SeattleGirl
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Fri Aug-14-09 10:09 PM
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Insurance Coverage: $YYY.YY (which is always much less than the charge).
Need for care, that IS the way to go.
Wish the insurance companies saw it that way, but they only do in my dreams.
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| -My broken finger has cost me $460 so far, and I have insurance. |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:03 PM |
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I have friends in other countries who pay around that much for a surgical operation |
brentspeak |
Aug-14-09 10:05 PM |
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I've read and heard stories like that. WTF is wrong with us anyway? |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:07 PM |
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I live in Canada and I once broke my right hand's pinky ... |
Amonester |
Aug-14-09 11:53 PM |
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I forgot to add: I (we) pay higher taxes on everything, but... |
Amonester |
Aug-15-09 12:21 AM |
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I don't think I would mind that much either, if I knew that a medical |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 12:27 AM |
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But there's the difference; you LIKE the idea of helping others. Most |
Lorien |
Aug-15-09 01:01 AM |
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This is the lesson. Health insurance will never be enough. |
TexasObserver |
Aug-14-09 10:06 PM |
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Absolutely. |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:09 PM |
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four hundred and fifty dollars?!?! -- sorry -- that hurts just to read about it. nt |
xchrom |
Aug-14-09 10:06 PM |
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Yep. $25 co-oay just to walk in to door at the doc's office, and the |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:11 PM |
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K&R |
SammyWinstonJack |
Aug-14-09 10:07 PM |
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Obama's plan to bribe the criminal scumbag insurance companies is just plain wrong. |
John Q. Citizen |
Aug-14-09 10:07 PM |
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I feel that my insurance premiums are used only to line the pockets |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:12 PM |
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We might have the same plan. |
NYC_SKP |
Aug-14-09 10:07 PM |
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And this wonderful in-network, out-of-network dance... |
mwooldri |
Aug-14-09 10:12 PM |
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Oh now, that is just insane! |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:15 PM |
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Yep. And it's not like the doc sent me to PT just for shits and giggles. |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:14 PM |
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How badly was it broken? PT for a broken finger. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Aug-14-09 10:15 PM |
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I sprained it at the same time I broke it, and am still working on |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:19 PM |
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Hope it heals well. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Aug-14-09 10:22 PM |
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Thanks. |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:24 PM |
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I bet I could break your finger in a way such that |
mudplanet |
Aug-15-09 12:52 AM |
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That's funny. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Aug-15-09 01:08 AM |
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My cousin had insurance through his work and they still refused to give him treatment |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
Aug-14-09 10:15 PM |
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Why didn't he just go to a fire station for an EKG? |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Aug-14-09 10:17 PM |
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Three months of intensive treatment |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
Aug-14-09 10:26 PM |
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Good grief! |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:21 PM |
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It's illegal if it's related to a specific injury or if it occurs right after filing a claim |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
Aug-14-09 10:36 PM |
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One thing to keep in mind is that each state's workers comp rules |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:43 PM |
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You're a workers comp claims adjuster? |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
Aug-14-09 10:53 PM |
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Nope, vocational rehab counselor. |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:55 PM |
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That should be criminal. |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-09 03:09 AM |
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Hi ThomCat. I agree, and think that insurance and pharmaceutical |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 03:15 AM |
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Our insurance company sent out a letter encouraging my husband and I to have a colonoscopy... |
Contrary1 |
Aug-14-09 10:16 PM |
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Bet the $1200 part wasn't in the letter, was it? |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:22 PM |
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My friend's insurance company paid for most of her colonoscopy |
dflprincess |
Aug-15-09 12:39 AM |
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This insurance malarky just sucks rotten eggs. |
mwooldri |
Aug-14-09 10:20 PM |
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It does suck, that's for sure. |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:23 PM |
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Instead of paying them insurance premiums, you should have bought insurance company stock. n/t |
AdHocSolver |
Aug-14-09 10:22 PM |
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Hey, there you go! If I had, I could probably retire, AND have |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:24 PM |
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That is why I want everybody to have what I got |
nadinbrzezinski |
Aug-14-09 10:25 PM |
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Exactly what we need! |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:29 PM |
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My ex's cancer has cost her $13,500 so far, with insurance. |
Speck Tater |
Aug-14-09 10:26 PM |
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Thank God, yes. I'm so glad it's in remission. |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:30 PM |
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I had my knee scoped in June. |
Catshrink |
Aug-14-09 10:27 PM |
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How's the knee now? |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:31 PM |
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It's amazing! |
Catshrink |
Aug-14-09 11:02 PM |
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You shouldn't have broken your finger |
Oeditpus Rex |
Aug-14-09 10:33 PM |
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+1 nt |
SammyWinstonJack |
Aug-14-09 10:34 PM |
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Yeah, I know. Guess I'm just a dumb librul! |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:34 PM |
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no yelling at you - just at the insurance companies. |
handmade34 |
Aug-14-09 10:42 PM |
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$1200 a month? Was that including family members or just for you? |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 10:44 PM |
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your insurance sucks. ive posted about mine |
paulsby |
Aug-14-09 11:14 PM |
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I want what you have! |
handmade34 |
Aug-14-09 11:26 PM |
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like i said |
paulsby |
Aug-15-09 12:08 AM |
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Sounds like you have a great plan, paulsby |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 11:26 PM |
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i recognize that |
paulsby |
Aug-15-09 12:09 AM |
