| 97. You don't get to keep the money left over in an HSA, the bank does! |
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You put your money in tax free. That's your benefit. You spend it on medical or dental. Anything left over at the end of the year goes to the service company that handles your money. That's why everyone rushes to buy prescription glasses at the end of the year.
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| -Who agrees with me? re: selfishness and health care |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 11:43 AM |
#0 |
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do WHAT? Is this satire? |
mike_c |
Nov-12-07 11:46 AM |
#1 |
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No mike you are wrong. The more money he does not spend on his wife the more he can make. |
Vincardog |
Nov-12-07 11:50 AM |
#5 |
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She is on her own insurance, and makes her own health care decisions |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 11:51 AM |
#6 |
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Whadda want? He talks to her via e-mail? |
MrMickeysMom |
Nov-12-07 09:58 PM |
#115 |
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Well said eom |
daa |
Nov-12-07 11:51 AM |
#7 |
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If you are using your HSA as an investmen, well, this chronically ill |
blondeatlast |
Nov-12-07 11:48 AM |
#2 |
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Not really using it as one, but it does make money and spending that money |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 11:50 AM |
#4 |
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Mono is highly contagious, no? |
katsy |
Nov-12-07 12:00 PM |
#15 |
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Besides... |
Dorian Gray |
Nov-13-07 12:36 PM |
#169 |
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Spending money meant for health care on health care is selfish? |
cuke |
Nov-12-07 01:13 PM |
# |
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No elderly people live in my house |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 01:16 PM |
#33 |
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DO you ever leave your house? |
cuke |
Nov-12-07 01:17 PM |
#35 |
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They're out there in the world |
Dorian Gray |
Nov-13-07 12:38 PM |
#171 |
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You told me you'd never do that |
sandnsea |
Nov-12-07 05:44 PM |
#71 |
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And if it put me in the hospital that would be when I "need to" spend some of the HSA money |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 09:05 PM |
#89 |
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That would cost 100 times more |
sandnsea |
Nov-12-07 09:12 PM |
#94 |
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My health isn't in a crisis, I'll be fine |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 09:15 PM |
#96 |
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But you've proven you'll wait until it is a crisis |
sandnsea |
Nov-12-07 09:35 PM |
#103 |
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This isn't preventative care, I am sick. Preventative care is for someone who is asymptomatic |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 09:39 PM |
#105 |
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Preventing a health crisis of any sort |
sandnsea |
Nov-12-07 09:45 PM |
#110 |
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No, I'll feel bad from this for probably the rest of this week and then be fine |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 09:46 PM |
#111 |
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you'll get it again |
libnnc |
Nov-12-07 09:47 PM |
#112 |
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Unless you're in the hospital |
sandnsea |
Nov-12-07 09:47 PM |
#113 |
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Oh, yeah, absolutely. |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-12-07 11:48 AM |
#3 |
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is the phrase |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Nov-12-07 11:54 AM |
#9 |
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Most assuredly. nt |
blondeatlast |
Nov-12-07 11:56 AM |
#10 |
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yes |
toadzilla |
Nov-12-07 01:58 PM |
#47 |
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He's a fern. |
libnnc |
Nov-12-07 09:02 PM |
#86 |
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Whatever you do, promise me one thing, okay? |
LostinVA |
Nov-12-07 11:53 AM |
#8 |
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delete. I guess that's just the way some people are and they will never change |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 11:59 AM |
#14 |
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White woman? |
senseandsensibility |
Nov-12-07 12:03 PM |
#16 |
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It wasn't -- first I've heard of that aspect, too |
LostinVA |
Nov-12-07 12:06 PM |
#19 |
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Not if I am "accompanying" you |
senseandsensibility |
Nov-12-07 12:09 PM |
#21 |
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Cool! |
LostinVA |
Nov-12-07 05:25 PM |
#62 |
