Bridge The Gap!




The above is not an error - it's from the Costco pharmacy website. Yes, the price for generic prozac is a mere 4% - FOUR PERCENT - what the brand name drug nets the drug company. There must be some kind of correlation that can be drawn (4% of the uninsured can actually AFFORD drugs?)

June 19th is Bridge the Gap day - a day when Americans all over our nation - the richest in the world we're constantly reminded - will gather to protest the widening gap between insured and uninsured Americans.

I - and my husband - are two of the employed yet uninsured folks. If one of us were to become seriously ill not only would it devastate us financially, but it would cost YOU - fellow taxpayers - more than if we were to have heath insurance (and therefore maintain our health...)

I have personal reasons for supporting this movement - but even if YOU are insured, take a moment to look at the website, and perhaps even make a commitment to joining one of the Bridge The Gap events.

There is no reason why we cannot provide health insurance for our citizens. We're better than this.