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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 08:55 PM Original message |
Are we transferring the cost of our medical care to the backs of the |
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NorCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, yes they are |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. What do we do? I am sending this paper to Dean. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 08:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
44. Yep, that's the way the system works and it stinks to high heaven |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's interesting... |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Yes the old, "switch operating costs to supplies" trick. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Hospitals Are Bleeding! |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Not a hospital. A surgical care facility owned by the doctors. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. thank you |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It's not enough. I want to do something, scream, holler, yell. This |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 10:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. speaking out |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. what you say is not accurate |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:12 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. what I say is not only |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 07:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
42. there's gotta be a workaround... |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. thanks, |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. it's wholesale versus retail |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Incredible, isn't it |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 10:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. I know; I am worried about my sister |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:49 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. yeah she's trapped in the same job for life now |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. My state and many others have a 30/60 day clause |
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suziedemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
41. Retirement shouldn't be tied to our jobs either. |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 09:51 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Red Herring |
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suziedemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 10:37 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. You're right - GM's problems have very little to do with health care. |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Actually that would be a great outcome |
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insane_cratic_gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. Part of the reason the hospital care is so expensive |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. But how can the medical community target the uninsured? That |
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insane_cratic_gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Your 100 percent correct |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. if you really run a small business |
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Dunedain (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
32. Because |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. It's even worse than you state... |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. the only time a hospital eats the cost |
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RobbinsdaleDem (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. Same thing happened to us. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 08:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
43. Oh the MSA people wil be smart shoppers, they'll call around for the best |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. i had a baby uninsured. i had one insured. i paid more insured |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 10:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. were there more tests, etc, required by the insurance company..? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 10:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. normal on both. cash 1,200 for birth. insured two 500 deductible, two |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 12:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. i've never been there, so i don't know- |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yes. It's actually well-known that the uninsured pay huge ... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. back when i was uninsured, i had to get 6 stitches in my hand- |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. Are we transferring costs to the uninsured? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
24. have been for many years |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 09:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
48. Is there really "nothing to be done about it"? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
30. Absolutely yes. |
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anewdeal (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:50 AM Response to Original message |
34. quite the opposite |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 04:00 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Help me out |
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anewdeal (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 04:10 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. yes exactly |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 04:41 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Just flew right over your head |
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anewdeal (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 05:30 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. there is a difference between billing and collecting |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 05:45 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. We pay it off, month by month |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
39. That's the way it works. |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
45. The Way Average Americans Struggle for WHAT?! |
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