Well, just to make sure that my younger sis is not abusing the system, Ali, she made a lot of doctor visits per workers comp, just to be sure she is not defrauding the system. And when they concluded that she is, indeed disabled, she will be well taken care of for the rest of her life.

As for me, I try and do my best to stay out of hospitals and pay fewer doctor visits. Even though my employer pays for my health insurance, it still costs too much for doctor visits and medicine.

Highway, that's not what I'm talking about...I'm talking about the 'generational public aid' cases hon...Where for them, it's become an intutionalized way of life and whole families have been in the system for several generations...

And unfortunately because of those types of cases, people who really need the assistance are either being denied or the assistance available is drying up. There simply isn't the funds available to offer any useful/finanacial support that's needed by those who need it most.

That was what I was saying. Because of the 60% or more abusing the system, there's 60% or more who aren't receiving the help they desperately need. And of the 40% or less that are receiving some help because they really need it, they're not receiving all the help they deserve because the other percent has gotten their share taken out at the expense of others.

Personally, we need a complete overhaul and reassestment of funds going out. Some type of group that overlooks those funds and guarenteeing that the funds go to those who need it most, then to those that need some type of assistance, and get those off of it that don't need it at all.

But unfortunately, to do so means finding the funds to impliment such a task, and in the end that just means that those that need it most will do with even less help then what they already are receiving and fewer people who really need it getting denied...It's a vicious circle.

The only way it could be accomplished, is those that do know of fraudulant cases, reporting those cases to the proper departments. It may smack of being 'big brother's watching', but for every fraudulant case reported, 1 family that really needs the help can get that help. And those who need it and are already receiving it, get a bit more help as well.

Thanks, Ali.

What does any fo this have to do with me?

Are you sure she's not abusing the system? Why doesn't she work? Has she tried to work? I she just lazy?

She got injured twice while on the job. She had several surgeries on her back and knees. She is in constant pain all day long. She wishes she could work, but her mobility is so limited now. She can't play tug with her dog. She can't lift, she can't climb ladders. She had cages put inside her back, then they were taken out in favor of rods. She very nearly died on the operating table a few years ago.

George W. Bush said on national TV that all American do have health insurance...they go to the emergency room. So you can thank our government and laws for a lot of the emergency room problems.

He said that today? All Americans DO have health insurance???

He said it a month or so ago when he vetoed a bill for health insurance for poor kids. When he answered to the criticism he said they can go to the emergency room.