Sue Jantz  Sue Jantz (July 2, 2011)   Aug. 30  Ann Romney still
does have a storybook life. It's too bad for the rest of us that
she doesn't know it because maybe she would encourage her
husband not to eliminate the social and health-care safety net.
Our unmet medical needs could result in death and financial
disaster, which adds a dimension of stress that's unimaginable
to her. You see, the ordinary woman who gets breast cancer,
multiple sclerosis or other serious conditions would love to
have Ann Romney's storybook.  Instead, ours has horror-story
chapters, including medically caused unemployment, unmet child
care, bankruptcy and the inability to buy or retain medical
insurance due to pre-existing conditions. These additional
stressors do not contribute to recovery from illness. Instead
they negatively impact it.  Every country in the world that I
respect, except our own, has systems in place that prevent these
damaging impacts. What would President Romney do besides throw
us to the merciless, for-profit s