[Laurel]

Rhonda,

Darken anytime. Stay and help sort this for us all. I think this is very scary on many levels. To be honest, we have got to face some hard facts. Can we as a nation provide health care at it's present standard to all persons within its borders, legal and illegal. The answer? No. Who will be expendable? All of us.

I wonder why we find ourselves in this position? Isn't there a system that addresses the present weaknesses of our current system, but retains its marvelous delivery of care? Is the answer socialized medicine, or something else?

I feel rushed, and manipulated, and afraid. I am a cancer survivor. How big is the target on my back? Am I expendable? Will I be treated if I recur? How long will I wait for the treatment the government will grant me? Will I die waiting?

I am not a number! I am a daughter, a sister, a friend, a wife, and a mother. I want to be a grandmother. I am a fighter. I am not expendable. I am valuable.