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The reason your finger has cost $450 so far is because of trial lawyers |
chicago legal pro |
Aug-14-09 11:32 PM |
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Sorry, but I do believe that is wrong. The costs come from |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 12:06 AM |
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Everyone puts profits above people |
chicago legal pro |
Aug-15-09 02:20 PM |
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It's no more corrupt than health insurers |
Missy Vixen |
Aug-15-09 01:01 AM |
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"No more corrupt than health insurers" |
chicago legal pro |
Aug-15-09 02:23 PM |
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Hey, CLP |
Missy Vixen |
Aug-15-09 03:44 PM |
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You know it, Missy! |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 03:46 PM |
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2004 but just recently posting |
chicago legal pro |
Aug-15-09 04:04 PM |
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They are still not the primary cause of high insurance/drug costs. |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 04:11 PM |
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Malpractice insurance is less than 1% of your doctor's bill! |
B Calm |
Aug-15-09 07:37 AM |
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The cost doesn't come from insurance |
chicago legal pro |
Aug-15-09 02:16 PM |
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Uh-huh, RIIGGHHTTT. You do realize that most insurance companies are corporations, right? |
rvablue |
Aug-15-09 04:00 PM |
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You do realize that trial lawyers work for corporations |
chicago legal pro |
Aug-15-09 04:11 PM |
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That's right coporate health care companies and their never ending need to increase |
rvablue |
Aug-15-09 03:58 PM |
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Sorry to let you in on a little fact |
chicago legal pro |
Aug-15-09 04:08 PM |
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This screams for the public option. With real competition the private |
OHdem10 |
Aug-14-09 11:46 PM |
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Yes, they will, and they will also most likely have to drop their |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 12:07 AM |
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Last year it cost just over $6000 for me to find out |
dflprincess |
Aug-15-09 12:18 AM |
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It's all so messed up, isn't it. |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 12:20 AM |
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Our employer went to HSAs thrree years ago |
exboyfil |
Aug-15-09 02:27 AM |
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$4300? That's obscene that they won't pay anything until you pay |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 02:32 AM |
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Alot of raised voices when the plan got rolled out but what |
exboyfil |
Aug-15-09 03:06 AM |
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I wonder the same thing. |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 03:08 AM |
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I have paid a total of around $20 for the ruptured disk in my neck |
JCMach1 |
Aug-15-09 12:22 AM |
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That sucks that the diagnosis was wrong, but at least it didn't |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 12:28 AM |
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Exactly... even the UAE has a health care system that works |
JCMach1 |
Aug-15-09 03:32 AM |
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The downside to that... |
Spider Jerusalem |
Aug-15-09 12:44 AM |
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Teaching democracy, peace, argumentation |
JCMach1 |
Aug-15-09 03:31 AM |
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Well well well |
lildreamer316 |
Aug-15-09 07:48 AM |
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I have a insurance and a badly sprained ankle in need of an MRI and surgery |
Lorien |
Aug-15-09 12:52 AM |
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I am so sorry to hear this, Lorien. |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 12:55 AM |
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No, they should not. I hope that you heal soon |
Lorien |
Aug-15-09 01:05 AM |
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Thanks. |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 01:09 AM |
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Yeah, for my shoulder surgery with insurance my out of pocket is over $3000 so far |
csziggy |
Aug-15-09 12:52 AM |
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Only three days notice on what the cost would be? |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 12:57 AM |
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No kidding - but like I said I had budgeted for the deductible and some extra |
csziggy |
Aug-15-09 01:13 AM |
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It wouldn't surprise me at all if the insurance company was behind |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 01:17 AM |
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Last year I had constipation that cost me over $1000, |
Ron Green |
Aug-15-09 12:58 AM |
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My weekend in the county hospital cost me $11,700.00 |
keepCAblue |
Aug-15-09 01:07 AM |
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You know, I have half a mind to send this thread to the White House, |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 01:16 AM |
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We, the uninsurable, are just one hospital visit away from catastrophic financial ruin. |
keepCAblue |
Aug-15-09 10:28 AM |
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I would love to say "unreal!" in disbelief at your story, but unfortunately, |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 03:30 PM |
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I am sorry, both for your broken finger and the cost. |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-09 03:15 AM |
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Yep. |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 03:17 AM |
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I heard about a guy who found out he had high blood pressure |
B Calm |
Aug-15-09 05:27 AM |
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Substance abuse? |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 03:33 PM |
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Yep.. That's what they called it. Amazing how they think up ways to deny payment! |
B Calm |
Aug-17-09 03:02 AM |
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This is the untold story. |
Enthusiast |
Aug-15-09 05:39 AM |
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You're right, Enthusiast. |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 03:34 PM |
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And if nothing is done to |
Enthusiast |
Aug-16-09 04:41 AM |
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I posted this on another thread |
lillypaddle |
Aug-15-09 05:46 AM |
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Bottom line, the healthcare system in this country is criminal. |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 03:36 PM |
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we are paying for our insurance monthly. how would it suck far worse if i didnt have insurance |
seabeyond |
Aug-15-09 08:11 AM |
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I think almost everyone in this country is getting the ultimate fuck |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 03:39 PM |
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ya, i hear ya. a general, feeding off each other, fuck you to all. lacking integrity |
seabeyond |
Aug-15-09 04:10 PM |
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Insurance companies should be regulated like utilities used to be. |
alarimer |
Aug-15-09 03:50 PM |
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I, too, think they should be regulated. |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 03:59 PM |
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I have 2 pinched nerves in my neck which cost me $2000 |
Hansel |
Aug-15-09 03:54 PM |
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I often wonder why the hospitals write off so much of the cost of some |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-15-09 04:01 PM |
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Your system is crazy |
Kingdom1979 |
Aug-16-09 05:02 AM |
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thanks Kingdom |
Skittles |
Aug-17-09 05:15 AM |
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