This article has a follow-up update on the bottom. I realize this is the buzzword of the 2020 election, universal healthcare, but I am here to tell you that we need to do something about it and soon. As you may have read, I returned from Europe about a year ago after a 5-year stint. I have been blessed to have been privately insured through my employment for most of my adult life. Before I left, my run-ins with an insurance representative were minimal with 1 exception. A...

#universalhealth #2020Election #healthinsurance As the 2020 election approaches, there is talk about Universal Healthcare and Free college tuition from most of the Democratic candidates. For me and my family, neither one of those topics had any real immediate impact (eventhough we supported them). I say had, because recently something which had never affected me before, did. My husband and I have always been insured through our jobs. So we've never had to carry the heavy burden of getting insurance for ourselves. It has always been heavily subsided by...