Good to hear, I'm glad thats one less person that has to deal with everything.

I yelled and screamed at the insurance to cover the entire supply of insulin. They agreed to cover that and then went on to try to not cover the antiseptic wipes for the insulin pump. Yay infections! Infections cause your blood sugar to skyrocket uncontrollably. And then, because your blood sugar is high, that gives the bacteria more to feed on, making it harder to get rid of. Wonderful how the insurance just looks at initial cost (not even bottom line). ****, they aren't even good businessmen Since the antiseptic wipes I haven't had an issue, but it's coming time to replace the insulin pump, we'll see how that goes.

 

happy b day

 

All government "calculations" are never accurate at all, just look at many of the past "calculations of costs" to perform what they want to perform. Some of these bills are 20X over the estimated costs, some over 10X. That's like saying we need 10billion and it ends up being 100-150 BILLION?!

THE FED IS NEVER ACCURATE. They DOWNPLAY the costs ALL the time to make it look good, but in the end it ends up being WAYYYY and I mean WAYYY over the cost of what they esimate. I don't know why ANYONE would even use their explanation of how they came up with their #'s, they've never been accurate at all.

 

Weird that it doesn't work that way in Sweden for example. As far as I know you are allowed to obtain your own medical insurance coverage if you prefer a specific doctor. So, rich people and poor people can get coverage.

Why is healthcare not a right? This is an honest question. Why should health be determined by wealth? I wonder if you would feel differently about this if you had no support system (family for example) and ran into a string of unfortunate circumstances that left you without a job or options.

Would being denied benefits based on medical history be a new thing? Because I know of people paying for their own benefits (ie, self employed, own the policy) who have been denied coverage based on history.

 

I have no problem whatsoever with a low buy in, low cost, all accepting government controlled healthcare program.

HOWEVER

I wouldn't use it and I refuse to have my taxes RAISED for it.

You can keep taking the amount you are taking; but FFS - it's time to start cutting the budget SOMEWHERE. How about we start with cutting congressional employees budgets and pensions?

Or former presidents pensions?

 

england is screwed with thier health care

no one wants to be a Dr you dont make USA dr kind of moeny and you have to put up with that kind of crap

 

What is scary is that in England - if you are over 65 and need an operation; there is a very high likelihood they will simply tell you 'No, you are too old and the cost is not worth it, sorry.' and let you die.

Sorry, I'm not down with that.

 

Insurance (be it health, home, auto, or otherwise) is just a form of gambling. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose - on some levels, it's no different than playing a hand of blackjack. All insurance companies are businesses - they're willing to bet that in the aggregate, people will pay more in premiums than they have to pay out in coverage. You, on the other hand, are betting the opposite is true. Think about it - everyone can't possibly expect to pay $100/mo in premiums and expect to get $1k/mo in coverage, month after month, year after year. How are the companies supposed to stay in business? Let's say you've had coverage with a company for 20yrs, and over the course of that 20yrs, you've paid approximately $25k in premiums. Is it fair to turn around and demand that they pay for a $250k surgery? I mean, wouldn't you be getting a windfall in the neighborhood of $225k? Honestly, if the coverage you're getting every month is more than you're paying in premiums, you're "winning." If you feel like you're getting screwed, you can always opt not to have insurance and just pay for everything out of pocket.

As an aside, no, I don't work for the insurance companies, and any work I have done relating to health insurance has been on the side of the patients, advocating for greater coverage. At the moment, I do not have/cannot afford health insurance, and when I did have it (through a previous employer) I never used it, so my premium payments were, I guess, "wasted."
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