Health Care: When Bad Things Happen

I have never met a nicer blogger than Ron Beasley, with whom I did some talk radio during the 2008 presidential campaign and whose posts I read regularly at Newshoggers.

I tend to get a little worried when a favorite blogger disappears, and so it was with Ron, whom it turns out had a medical adventure and is now getting slammed with some pretty hefty bills because he doesn't have health insurance. This is because of one of those insidious preexisting conditions: Even though Ron has been in good health, he's 63.

You can read Ron's saga here and here.