Well, everything we had went to medical insurance and to pay for ten years of my surgeries and uncovered outpatient costs with thousands of dollars demanded in cashiers checks, up front, before we got the needed MRIs etc. etc. -- until insurance premiums were too much to afford and Medicaid was the only way to go. Now pre-existing conditions keep insurance unavailable. You are right, it's Catch 22 all over again---and then compounded by ten.

It is insane! But once you get used to it, insanity can be the most normal thing in the world. Don't get me wrong, folks. Life is a gas and a great panorama I never tire of watching. It is only difficult watching when deluded people convince themselves that their good fortune is all a result of their own prowess. In actuality, it is nothing more than dumb conniving luck ---no different than a big win in Casa Blanca as the chief of police proclaims he's shocked gambling is happening--as he pockets his winnings/bribes !!

Art