Best Country On Earth , my reason

As I'm sure you are no doubt aware there is a raging debate in our country right now over Health Care Reform. Our alleged messiah President Obama wants to completely remake the greatest health care system in world under the guise of helping the unfortunate . Now it is no secret that many aspects of system need some kind of reform , but for the most part , fraud , scandalism and over regulation are the only things that actually need fixing . For an overwhelming majority of Americans health care is a boon beyond reproach , even if it can be tedious .

To that point the recent unscrupulous posturing of the Left has compelled me to tell a story I don't like telling at all . I'm going to do it anyway in the hopes that any who read it will rethink the absurd allegations made by the Left in their attempt to grab as much power as they can .

The Left would have you believe that only the evil rich people in this country can afford health care while millions of the " little guys " can not afford even the most rudimentary care . I would submit my story to you .

Several years ago I was the victim of a violent attack , an attack that left me hospitalized with a broken jaw and massive head trauma . Trauma that would require extensive facial reconstructive surgery . I was lucky to live through it to be honest . The right side of my face was in effect , shattered . Several parts of my skull were cracked and broken and my right eye socket was virtually destroyed . Through the haze of the necessary morphine required to make me even remotely comfortable I wondered if I would ever recognize myself in the mirror if and when the doctors could put me back together .

Now I don't recall the passage of time particularly well during this period ( the morphine you understand ) but I believe it took a couple of days for the swelling to go down enough for the doctors to get a good enough look at the damage to be able to formulate a plan to operate on me . Lying in that bed , broken , and barely able to speak . I remember wondering how on earth I would pay for the multiple surgeries that would be needed to repair me . I was certain that , even if my face could be restored to the point where I could live without pain , I would most certainly spend the rest of my life paying for it . And to be perfectly honest with you I would gladly have paid whatever monthly amount that I could manage for the rest of my days if only these brainiac doctors ( god bless them ) could find a way to fix me enough so that I could still work and hopefully , hopefully , I would not be left a hideous wreck .

Not only did my group of doctors and surgeons do that , they did much , much , more for me . They started by repairing my broken jaw , which was not so much broken as it was no longer attached to my skull . They reset that , wired it shut so that it could heal properly , gave me a tracheotomy so I could breath , and then they really got to work .

They started with the small bones closest to my right ear ( which my surgeon explained to me was the equivalent of finding fingernail clippings in a bowl of oatmeal ) fastening the shards together with small titanium plates . They then worked they're way back towards my right eye where upon they were required to construct me a new eye socket of titanium mesh so that my right eyeball had a place to rest , as the the original was beyond repair . After performing this miracle they again used the small titanium plates to piece together my orbital bone using only the ( intact ) left side of my face as a guide to my god given good looks . And to top it all off , they did this , all of this , through a tiny incision ( not even a half an inch long ) at the top of my nose that is now mostly hidden by my natural eyebrow .

Only my friends and loved ones who visited me in the hospital even know it is there .

Yeah , soak that in for a second ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The advances in Medical Technology in this country are simply astounding . I would have counted it a blessing to emerge from that operation with the full use of both eyes . Instead , when I look in the mirror I see the face I grew up with . I have not yet found a way to express my gratitude to those doctors . I suspect I never will .

Now , I want you to keep in mind that at the time of my accident I was not really working , had no money in the bank and most certainly had no health insurance of any kind . When I came out of that surgery one the first persons to come see me , aside from my family of course , was a woman that I had never seen in my life . This women was from an organization called the Colorado Indigent Care Program . C.I.C.P. To make a long story short all this woman did was verify that I (a) had no money (b) had no personal health insurance , and (c) was not covered on anyone elses plan . After verifying those 3 things she ( on behalf of C.I.C.P. ) offered to pay a portion of my medical bills for no other reason than that is what they do . I do not know the origins behind that charity but I have never heard from them since . I have never been asked for a donation or for anything else . I often think to myself that I should do something to help that organization , and I promise you that indeed I will . Whether it be through donation or by volunteering my time I do not know . But one thing is for sure . I owe that organization big time , irregardless if they think so .

The rest of my bills , which if I recall correctly were in excess of $300,000.00 was paid by the state due to fact that I was the victim of a violent crime . Wow . Listen I know that no system is perfect , but what I'm saying is this . I required a 3 week hospital stay , several operations performed by elite specialists , x-rays , cat scans , outpatient check ups , copious amounts of morphine and other medications , and the brilliance of highly trained doctors and nurses . I am a nobody, with no money , from a random town in a small state and

I DID NOT PAY ONE RED CENT for the greatest medical care in the world .

So when you leftist pricks go on national television and trash this country , when you Mister President go around the country insulting the institutions that made America great , when I go to a hospital and see illegal immigrants receiving care despite the fact that they have no legal address to send the bill to but doctors help them anyway because they are doctors and have sworn to help everyone who needs it , when you power hungry , habitual liars , tell me this country is broke and the only way to fix it is to give YOU more control ??

I say PISS OFF JERK !!!! This is the greatest country on Earth DESPITE you and your ilk constantly trying to weaken it with your socialist propaganda .

If America is so damned terrible a place then I implore you , Freedom Hater , leave , get the hell out , it will make life that much better for those of us who love it .