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delete |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 12:07 PM |
#20 |
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Geez--I don't even want to know what the deleted post said, do I? nt |
blondeatlast |
Nov-12-07 01:06 PM |
#26 |
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Nope, not true at all -- and what the heck does race have to do with it? |
LostinVA |
Nov-12-07 12:05 PM |
#17 |
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It depends what's more important for you.. |
LeftishBrit |
Nov-12-07 11:57 AM |
#11 |
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It's not just his health. He could kill someone |
cuke |
Nov-12-07 01:14 PM |
#31 |
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You forgot the sarcasm tag |
magellan |
Nov-12-07 11:57 AM |
#12 |
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I don't beleive mono is fatal. |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 12:51 PM |
#23 |
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Mono can be fatal |
cuke |
Nov-12-07 01:18 PM |
#37 |
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You also "believe" you have mono |
magellan |
Nov-12-07 01:59 PM |
#48 |
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Aren't you just PROVING what the right wing nuts say about |
JeanGrey |
Nov-12-07 09:45 PM |
#109 |
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She should divorce you and take everything. |
stimbox |
Nov-12-07 11:58 AM |
#13 |
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Interesting hierarchy of values. |
TahitiNut |
Nov-12-07 12:06 PM |
#18 |
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I have a couple of questions |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Nov-12-07 12:21 PM |
#22 |
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She thinks I have it and should pay to be treated for it |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 12:51 PM |
#24 |
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What treatment? |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Nov-12-07 01:04 PM |
#25 |
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I don't know, they gave her some medication. I really don't care, I'm not giving a doctor my money |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 01:13 PM |
#29 |
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"I really don't care" |
cuke |
Nov-12-07 01:20 PM |
#39 |
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Mono is a virus |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Nov-12-07 07:46 PM |
#76 |
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Shouldn't you be tested, or are you OK with infecting others? |
cuke |
Nov-12-07 01:11 PM |
#27 |
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Infecting who? If I'm sick I just don't go on appointments and work over the phone. |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 01:15 PM |
#32 |
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You could be carrying it with no symptoms |
cuke |
Nov-12-07 01:16 PM |
#34 |
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I have the symptoms. I'm not going out and seeing people. I can do much of my work over the phone |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 01:18 PM |
#36 |
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You can re-infect your wife |
cuke |
Nov-12-07 01:19 PM |
#38 |
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Don't bother. He's a fern. |
libnnc |
Nov-12-07 09:03 PM |
#87 |
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!! |
MrMickeysMom |
Nov-12-07 10:02 PM |
#117 |
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Wow. |
Beerboy |
Nov-12-07 01:13 PM |
#28 |
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has nothing to do with her, she has her own insurance |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 01:13 PM |
#30 |
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OK, I'm still unclear as to how this relates to your |
Beerboy |
Nov-12-07 01:21 PM |
#41 |
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She wants me to go give a doctor my money and I do not want to. |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 01:29 PM |
#43 |
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OK, every family is complicated, |
Beerboy |
Nov-12-07 01:51 PM |
#45 |
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I think the fact that you feel this way is what is selfish, arrogant and egotistical |
nonconformist |
Nov-12-07 01:21 PM |
#40 |
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Why not use your pocket change for the doc and leave your HSA |
angstlessk |
Nov-12-07 01:26 PM |
#42 |
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Another RGB classic! What if instead of suspected mono, you had chest pain? Shortness of breath? |
Mayberry Machiavelli |
Nov-12-07 01:43 PM |
#44 |
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But you can't just respect the simple answer you gave, huh? |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 01:53 PM |
#46 |
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Ah but YOU did not answer the question of whether or not there is some threshold at which |
Mayberry Machiavelli |
Nov-12-07 02:08 PM |
#49 |
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Some people call it that, I call it giving my money to a doctor |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 02:21 PM |
