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By Keri LynnPublished On: September 12th, 2018

FULL RANT ON THE WORLD IS COMING…

RANT # 1.

Health insurance… “health care’ in America is FUCKED. It’s beyond fucked. It kept us away from moving here for years and could be one of the things that sends me packing again. How this is even REAL is beyond me.

For MONTHS… Really… since we landed here 1.5 years ago I have been trying to sort this out so that my family will be ok if an emergency happens. IF AN EMERGENCY HAPPENS.

I’m 40. Hugh is 42. Our kids are 9 and almost 6. We don’t visit doctors with the exception of EMERGENCY or births. In almost 13 years of being with Hugh, we have had 2 kids and 2 “emergencies”. 1- Hugh sliced his finger open on a saw and needed that looked after. Sam fell and had the tiniest fracture in his leg that was left uncasted and “untreated”.

Otherwise… we steer clear of the traditional medical system. Because simply… it treats symptoms and doesn’t actually help you get healthy, but helps you manage SICKNESS.

We do A LOT to look after ourselves and stay healthy. We invest in our health, it’s one of our biggest expenses, hands down. And consequently… we are healthy.

So… First off… I am REQUIRED to get health insurance and without it, I get a TAX penalty. The CHEAPEST POLICY I have found in all this time with seemingly the most benefit is about $480 a MONTH. IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.

That said… a lot of people in this country can’t afford health insurance and a hospital can’t turn you away. AND.. if you DON’T have health insurance… you can pay a cheaper “cash” price. Still expensive but WAY less than the insurance companies are billed. There are companies you can pay $39.95 a month and they negotiate these cash bills for you and get them to a fraction of the cost and also cover you for doctors visits and even chiro, acupuncture, etc… But you are not insured.

And… even some of the health insurance companies aren’t even giving you “health insurance”. I don’t know what that is about. It’s beyond me to figure it out, but they have that in their disclaimers. And of course… let’s not discuss the fact that many of these companies have their own doctor and hospital networks so you don’t get to fully choose who you see.

And so as I have searched and navigated a way to pay less than $700 a month IN CASE OF EMERGENCY… For example… from what people have told me… it’s a few grand to have a broken bone taken care of. This is of course one of my biggest concerns with two active boys. That said… that’s 3-5 MONTHS of fees. So if I had two broken bones a year to deal with… I’d still be BETTER OFF PAYING CASH than getting insurance. That’s IF. Historically speaking… this is not our experience AND I’m aware anything can happen at any given point in time.

I even thought about that if cancer comes upon us…
1. have it treated in Australia. FREE.
2. Would I EVEN WANT TO TREAT IT TRADITIONALLY? Or… take that money and go to China, India, Peru or some place that treats things in an alternative way WITHOUT chemo and actually dealing with the root cause… the imbalance in my body… so that I heal myself and clear myself. YEAH… that’s probably more where I would head given this ultimatum. Fingers crossed I don’t have to make the choice, cause the reality is… I don’t know for sure what I would do.

So… I haven’t bought into the system. But always a bit fearful… I think mostly because I’m told to be. FEAR is instilled in this SICK CARE SYSTEM. And today… in order for my son to go to overnight camp for 4 weeks… I was forced to get health insurance.

I have no idea if it will actually help me. I think it’s a waste of money because they are not actually helping people to be HEALTHY… people are insured for being SICK. And I’m appalled by the whole system.

What ever happened to helping people actually BE HEALTHY?! That’s a whole other rant.

RANT #2.

My son comes home from his last day in school and one of the neighbours wants to play with him in the backyard. She is about 6. Her dad puts her phone in the shade on their back fence. #1 problem… a SIX YEAR YOUNG PERSON WITH A PHONE. WHAT THE HECK DOES SHE NEED THAT FOR? Ok… so the phone… and he says… if you need me, CALL ME. Umm… THE PHONE IS ON YOUR BACK FENCE. Are you serious? No one can walk the extra short bit to the house?

THEN… I walk outside and find said 6 year old who was wanting to play with Sam… on her phone, in the shade with Sam looking over her shoulder.

Umm, what?… So I said… you just came looking for Sam to play. You are staring at your phone. That’s not playing. You can do that at home alone. Go play. So they do.

5 minutes later… she wants to go home.

WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THIS WORLD? I GUARANTEE that on the most beautiful day… she has left playing outside and being creative and having fun to sit on her own at home on her phone, AT SIX YEARS YOUNG.

I’m not sorry for saying… THAT IS FUCKED.

I see it TIME AND TIME AGAIN… Kids don’t know how to PLAY! They want technology to entertain them. They are becoming 2 dimensional and don’t have the ability to think creatively and use their imagination to create magic in their mind an in the external world. It’s SCARY. SERIOUSLY SCARY.

This is what kids are meant to do… this is what kids have done for centuries… this is what kids do around the world today… PLAY.

Oh my… I just feel at a loss for words to share the incredible disappointment I have in the world, in society in how we are raising the future generation… To not be able to think for themselves, to be locked into technology and to lack creativity. THIS IS HOW HUMANS WILL EVOLVE… WITH THESE TRAITS.

We HAVE ROBOTS replacing people and society getting more de-sensitized and more controlled and in a TRANCE every single day. It SCARES me.

Of course… the other conversation I have been having a lot lately is about how BECAUSE of people like Trump as President and the shootings in our schools, etc…the TRAGEDIES of the world… people are finding their voices for the things that matter to them… and that is amazing. That awakening is AMAZING.

There are other things coming up to rant on, but for now… I’ll leave it here… with these two. As I honour the people and situations involved that are slightly more delicate, but trust me… I could go on about the shit stuff I am facing today and yesterday that is actually mind-blowing to me.

And with these two examples… it’s ENOUGH to see we are crumbling. There is no way that this leads us to a better, more empowered, connected way of life. This is no way a showing of how we can create our own reality… of how we are empowered to THINK FOR OURSELVES.

It’s HEARTBREAKING.

And I am quite honestly feeling so heavy hearted about the way of the world right now. ESPECIALLY America. I fear that Australia will come in behind this soon in their health care and I pray that they don’t fall pray to these hideous policies.

MAKE HEALTH CARE AFFORDABLE. DON’T PRETEND TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE.

And if you are one of the people who fall pray to using technology as a babysitter all day long… Get your kids off the technology. GET THEM PLAYING. Kids will play for days and days with sticks, rocks, tarps, sheets… building forts… give em some crayons and paper… paint… glue, scissors and some craft… HOURS of entertainment… that’s before they even touch lego… But so much fun can be had with next to NOTHING… and your kids will actually thank you for it in the end. And BTW… You don’t need do it with them. LET THEM CREATE. It’s AMAZING what they will come up with.

Ok… enough said… Mic down. Rant over. Until the next time…
Time for sleep!

PS- gotta love my ranty face, hey?! Show me some love in the comments below for that face and for this ranty message. What do you think? I’d love to hear your thoughts…