(double click picture to enlarge)I guess I am currently #4 in the picture - I am in between jobs and only temporarily unemployed. . . .
Luckily, I am able to drive 4 hours to the Choctaw Indian Hospital in Oklahoma to get free medical care. . . .but unfortunately, it gives you a taste of what government run health care will be like.
When I went in February, I had a checkup and every medicine that I was currently on was not on their list, so they had to prescribe something else. No Xanax are you kidding me. . . . Unless you live within a certain 12 county area they will only fill or pull your teeth and when I called to get an eye care appointment there is a 6 month waiting period.
There are some good points: They have great hospital and a $5 per night hospitality house, and for 6 months all I had to do was call in my prescription number and they would mail my medicine directly to the house.
My Choctaw related family members have been able to get free medical treatment for decades where otherwise they had no options. My parents, being on a fixed income could not have survived financially without the Choctaws and Veterans.
I am really thankful in my hour of need, but no matter how you dice it or slice it. . . .it does not compare to going to the local doctor of my choice, paying my $25.00 co-payment and running to Walgreens to fill my prescription.
So please, continue to go to Choctaw Bingo and the Choctaw Casinos, because our lives just might depend on it. . . . .
