to have children??? They put it so easily... have more children... it is good... but lets look at it this way lah... it is not cheap..... and they are not giving us much help to bring up our children.

It is just like the movie SICKO by Michael Moore, the famous director of Lord of the Rings and also Ferenheit 9/11.... He may take a very dim view of the Bush administration, however in Sicko, he took a very dim view of the health insurance scheme of the US. And I draw some very sad but realistic references to our own system. In the US, most people have to buy health insurance in order to be assured a good quality of treatment. We too have to pay for health insurance to ensure that if we fall seriously ill, we are covered. But insurance companies will always try to find ways of not paying for something. That is their business. So no matter how well you are covered, you may not be covered.... and that is the truth..... Since this is the case, then we truly have to worry about how to get enough money to pay for treatments if we do fall ill.... If we need to get dialysis, we need to pay about 1k a month.... It is also the same for cancer treatments..... That does not cover any surgery or so on....

So now the question is to how to pay for something if you do not have the money??? Don't have it? The gahmen promises that we will get the most basic of care.... but if we go for a means test, will we be able to fall into the criteria of being able to enjoy a subsidy.

So ladies and gentlemen..... we are all screwed....