#52 |
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Since your family depends on your wellbeing |
sfexpat2000 |
Nov-12-07 02:10 PM |
#50 |
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She doesn't depend on my well being |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 02:17 PM |
#51 |
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If you are married, yes, in fact she does. n/t |
sfexpat2000 |
Nov-12-07 02:23 PM |
#53 |
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No, she would no problem providing for herself without me. She is not dependant on me or others. |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 02:25 PM |
#54 |
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Families are interdependent, no matter how independent any one |
sfexpat2000 |
Nov-12-07 02:35 PM |
#57 |
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There's more to life than money, you know |
nonconformist |
Nov-12-07 02:36 PM |
#58 |
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She might get tired taking care of your sick ass. |
libnnc |
Nov-12-07 08:03 PM |
#78 |
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She hasn't had to do anything to take care of me. |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 08:33 PM |
#79 |
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Okay. Feel free to recline |
libnnc |
Nov-12-07 08:37 PM |
#80 |
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I've been able to make around the house. My wife is not a nurse hired to do that stuff |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 08:40 PM |
#81 |
| -
Cool. A no-maintence spouse. You sound like a potted plant. |
libnnc |
Nov-12-07 08:43 PM |
#82 |
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So my thinking my wife is not here to provide slave labor for me is thought of as "crazy" by you? |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 08:56 PM |
#83 |
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You don't make a LICK of sense. Not one lick. |
libnnc |
Nov-12-07 09:00 PM |
#85 |
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. |
Blue-Jay |
Nov-12-07 02:31 PM |
#55 |
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You know you've been exposed to mono, so if |
DemBones DemBones |
Nov-12-07 02:35 PM |
#56 |
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Agreed |
Bassic |
Nov-13-07 09:26 AM |
#138 |
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How could anyone possibly agree or disagree with you? |
Joe Fields |
Nov-12-07 02:42 PM |
#59 |
| -
I'd call it idiotic |
Susang |
Nov-12-07 02:46 PM |
#60 |
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Are you saying I am susceptible to death? Really? Until your post I thought I would live forever |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 03:26 PM |
#61 |
| -
Might be sooner than you think |
Richardo |
Nov-12-07 05:36 PM |
#69 |
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Based upon this and past posts |
Susang |
Nov-13-07 11:39 AM |
#160 |
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Better hope she doesn't go to a Taser gun house party |
OzarkDem |
Nov-12-07 05:27 PM |
#63 |
| -
So you are saying you think she will commit a crime against me? |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 05:32 PM |
#66 |
| -
I'm just kidding |
OzarkDem |
Nov-12-07 05:33 PM |
#67 |
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Not sure I would be |
supernova |
Nov-12-07 09:17 PM |
#98 |
| -
Great! |
MrMickeysMom |
Nov-12-07 10:10 PM |
#120 |
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Standing O! |
LostinVA |
Nov-12-07 05:28 PM |
#64 |
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No performance. But I guess this is more of you trying to be as degrading as you can be. |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 05:31 PM |
#65 |
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Oh brother |
LostinVA |
Nov-12-07 07:41 PM |
#74 |
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An HSA That Earns Interest? |
stirlingsliver |
Nov-12-07 05:34 PM |
#68 |
| -
Yes they do |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 05:40 PM |
#70 |
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and in one short post one can see the fraud that is called HSA |
burythehatchet |
Nov-12-07 05:48 PM |
#72 |
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LOL...good one Vern. |
ileus |
Nov-12-07 06:41 PM |
#73 |
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Careful |
LostinVA |
Nov-12-07 07:43 PM |
#75 |
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He's a fern. |
libnnc |
Nov-12-07 09:03 PM |
#88 |
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I don't drink with you |
LostinVA |
Nov-12-07 09:31 PM |
#102 |
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If you're buying, I'll drink with you |
libnnc |
Nov-12-07 09:36 PM |
#104 |
| -
A truly demented thread from some time ago. |
Lautremont |
Nov-12-07 09:44 PM |
#108 |
| -
Here: (links) |
Mayberry Machiavelli |
Nov-13-07 11:17 AM |
#154 |
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If you don't give a shit |
libnnc |
Nov-12-07 07:59 PM |
#77 |
| -
Penny wise and pound foolish. |
calmblueocean |
Nov-12-07 08:59 PM |
#84 |
| -
You sound as stubborn as Mr Zola |
me b zola |
Nov-12-07 09:05 PM |
#90 |
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According to your logic, money > health |
tkmorris |
Nov-12-07 09:06 PM |
#91 |
