Maybe John Boehner can ask his opinion on government-run health insurance?
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
In March, he was laid off from his job as a raw materials coordinator for a plastics company called PolyOne, where he'd worked for 20 years. His severance package had provided several months' salary, but by August the paychecks were winding down. Soon the cost of his family health coverage was going to triple, then a few months after that, nearly triple again. They needed coverage so Mom could fight her cancer.
Dad's solution: a four-year hitch in the Army.
More excerpts below. This seems like a perfect example of what is wrong with our health care system. In order to save his wife, he had to enlist.
But for weeks before enlisting, Bill had sought other options. He revised his résumé. He answered "help wanted" ads, then watched the companies cut workers instead of hiring them. He interviewed for one job that would have paid $13 an hour - less than half of what he was making at PolyOne. He didn't get the job.
Finally, on May 13, his 39th birthday, he signed the Army papers....
"I have something to tell you," her mom said after Chelsea slid into her seat. "Your dad enlisted in the Army. There's more: He'll be gone for four years."
To make things worse, her cancer is spreading. He can get an emergency leave if her condition deteriorates, but he'll likely be gone at the time when she needs him most. This is really a tragedy.