This Boyfriend May Be Hazardous To Your Health

Memo to my fellow Americans, with a special shout-out to my sister single women: settling for health insurance coverage as it exists now would be like settling for a bad boyfriend. And we deserve better.
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Memo to my fellow Americans, with a special shout-out to my sister single women: settling for health insurance coverage as it exists now would be like settling for a bad boyfriend. And we deserve better. Think about it. In both cases, we "settle"" because we're afraid there's nothing else out there. We're afraid that we don't have a choice. Better to have some kind of "coverage," than nothing, right?

Actually, no. Here's what happens: they know they're in the power position in the relationship. So they don't communicate. They don't have to. They have other priorities. When you want to talk, you can't get them on the phone. You leave message after message. If they call you back at all, there's sure to be an argument. You never know where you stand with them. Sometimes they pay, sometimes they don't. And then they dump you. You end up feeling like it's your fault. And you're left to pick up the pieces. (Note to readers: feel free to add your own bad boyfriend/health insurance comparisons.)

Enough of this crap. We need some options here. Options are a good thing. Options offer you choices. Options give you the ability to make informed decisions, instead of decisions made out of fear. We've been scared into thinking that all the "good" men are gay, married, or incarcerated. And some of us have been scared into thinking that a public health insurance option means some sort of evil government "takeover," with forced abortions, sex change operations, and the plug pulled on all of the elderly and Sarah Palin's son with Down's Syndrome. All brought to you by that scary half-black alien-who-really-isn't-the-President. (Note to readers: feel free to add any other weirdo notions you've heard about.)

Hysteria and lies aside, we deserve better. On both fronts.

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