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Sounds like a Republiscum to me... |
bush still has to go |
Nov-13-07 07:33 AM |
#127 |
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Are you really that much of an ass? |
supernova |
Nov-12-07 09:08 PM |
#92 |
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why aren't you on her health care insurance? Oh wait, she makes her own decisions |
chimpsrsmarter |
Nov-12-07 09:10 PM |
#93 |
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Because I have my own. A high ded plan which is cheap allowing me to put the max into the HSA |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 09:13 PM |
#95 |
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well ok but you already think you're correct so why are asking us? |
chimpsrsmarter |
Nov-12-07 09:21 PM |
#100 |
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You don't get to keep the money left over in an HSA, the bank does! |
hedgehog |
Nov-12-07 09:17 PM |
#97 |
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That's called an FSA. Different thing entirely |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 09:18 PM |
#99 |
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It IS called a HSA. We had them for years at my company and |
JeanGrey |
Nov-12-07 09:58 PM |
#114 |
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They have only existed for four years |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 10:09 PM |
#119 |
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Yup. Years. |
JeanGrey |
Nov-13-07 05:14 PM |
#189 |
| -
That's funny about the glasses. |
scorpiogirl |
Nov-12-07 09:29 PM |
#101 |
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But, don't you lose your HSA money when you don't |
JeanGrey |
Nov-12-07 09:40 PM |
#106 |
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That is an FSA |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 09:43 PM |
#107 |
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No, I have no idea what a FSA is. Ours is a "Health Savings |
JeanGrey |
Nov-12-07 09:59 PM |
#116 |
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If you don't keep your money in your HSA then someone is stealing from you and you should nofity law |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 10:06 PM |
#118 |
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Well we had what was called specifically a HSA acct at my |
JeanGrey |
Nov-12-07 10:39 PM |
#121 |
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What you are describing is a FSA (flexible spending account) |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 10:43 PM |
#122 |
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We only had one account like this, not two. It was called HSA |
JeanGrey |
Nov-12-07 10:45 PM |
#123 |
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Because it continues to grow tax deferred as long as I leave it in the account |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 10:49 PM |
#124 |
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Apparently so. But I still can't believe someone would forgo |
JeanGrey |
Nov-13-07 05:15 PM |
#190 |
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I'm not sure exactly why it is that you put up these posts |
EstimatedProphet |
Nov-13-07 07:08 AM |
#125 |
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There is no flaw in my HSA it works perfectly. And the earlier thread wasn't a joke |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 07:18 AM |
#126 |
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bothersome? |
elizfeelinggreat |
Nov-13-07 08:13 AM |
#128 |
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I never said I may not be contagious, and am doing things to lessen the chance of infecting others |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 08:26 AM |
#131 |
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wow |
elizfeelinggreat |
Nov-13-07 08:34 AM |
#133 |
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(some other kinds of help too, I suspect). . . . n/t |
annabanana |
Nov-13-07 12:30 PM |
#166 |
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When I'm sick |
Dorian Gray |
Nov-13-07 12:57 PM |
#177 |
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Actually, I'm just giving you the benefit of the doubt. |
EstimatedProphet |
Nov-13-07 08:39 AM |
#134 |
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No prank. Sorry I haven't done as you think I should, actually more sorry that you feel people who |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 08:48 AM |
#135 |
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Yeah, whatever. |
EstimatedProphet |
Nov-13-07 09:00 AM |
#136 |
| -
Wow! |
Dorian Gray |
Nov-13-07 12:54 PM |
#176 |
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This is why making money and healthcare need to be separated. |
Vinca |
Nov-13-07 08:19 AM |
#129 |
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Not wealthy at all |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 08:27 AM |
#132 |
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Well RGBolen..It looks like NO ONE agrees with you. |
youthere |
Nov-13-07 08:25 AM |
#130 |
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She should divorce you & sue you for half. |
baldguy |
Nov-13-07 09:07 AM |
#137 |
