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Well said, parent.
This issue frustrates me to no end, and it doesn't even really affect me, as a woman who gave birth. (Although the FMLA guidelines and my company's guidelines screwed me over last year, when I, working part-time, did not receive ANY paid time off after giving birth. I just got 6 weeks of unpaid maternity. That was a serious crunch to our budget...)
But I think it's ridiculous that we espouse "family values" in this country, and then deny adoptive parents leave to bond with their kids, deny fathers leave to bond with their kids, and deny foster parents leave to bond with their kids. It's horrible.
Further, on a somewhat different rate (but related the fact that Canada's looking better and better...), I just got home from the pediatrician today. I was informed that I owed additional money from our last trip there, in October. $71 more, to be exact. (Had already paid the $15 copay.) Why? Our insurance benefits from the year, for pediatrics, had capped out.
Now, let me tell you how often we took Elise to the pediatrician last year:
Her regular well-baby checkups, plus ONE extra visit for an ear infection.
In other words, our insurance did not even cover regular check-ups plus one sick visit. (And we all know how often kids get sick.)
I'm so angry I could spit.
WHY do I pay hundreds and hundreds of dollars for this insurance?????????
I am so disgusted at the entire health care system and family policies in the U.S.
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