| -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 |
| -
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 |
| -
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 |
| -
Not really using it as one, but it does make money and spending that money |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 11:50 AM |
#4 |
| -
Mono is highly contagious, no? |
katsy |
Nov-12-07 12:00 PM |
#15 |
| -
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 |
| -
DO you ever leave your house? |
cuke |
Nov-12-07 01:17 PM |
#35 |
| -
They're out there in the world |
Dorian Gray |
Nov-13-07 12:38 PM |
#171 |
| -
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 |
| -
That would cost 100 times more |
sandnsea |
Nov-12-07 09:12 PM |
#94 |
| -
My health isn't in a crisis, I'll be fine |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 09:15 PM |
#96 |
| -
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 |
| -
Preventing a health crisis of any sort |
sandnsea |
Nov-12-07 09:45 PM |
#110 |
| -
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 |
| -
you'll get it again |
libnnc |
Nov-12-07 09:47 PM |
#112 |
| -
Unless you're in the hospital |
sandnsea |
Nov-12-07 09:47 PM |
#113 |
| -
Oh, yeah, absolutely. |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-12-07 11:48 AM |
#3 |
| -
is the phrase |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Nov-12-07 11:54 AM |
#9 |
| -
Most assuredly. nt |
blondeatlast |
Nov-12-07 11:56 AM |
#10 |
| -
yes |
toadzilla |
Nov-12-07 01:58 PM |
#47 |
| -
He's a fern. |
libnnc |
Nov-12-07 09:02 PM |
#86 |
| -
Whatever you do, promise me one thing, okay? |
LostinVA |
Nov-12-07 11:53 AM |
#8 |
| -
delete. I guess that's just the way some people are and they will never change |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 11:59 AM |
#14 |
| -
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 |
| -
Not if I am "accompanying" you |
senseandsensibility |
Nov-12-07 12:09 PM |
#21 |
| -
Cool! |
LostinVA |
Nov-12-07 05:25 PM |
#62 |
| -
delete |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 12:07 PM |
#20 |
| -
Geez--I don't even want to know what the deleted post said, do I? nt |
blondeatlast |
Nov-12-07 01:06 PM |
#26 |
| -
Nope, not true at all -- and what the heck does race have to do with it? |
LostinVA |
Nov-12-07 12:05 PM |
#17 |
| -
It depends what's more important for you.. |
LeftishBrit |
Nov-12-07 11:57 AM |
#11 |
| -
It's not just his health. He could kill someone |
cuke |
Nov-12-07 01:14 PM |
#31 |
| -
You forgot the sarcasm tag |
magellan |
Nov-12-07 11:57 AM |
#12 |
| -
I don't beleive mono is fatal. |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 12:51 PM |
#23 |
| -
Mono can be fatal |
cuke |
Nov-12-07 01:18 PM |
#37 |
| -
You also "believe" you have mono |
magellan |
Nov-12-07 01:59 PM |
#48 |
| -
Aren't you just PROVING what the right wing nuts say about |
JeanGrey |
Nov-12-07 09:45 PM |
#109 |
| -
She should divorce you and take everything. |
stimbox |
Nov-12-07 11:58 AM |
#13 |
| -
Interesting hierarchy of values. |
TahitiNut |
Nov-12-07 12:06 PM |
#18 |
| -
I have a couple of questions |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Nov-12-07 12:21 PM |
#22 |
| -
She thinks I have it and should pay to be treated for it |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 12:51 PM |
#24 |
| -
What treatment? |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Nov-12-07 01:04 PM |
#25 |
| -
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 |
| -
"I really don't care" |
cuke |
Nov-12-07 01:20 PM |
#39 |
| -
Mono is a virus |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Nov-12-07 07:46 PM |
#76 |
| -
Shouldn't you be tested, or are you OK with infecting others? |
cuke |
Nov-12-07 01:11 PM |
#27 |
| -
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 |
| -
You could be carrying it with no symptoms |
cuke |
Nov-12-07 01:16 PM |
#34 |
| -
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 |
| -
You can re-infect your wife |
cuke |
Nov-12-07 01:19 PM |
#38 |
| -
Don't bother. He's a fern. |
