Health Insurance: Right or privilege

I can only imagine how it would feel to be among the 78,000 Idahoans who make too much income to be eligible for Medicaid, but not enough to qualify for coverage under the state’s health insurance exchange.

I’m fortunate enough to have insurance. But if I didn’t, I’d be paying around $500 for a box of five insulin needles and $130 for glucose test strips. Affordability would be a big issue. I’d be deciding between buying supplies that are crucial for diabetes management, or paying the rent. It would be like choosing whether to be eaten by alligators, or bitten by rattlesnakes.

Lucky me. I don’t have those grim choices. A box of insulin costs $45, and the test strips are free under my Medicare plan. I also don’t have to depend on politicians deciding my fate on health insurance/ Chuck Malloy , Idaho Politics Weekly. More here .