I realize that this is totally out of context for this blog, but no one reads it anyways and I can vent my opinions freely.

Health care has been an issue for quite some time. I"m 34 years old and I have had insurance my entire life. In college I was on my parents, and when I became old enough and absolutely had to get a job I did and health care was part of the package. It's been something that I have definitely taken for granted. I have mixed feelings on "socialization" of health care. I have read many peoples opinions from the far right, to the far left ranging from "look at the VA hospital system", meaning that is government run and its bad. Taking a look at it though, I think that the people that say that are playing on the fears and memories of the baby boomers. I look at the VA system today and I see military people coming back from the desert needing prosthetic limbs and receiving them courtesy of the VA system, along with all of the aftercare that is needed for such procedures. Granted, in the 60s it seems that the VA system was flawed and did not take care of our vets as it should have. Their was a general apathy towards the war, and maybe in retrospect that played some part in it? I wasn't there to know for sure, and research will only take you so far in understanding how things were at that time. Now, however, they seem a lot better. Cleaner facilities from the ones I have seen, technologically advanced, and seemingly run according to a better standard in the past.

Let's look at the number of people that are currently without health care in the US. I never really understood how you can take a "survey" of in this case, 29k Americans and then document that as 16% of a group of people that numbers over 228,000,000. This defies logic to me. You would have to have such a diverse group of people surveyed to even come close to an accurate picture. One would have to ask, what is the demographic for this survey? Is it inner city D.C. or The Hamptons? Anyways, this recent Gallup poll surveyed more than 29,000 individuals in June, 2009. Their survey showed that 16% of Americans over the age of 18 are currently without health care.

Let's put that in perspective. Roughly 228,000,000 Americans over the age of 18. 16.6% do not have health insurance so 36.5 million people are without any health insurance at all. This does not count medicare or medicaid recipients which one would assume would run that number up a bit. I also learned something very interesting while researching all of this. 41% of Hispanic Americans are uninsured, which is by far the largest class that is not insured. Next are those that make less than 36k a year at 28.6% uninsured and then those ages 18-29 at 27.6%, and lets face it, they don't need insurance really anyways.

So, the people that stand to benefit the most from this are the Hispanics, lower middle class, and young Americans. So, pretty much the people that elected Obama. His speeches lately though have left much to be desired on the topic of health care as he tries to cater his words to both the left and the right it seems. Good thing everyone is so broke still that the economy is more of a worry or I think people would be more worried about this issue than they seem to be.

Then theres the studies that show that out of the total 47 million or so Americans that are uninsured totally, there are additionally around another 25 million that are under insured due to "caps" in coverage and cost of drugs and additional variables. These are the really the people that need insurance the post. Get diagnosed for a brain tumor for example and your insurance most likely covers up to $150k. Cost of surgery and treatment tops 250k for this leaving the "insured" on the hook for the rest. This, in my opinion is the strongest case for a National health care program there can be. Limits on cost, coverage for all, and limits on drug costs for everyone. Equal health care should be the norm for Americans as it is for the rest of the "enlightened world", but this is not so.


Why?

This months wired magazine has a very good write up on craigslist and the minimalistic nature of it and words from the founder. I found it an exceptionally good read, and refreshing in the world of the internet that everyone isn't stark raving mad with greed.

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/17-09/ff_craigslist

Leader in virtual sales releases guide on how to buy wow account(s)
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(MMD Newswire) August 24, 2009 -- Leader in virtual sales Tgs.net releases guide on how to successfully buy wow account (s) in an ever changing virtual marketplace.

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One of the easiest and most effective things to do to this end is to simply request the sellers home phone number and negotiate on the phone. Instant messagers and email are effective, but much information can be gathered by a simple phone number. Negotiating over the phone as well limits a lot of fraudulent activity as most will not speak via telephone.

If using Paypal to buy wow account , another good thing to remember is only to send funds to verified Paypal members. Buyers are more protected by paypal and should always complete the transaction there, or face to face if possible. Avoid sending money via Western Union, or though the mail. Buying World of Warcraft accounts is risky, and you can avoid this risk going to Thegamesupply.net to buy wow account . We have perfected over the years a method utilizing credit bureau and public records to identify who we are buying World of Warcraft accounts, buy wow account , and buy Aion account s from and limit our fraud rate to under .06%. (Through second quarter 2009).

Meeting the person involved in the sale of the wow account in game is also key. Never accept an armory link or character profile as proof of account existence. Trading for a frozen or banned wow or Aion account is something that should also be avoided.

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"As the RMT market grows in North America limiting fraud and customer issues to a minimum helps to brand and build consumer confidence in your offerings, which will lead to increased opportunities to bring your product to the public, especially in a virtual environment where trust is such an issue with both retailers and private sellers.

Utilization of vastly superior customer identification methods has allowed us the ability to build trust in TheGameSupply.net name, and granted us a good deal of success in a marketplace largely dominated by Asian competitors. Our level of customer service coupled with the measures we take to ensure our end users gaming experience is never dimished is what has set us apart from the companies inception, and continues to be our main focus." said Kenneth C. Pierce CEO. of TheGameSupply.net (http://www.tgs.net) a leading retailer of World of Warcraft account(s).

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Guide to buy WoW accounts, or how to buy World of Warcraft accounts.

A guide for people buying MMORPG virtual goods.

Over 50 million people play MMORPG's according to recent estimates. Over 11.5 million of those play World of Warcraft. In this guide we will take a look at how to purchase those accounts safely other than buy wow account from Tgs.net that is:)

If you are one of these people, then you realize that leveling is not the only thing required to excel in these gaming environments. Sometimes you require additional currency or equipment that you simply do not have the time to invest to gain. A quick way to get what you are lacking is to purchase these goods. MMMORPG buying, and especially buy World of Warcraft accounts can be risky without an actual exchange of a product and the ability of the original owner to recall accounts after sale. As you will be most likely spending some real hard earned cash, you will want to make sure you are well protected in any transaction of virtual nature.

One of the easiest and most effective things to do to this end is to simply request the sellers home phone number and negotiate on the phone. Instant messagers and email are effective, but much information can be gathered by a simple phone number. Negotiating over the phone as well limits alot of scammers as most will not speak via telephone.

If you are using Paypal to buy wow account, another good thing to remember is only to send funds to verified Paypal members. You as a buyer are more protected by paypal and should always complete the transaction there, or face to face if possible. Avoid sending money via Western Union, or though the mail. Buying World of Warcraft accounts is risky, and you can avoid this risk going to Thegamesupply.net to buy wow account. We have perfected over the years a method utilizing credit bureau and public records to identify who we are buying World of Warcraft accounts, buying wow accounts, and buying Aion accounts from and limit our fraud rate to under .06%. (Through second quarter 2009).

Meeting the person you are going to buy wow account from in game is also key. Never accept an armory link or character profile as proof of account existence. Trading for a frozen or banned wow or Aion account is something that should also be avoided.

Common sense will eliminate a a lot of the issues that go along with the purchase of wow accounts, World of Warcraft accounts, and Aion accounts.

After further discussion, we decided not to remove the rusted and ironbound proto-drake rewards for the normal and heroic Glory of the Ulduar Raider meta achievements when patch 3.2, Call of the Crusade, launches, and currently have no plans to remove them in the foreseeable future. However, we will continue to evaluate the situation and if a decision is made to remove these rewards at any point in the future, we'll provide a one month warning so players will have time to make some final attempts.

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