This just in ...

[kinzel]

Sigh ...

I do wish the world and writers were more in tune...

as mentioned elsewhere in the blogosphere:

Steven Brust is a a bind, in part due to some bills that need paying; as I understand it a hospital has put a lien on his house.

This link is to a donate button http://dreamcafe.com/donate.html ... at the top of that page you should also find a "log" which, reading backwards, may provide details of interest.

So, anyone out there want (and know how) to start a Writers and Artists Insurance Cooperative? Insurance is the reason Sharon is currently distracted by a "real job" instead of writing full time here at the Catfarm and Confusion Factory.

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[(Anonymous)]

Burton from Montreal

Sorry to hear about Steve's medical issues. Glad I lived in Canada where there isn't any HMOs. It seem from the news that unless one have continuing health insurance in the US, one is only one hospital visit from bankruptcy.

By the way, LUC2 arrived in the mail today.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

That's the truth. My last hospital visit was about 14,000 and the doctor bills on top of that were about another 6,000. And I was lucky -- it turned out to be something passing instead of something that would need a lot of care and recovery. Not too many people keep that kind of cash lying around. Insurance got it down to around 700.00 -- not that I have that, either, but I can pay that off in a reasonable time.