U.S. Healthcare suxxors.

Jill over at Feministe has hit the stupidity of her insurer's stupidity; Gardasil, the vaccine that prevents women from getting HPV which is the leading cause of cervical cancer, isn't covered by her insurance:

My school insurance didn’t cover Gardasil, the HPV vaccine. So I waited until I got a job, found a new doctor and started on private insurance. The new doc is great, and she gave me a Gardasil prescription on my first visit, saying that I have to get it filled at the pharmacy but that insurance should cover it. I’m supposed to go back today and get the first round.

I went to get it filled yesterday. Turns out my insurance doesn’t cover “injectables.” I don’t really have an extra $600 to spend on a vaccine right now (it’s $200 per shot, and it’s a three-round vaccine), but I think I’m going to have to just suck it up and do it anyway. What’s another $600 when I already have $200,000 in student loan debt, right?

The U.S. health care system sucks.

Be sure to read the comments.

My grandmother used to sing this song

My grandmother used to sing this song on road trips, but she left out much of it. I suspect that it was because I was only 8 years old.

Ain't we got fun!
Bill collectors gather 'round and rather haunt the cottage next door,
Men the grocer and butcher sent,
Men who call for the rent.
But within, a happy chappy, and his bride of only a year,
Seem to be so cheerful,
Here's an ear full of the chatter you hear:

Begin Song:

Every morning
Every evening
Ain't we got fun
Not much money
Oh but honey
Ain't We Got Fun
The rent's unpaid dear
We haven't a bus
But smiles were made dear
For people like us

In the winter
In the summer
Don't we have fun
Times are bum and getting bummer
Still we have fun
There's nothing surer
The rich get rich and the poor get... children
In the meantime
In between time
Ain't we got fun

Every morning Every evening
Don't we got fun
Twins and cares dear
Come in pairs dear
Don't we have fun
We've only started
As mommer and pop
Are we downhearted
I'll say that we're not
Landlords mad and getting madder
Ain't we got fun
Times are bad and getting badder
Still we have fun
There's nothing surer
The rich get rich and the poor get laid off
In the meantime
In between time
Ain't we got fun

Night or day-time
It's all play-time
Ain't we got fun
Hot or cold days
Any old days
Ain't we got fun
If wifie wishes
To go to a play
Don't wash the dishes
Just throw them away
Street car seats are awful narrow
Ain't we got fun
They won't smash up our Pierce Arrow
We ain't got none
They've cut my wages
income tax will be so much smaller
When I'm paid off
I'll be laid off
Ain't we got fun

Tweets for Today

• 17:27 @steampunked FOTF is an über-conservative "christian" group that claims stores are waging "war on Christmas" by saying "happy holidays" #
• 17:29 @steampunked ScaScot was kind enough to include the Wiccan Pentacle on it. The original didn't have it. #
• 22:39 Norwegian wood. #

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The WHOFarm Project

There's an effort to get President-Elect Obama to plant an organic garden on the White House Lawn. (White House Organic Farm)

Go watch the video, and then sign the petition:

http://www.TheWhoFarm.org/