libnnc |
Nov-12-07 09:03 PM |
#87 |
| -
!! |
MrMickeysMom |
Nov-12-07 10:02 PM |
#117 |
| -
Wow. |
Beerboy |
Nov-12-07 01:13 PM |
#28 |
| -
has nothing to do with her, she has her own insurance |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 01:13 PM |
#30 |
| -
OK, I'm still unclear as to how this relates to your |
Beerboy |
Nov-12-07 01:21 PM |
#41 |
| -
She wants me to go give a doctor my money and I do not want to. |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 01:29 PM |
#43 |
| -
OK, every family is complicated, |
Beerboy |
Nov-12-07 01:51 PM |
#45 |
| -
I think the fact that you feel this way is what is selfish, arrogant and egotistical |
nonconformist |
Nov-12-07 01:21 PM |
#40 |
| -
Why not use your pocket change for the doc and leave your HSA |
angstlessk |
Nov-12-07 01:26 PM |
#42 |
| -
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 |
| -
But you can't just respect the simple answer you gave, huh? |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 01:53 PM |
#46 |
| -
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 |
| -
Some people call it that, I call it giving my money to a doctor |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 02:21 PM |
#52 |
| -
Since your family depends on your wellbeing |
sfexpat2000 |
Nov-12-07 02:10 PM |
#50 |
| -
She doesn't depend on my well being |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 02:17 PM |
#51 |
| -
If you are married, yes, in fact she does. n/t |
sfexpat2000 |
Nov-12-07 02:23 PM |
#53 |
| -
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 |
| -
Families are interdependent, no matter how independent any one |
sfexpat2000 |
Nov-12-07 02:35 PM |
#57 |
| -
There's more to life than money, you know |
nonconformist |
Nov-12-07 02:36 PM |
#58 |
| -
She might get tired taking care of your sick ass. |
libnnc |
Nov-12-07 08:03 PM |
#78 |
| -
She hasn't had to do anything to take care of me. |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 08:33 PM |
#79 |
| -
Okay. Feel free to recline |
libnnc |
Nov-12-07 08:37 PM |
#80 |
| -
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 |
| -
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 |
| -
You don't make a LICK of sense. Not one lick. |
libnnc |
Nov-12-07 09:00 PM |
#85 |
| -
. |
Blue-Jay |
Nov-12-07 02:31 PM |
#55 |
| -
You know you've been exposed to mono, so if |
DemBones DemBones |
Nov-12-07 02:35 PM |
#56 |
| -
Agreed |
Bassic |
Nov-13-07 09:26 AM |
#138 |
| -
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 |
| -
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 |
| -
Based upon this and past posts |
Susang |
Nov-13-07 11:39 AM |
#160 |
| -
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 |
| -
Not sure I would be |
supernova |
Nov-12-07 09:17 PM |
#98 |
| -
Great! |
MrMickeysMom |
Nov-12-07 10:10 PM |
#120 |
| -
Standing O! |
LostinVA |
Nov-12-07 05:28 PM |
#64 |
| -
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 |
| -
Oh brother |
LostinVA |
Nov-12-07 07:41 PM |
#74 |
| -
An HSA That Earns Interest? |
stirlingsliver |
Nov-12-07 05:34 PM |
#68 |
| -
Yes they do |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 05:40 PM |
#70 |
| -
and in one short post one can see the fraud that is called HSA |
burythehatchet |
Nov-12-07 05:48 PM |
#72 |
| -
LOL...good one Vern. |
ileus |
Nov-12-07 06:41 PM |
#73 |
| -
Careful |
LostinVA |
Nov-12-07 07:43 PM |
#75 |
| -
He's a fern. |
libnnc |
Nov-12-07 09:03 PM |
#88 |
| -
I don't drink with you |
LostinVA |
Nov-12-07 09:31 PM |
#102 |
| -
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 |
| -
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 |
| -
According to your logic, money > health |
tkmorris |
Nov-12-07 09:06 PM |
#91 |
| -
Sounds like a Republiscum to me... |
bush still has to go |
Nov-13-07 07:33 AM |
#127 |
| -
Are you really that much of an ass? |
supernova |
Nov-12-07 09:08 PM |
#92 |
| -
why aren't you on her health care insurance? Oh wait, she makes her own decisions |
chimpsrsmarter |
Nov-12-07 09:10 PM |
#93 |
| -