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We have a premarital contract that prevents the second half of that from being a |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 09:57 AM |
#142 |
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My child is starving, but the only way I can feed him is to take money from my checking account |
PelosiFan |
Nov-13-07 09:45 AM |
#139 |
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You are talking about doing something for someone else. That's different. |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 09:54 AM |
#141 |
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OK, then, I'm starving. If I don't eat, I'll probably die eventually, leaving my child without me |
PelosiFan |
Nov-13-07 10:03 AM |
#144 |
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Must be nice to only have a probability of dying. I don't think it's selfish for you to eat. |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 10:17 AM |
#145 |
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I made it a probability, since I could always be kept alive through a feeding tube |
PelosiFan |
Nov-13-07 10:56 AM |
#146 |
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Do you think if someone goes to a doctor they then can not spread a virus? |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 11:06 AM |
#149 |
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I think that going to a doctor will confirm whether or not you have a virus |
PelosiFan |
Nov-13-07 11:17 AM |
#153 |
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I have taken steps to prevent spreading. One can "behave accordingly" and lower the risk of |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 11:31 AM |
#158 |
| -
It's telling that you haven't yet responded to my saying that this thread of yours is a farce. |
PelosiFan |
Nov-13-07 01:18 PM |
#181 |
| -
Well it's not, sorry |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 01:20 PM |
#182 |
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ok |
PelosiFan |
Nov-13-07 01:25 PM |
#183 |
| -
Does your wife like you? |
Dorian Gray |
Nov-13-07 12:59 PM |
#179 |
| -
You listen to a lot of Phil Hendry. |
Richardo |
Nov-13-07 09:50 AM |
#140 |
| -
I have a question. Who is Phil Hendry? |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 09:58 AM |
#143 |
| -
Stupidity and health care n/t |
Der Blaue Engel |
Nov-13-07 11:04 AM |
#147 |
| -
Well, from this thread it seems nobody agrees with you. A minority of one. nt |
YankmeCrankme |
Nov-13-07 11:05 AM |
#148 |
| -
It sounds like you think you can get through this without needing |
treestar |
Nov-13-07 11:07 AM |
#150 |
| -
either you are trying to be the next Stephen Colbert or you want a good flaming |
LSK |
Nov-13-07 11:13 AM |
#151 |
| -
You should read his other stuff. |
HughBeaumont |
Nov-13-07 11:15 AM |
#152 |
| -
Not hard right economically, pretty moderate |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 11:28 AM |
#157 |
| -
I don't know his other stuff but I did comment that he is proving |
JeanGrey |
Nov-13-07 05:18 PM |
#191 |
| -
I actually think he's autistic or at least on the spectrum. |
janesez |
Nov-13-07 11:24 AM |
#155 |
| -
Not autistic |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 11:27 AM |
#156 |
| -
A guessing game! |
annabanana |
Nov-13-07 12:35 PM |
#168 |
| -
There is no game |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 12:37 PM |
#170 |
| -
I saw a turtle |
IAmJacksSmirkingRevenge |
Nov-13-07 11:33 AM |
#159 |
| -
Your message is unclear. |
qwlauren35 |
Nov-13-07 11:41 AM |
#161 |
| -
All I can say is OP makes his marriage sound a lot like his HSA |
Democrat 4 Ever |
Nov-13-07 11:54 AM |
#163 |
| -
The money would be what I have to pay a doctor for an office visit |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 12:00 PM |
#165 |
| -
Hold a minute - your wife loves you. Please remember that. |
qwlauren35 |
Nov-13-07 11:50 AM |
#162 |
| -
But what is helping others |
supernova |
Nov-13-07 11:58 AM |
#164 |
| -
I know she does |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 12:41 PM |
#173 |
| -
Isn't that money for using when you're sick? |
Dorian Gray |
Nov-13-07 12:35 PM |
#167 |
| -
After age 65 you can withdraw without penalty. Before then if you want to use it for something non |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 12:39 PM |
#172 |
| -
So, why is an HSA a tool worth using? |
supernova |
Nov-13-07 12:42 PM |
#174 |
| -
You are confusing "need" and "want" I don't need medical treatment for what I have |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 12:51 PM |
#175 |
| -
And you're unrealistic |
supernova |
Nov-13-07 12:57 PM |
#178 |
| -
Not confusing the two at all. I have investments for retirement |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 01:03 PM |
#180 |
| -
What medical school did you go to? |
supernova |
Nov-13-07 01:26 PM |
#184 |
| -
Caring for my wife? She went to the doctor, I drove her. |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 01:30 PM |
#185 |
| -
OMG she treated you like a chauffeur? |
nonconformist |
Nov-13-07 01:41 PM |
#186 |
| -
No |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 01:43 PM |
#187 |
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Oh hahahahahahaha - good one. . . .n/t |
annabanana |
Nov-13-07 02:17 PM |
#188 |
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if you really cared about making money |
leftofthedial |
Nov-13-07 05:26 PM |
#192 |
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