I received the above reminder yesterday about why we need health insurance reform and a strong public option. Blue Cross/Blue Shield decided it needed to raid my quarterly insurance premiums by $111: almost an additional $450 a year.

So my options are to pay an additional $500 for a $500 deductible, or to pay around the same I have been and drop to a $1,000 deductible.

The sad thing is that BC/BS hasn’t had to pay out a single dime for me since 2006. Nothing. Not a check up, not anything. From 2007 to today I have paid $6,171 for nothing. Which also means I am just paying them to pad their executive salaries and pay Sen. Baucus to write a bill that helps their industry and not the American people.

This is a reminder that while you may like your health coverage right now, it is not going to be the same in the future without real health insurance reform. It might be in a year or two, or it could be right now (like me).

Stand up and take a pledge to act in support of health insurance reform at yda.org/healthpledge. Your health benefits depend on it.