It’s a cute storyline, but it would never work. Lila would never be able to afford Annie’s medical bills on her salary, and no insurance company would ever cover Annie in her condition. If the proposed health care bill ever gets passed, it would be a different story, but as it is, both Annie and real children with serious medical conditions have essentially no chance of getting adopted.
Hey JOE The state is paying for Annie’s hospital bill???
The taxpayer is paying for Annie’s hospital bill.
The same comment to EDCOLE
Funny, my parents paid for my brother’s bill. Took 34 years. Pride paid that bill but I guess some think that others should pay for their misfortune. My brother, sister, and myself received no help from my parents for college, but we worked our way through knowing our family earned it’s own way. In the military we noticed that the sick, lame, and lazy reported to sick bay. The rest of us reported to duty.
The health care bill has been so watered down that it is too weak. What we need is something like the German system – it’s been around virtually unchanged for 125 years and has some of the best coverage in the world. They also have a bigger and wealthier middle class than the US.
The only idiots are those who think for-profit health insurance companies have your interests at heart.
Health care reform will only work if you combine it with tort reform. Doctors have to protect themselves from shysters and ambulance chasers and those who sue at the drop of a hat and from those jurors who say “sure we’ll give you a big settlement because after all it’s just the insurance company who’s paying and they can afford it”. One of my wife’s doctors gave up her practice and went back to teaching medicine because she couldn’t afford the malpractice insurance. I think malpractice insurance is one of the most expensive parts of health care as Americans know it.
Guess the discussion above just shows how important the idea of health care is to everyone. It is interesting how intense the discussion becomes about it, even when discussing Lila!
For the record, if Annie was a real person, would it matter one bleeep bit where the money for her health care came from? She has no family, and she is a child with no ability to generate income. It might turn out she has an inheritance that pays for medical care, or she might have a spontaneous remission, or she might die.
This is a real situation faced by real people today, and politics be bleeeped. One of the best uses of politics I can think of is to get the medical bills for real kids in the same position as Annie covered.
But it isn’t my story. :)
I do hope Lila adopts Annie, not only because it would make a great story and provide a lot of rich story material, but because in a way, Lila goes from being just an enjoyable comic that comments on life today, to a story that touches people right where they live.
Also, I like the idea of the comic progressing in time a bit. People change, and when the Lila books come out, it will be fun to watch how the characters in the strip grow.
you know it is a shame that such a good comic strip has been reduced to nothing but a forum for politics and some peoples belief in or dislike of certain things not actually relevant to it
I deleted my comment. Maybe Lila should just be a foster parent for Annie. This way, costs won’t be an issue, and she can spend all her time with her. All the love for a fraction of the price!
Edcole1961 over 14 years ago
It’s a cute storyline, but it would never work. Lila would never be able to afford Annie’s medical bills on her salary, and no insurance company would ever cover Annie in her condition. If the proposed health care bill ever gets passed, it would be a different story, but as it is, both Annie and real children with serious medical conditions have essentially no chance of getting adopted.
ejcapulet over 14 years ago
I miss Celebrity Death Match - mindless violence and no real humans get hurt.
Lynn Savage over 14 years ago
GoComics Celebrity Deathmatch:
Lio’s Cybil vs Garfield Tigger vs. Hobbes Brewster vs Tank Lila vs Mona vs Yenny …
lewisbower over 14 years ago
Hey JOE The state is paying for Annie’s hospital bill???
The taxpayer is paying for Annie’s hospital bill.
The same comment to EDCOLE
Funny, my parents paid for my brother’s bill. Took 34 years. Pride paid that bill but I guess some think that others should pay for their misfortune. My brother, sister, and myself received no help from my parents for college, but we worked our way through knowing our family earned it’s own way. In the military we noticed that the sick, lame, and lazy reported to sick bay. The rest of us reported to duty.
alondra over 14 years ago
That’s right and it will be no different if that idiot healthcare bill is passed.
cdward over 14 years ago
The health care bill has been so watered down that it is too weak. What we need is something like the German system – it’s been around virtually unchanged for 125 years and has some of the best coverage in the world. They also have a bigger and wealthier middle class than the US.
The only idiots are those who think for-profit health insurance companies have your interests at heart.
Takiniteasy over 14 years ago
Health care reform will only work if you combine it with tort reform. Doctors have to protect themselves from shysters and ambulance chasers and those who sue at the drop of a hat and from those jurors who say “sure we’ll give you a big settlement because after all it’s just the insurance company who’s paying and they can afford it”. One of my wife’s doctors gave up her practice and went back to teaching medicine because she couldn’t afford the malpractice insurance. I think malpractice insurance is one of the most expensive parts of health care as Americans know it.
Wildcard24365 over 14 years ago
Riiiight. Tort reform, read: “take away patients’ only recourse in cases of malpractice.” Good one.
paul.raulerson Premium Member over 14 years ago
Guess the discussion above just shows how important the idea of health care is to everyone. It is interesting how intense the discussion becomes about it, even when discussing Lila!
For the record, if Annie was a real person, would it matter one bleeep bit where the money for her health care came from? She has no family, and she is a child with no ability to generate income. It might turn out she has an inheritance that pays for medical care, or she might have a spontaneous remission, or she might die.
This is a real situation faced by real people today, and politics be bleeeped. One of the best uses of politics I can think of is to get the medical bills for real kids in the same position as Annie covered.
But it isn’t my story. :)
I do hope Lila adopts Annie, not only because it would make a great story and provide a lot of rich story material, but because in a way, Lila goes from being just an enjoyable comic that comments on life today, to a story that touches people right where they live.
Also, I like the idea of the comic progressing in time a bit. People change, and when the Lila books come out, it will be fun to watch how the characters in the strip grow.
-Paul
paul.raulerson Premium Member over 14 years ago
P.S. Besides, Annie will make a great excuse for Lila to use when dealing with Alexandra! :)
bald over 14 years ago
i still think lila might just make a good mother
you know it is a shame that such a good comic strip has been reduced to nothing but a forum for politics and some peoples belief in or dislike of certain things not actually relevant to it
Plods with ...™ over 14 years ago
me too bald
grim509 over 14 years ago
Your right, bald!
I deleted my comment. Maybe Lila should just be a foster parent for Annie. This way, costs won’t be an issue, and she can spend all her time with her. All the love for a fraction of the price!
(might make Lila less cynical too!)