This message is from: Lola Lahr <lolal...@gmail.com> If you have good insurance and make a choice that results in your using it in the way Robin describes, you are driving up the cost of health insurance for the rest of us too. That also is unfair. On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Lola Lahr <lolal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Amen Robin!!!! > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Robin Churchill <rbc...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> This message is from: Robin Churchill <rbc...@yahoo.com> >> >> I guess if you have good insurance, including long-term care insurance >> then it is your business whether you wear a helmet or not. Unfortunately >> most people who get a serious head injury don't seem to have planned on >> needing medical care for the rest of their lives, so the taxpayers are >> paying for their care which I think is unfair. It is pretty clear that >> wearing a helmet decreases the risk of serious head injury but we all know >> that nothing protects us 100% of the time, particularly when we sustain some >> other type of injury that the helmet was not designed to prevent. I have >> only fallen 4 times and every time I was wearing a helmet. Once I saw stars >> and technically probably had a mild concussion and another time recently, I >> broke the helmet. Come see what somebody with a serious head injury looks >> like lying in the ICU and then decide if you want to wear your helmet or >> not--it's generally not a pretty sight. It bears little resemblance to what >> they show >> on TV. >> >> >> Robin in SW Florida where there is supposed to be a cold front this >> weekend to get the temps down into the 70s >> >> Important FjordHorse List Links: >> Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e >> FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw >> Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
