Health Care For All
Since they’re paying the postage …
This is what I'm sending to Sen. Kay Hagan.
I got a mailer from Blue Cross/ Blue Shield of North Carolina today asking me to let Sen. Kay Hagan know how I feel about the public option. Of course, the mailer tried to convince me that BCBS could make the health care system better without government interference.
Apparently, they’re spending millions on this marketing campaign. God knows they have the millions to spend.
My first impulse was to throw the thing away, but I looked the thing over and there was the postage-paid stamp on the front of the post card. I decided I might as well put it to good use.
Patient Pals & Family Friends
Life o' Mike has a new peer support program for people newly diagnosed with chronic or serious illness or with a new disability and their caregivers.
Patient Pals are people who have experience with various illnesses and disabilities, who can help someone newly diagnosed or with a new disability work through the fear, frustration, confusion and grief often experienced in the first few months.
Family Friends are there to help caregivers and other family members grow into their new role.
People with new illness or disability fare better when they have a role model -- someone who can help them negotiate their new path in life.
We need volunteers, who are asked to donate a minimum of one hour a week. Training is free and includes information on active listening, ways to help and when to know more help is needed.
And of course, we need funding.
To learn more, call Leslie Boyd at 828-243-6712 or e-mail lifeomike@gmail.com.
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