Gimme Healthcare: Only in America!

Short and sweet tonight, because, forgive my french, my ass hurts. I have a fusion scheduled for February, an until then the pain looks as if it will get to the intolerable level. I could have had the surgery in June, but it would have bankrupted us. Who am I kidding it probably still will.

Only in America!

• Did you know investment banks are buying life insurance policies in lots, and betting on when people will die? Yup. They are.
  
  Only in America!
  
  
• Did you know accepting treatment for a rape is a preexisting
  condition and grounds for insurance denial? Yes, that's true.
  
  Only in America!
  
  
• Did you know an insurance company can ask a woman who has had previous c-sections to be sterilized before they will insure her? Yes, that's true.
  
  Only in America!