Common Cold

Winter is almost upon us and over the next few months, most of us will come down with the dreaded common cold. While we will experience significant discomfort for a couple days or a couple weeks, very few of us will die. We'll just suffer through the sniffles, cough, sore throat and sleepless nights that usually accompany this dreaded disease.

We know there is no cure for the common cold, but what if a company came up with a yearly preventative injection, much like a flu shot, that would spare us from this misery? We would all line up to get the injection, right? What if, however, the injection cost $10,000 each? Maybe we would be less anxious. As you can imagine though, the very rich could afford such a luxury and would be more than willing to pay.

Hang on a minute, this is healthcare. All of us deserve the best that is available. Health is not just for the rich. We demand that our insurance cover the new shot.

Now, if everyone with insurance gets a new $10,000 shot every year, what do you think has to happen to the cost of the insurance?

Replace "common cold injection" with knee replacement, hip replacement, heart valves, exotic chemo therapy, etc. Technological advances far outpace our ability to pay, yet when it comes to medical care, we demand the very best and most modern procedures. And we wonder why we have a healthcare cost crisis.

Debit card swipe fees

I'm so glad our government stepped in to save us from the evil banks charging merchants too much for debit card swipes!! Yeah, I know the banks are introducing fees for debit cards, but the prices in the stores are going DOWN since they don't have to pay the evil banks so much, so all is good, right???

But, the banks can't charge fees for debit card use.... there otta be a law!!!