SeattleGirl
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Sat Aug-15-09 03:34 PM
Response to Reply #86 |
| 97. You're right, Enthusiast. |
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Having insurance by no means equates to truly being covered for medical issues.
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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 |
#116 |
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