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 |
| -
well ok but you already think you're correct so why are asking us? |
chimpsrsmarter |
Nov-12-07 09:21 PM |
#100 |
| -
You don't get to keep the money left over in an HSA, the bank does! |
hedgehog |
Nov-12-07 09:17 PM |
#97 |
| -
That's called an FSA. Different thing entirely |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 09:18 PM |
#99 |
| -
It IS called a HSA. We had them for years at my company and |
JeanGrey |
Nov-12-07 09:58 PM |
#114 |
| -
They have only existed for four years |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 10:09 PM |
#119 |
| -
Yup. Years. |
JeanGrey |
Nov-13-07 05:14 PM |
#189 |
| -
That's funny about the glasses. |
scorpiogirl |
Nov-12-07 09:29 PM |
#101 |
| -
But, don't you lose your HSA money when you don't |
JeanGrey |
Nov-12-07 09:40 PM |
#106 |
| -
That is an FSA |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 09:43 PM |
#107 |
| -
No, I have no idea what a FSA is. Ours is a "Health Savings |
JeanGrey |
Nov-12-07 09:59 PM |
#116 |
| -
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 |
| -
Well we had what was called specifically a HSA acct at my |
JeanGrey |
Nov-12-07 10:39 PM |
#121 |
| -
What you are describing is a FSA (flexible spending account) |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 10:43 PM |
#122 |
| -
We only had one account like this, not two. It was called HSA |
JeanGrey |
Nov-12-07 10:45 PM |
#123 |
| -
Because it continues to grow tax deferred as long as I leave it in the account |
RGBolen |
Nov-12-07 10:49 PM |
#124 |
| -
Apparently so. But I still can't believe someone would forgo |
JeanGrey |
Nov-13-07 05:15 PM |
#190 |
| -
I'm not sure exactly why it is that you put up these posts |
EstimatedProphet |
Nov-13-07 07:08 AM |
#125 |
| -
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 |
| -
bothersome? |
elizfeelinggreat |
Nov-13-07 08:13 AM |
#128 |
| -
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 |
| -
wow |
elizfeelinggreat |
Nov-13-07 08:34 AM |
#133 |
| -
(some other kinds of help too, I suspect). . . . n/t |
annabanana |
Nov-13-07 12:30 PM |
#166 |
| -
When I'm sick |
Dorian Gray |
Nov-13-07 12:57 PM |
#177 |
| -
Actually, I'm just giving you the benefit of the doubt. |
EstimatedProphet |
Nov-13-07 08:39 AM |
#134 |
| -
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 |
| -
Yeah, whatever. |
EstimatedProphet |
Nov-13-07 09:00 AM |
#136 |
| -
Wow! |
Dorian Gray |
Nov-13-07 12:54 PM |
#176 |
| -
This is why making money and healthcare need to be separated. |
Vinca |
Nov-13-07 08:19 AM |
#129 |
| -
Not wealthy at all |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 08:27 AM |
#132 |
| -
Well RGBolen..It looks like NO ONE agrees with you. |
youthere |
Nov-13-07 08:25 AM |
#130 |
| -
She should divorce you & sue you for half. |
baldguy |
Nov-13-07 09:07 AM |
#137 |
| -
We have a premarital contract that prevents the second half of that from being a |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 09:57 AM |
#142 |
| -
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 |
| -
You are talking about doing something for someone else. That's different. |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 09:54 AM |
#141 |
| -
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 |
| -
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 |
| -
I made it a probability, since I could always be kept alive through a feeding tube |
PelosiFan |
Nov-13-07 10:56 AM |
#146 |
| -
Do you think if someone goes to a doctor they then can not spread a virus? |
RGBolen |
Nov-13-07 11:06 AM |
#149 |
| -
I think that going to a doctor will confirm whether or not you have a virus |
PelosiFan |
Nov-13-07 11:17 AM |
#153 |
| -
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 |
| -
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 |
| -
Oh hahahahahahaha - good one. . . .n/t |
annabanana |
Nov-13-07 02:17 PM |
#188 |
| -
if you really cared about making money |
leftofthedial |
Nov-13-07 05:26 PM |
#192 |
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