ICYMI, this song is awesome and the love and patriotism oozes with every verse.
Celebrate America’s 250th with reverence, respect and loads of patriotism. Free we will always be thanks to the patriots who fought tirelessly to keep us this way.
Just got off the phone with my college roommate.
His daughter was diagnosed with leukemia in January.
He has insurance. Good insurance. The kind you feel safe having.
7 months later:
Savings: wiped out. 401k: cashed early. Penalties and all. House: refinanced to cover the gaps insurance decided weren’t their problem.
He told me he’s not the same person anymore.
Said watching your child fight for her life while simultaneously fighting an insurance company over coverage codes does something to you that doesn’t go away.
They did everything right.
Two incomes. No debt. Responsible their whole lives.
One diagnosis undid all of it in 7 months.
And somewhere a health insurance CEO is getting a $30 million bonus this quarter.
I don’t know how people defend this system with a straight face.
I really don’t.
I think we all agree that college football has its flaws when it comes to how these player negotiations take place.
I can’t help but feel, though, this might be more of a character problem with the head coach.