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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 06:50 PM Original message |
Americans with medical insurance refusing / delaying health care |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yep. The best medical care but a horrible delivery system. |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. I've had a torn tendon in my ankle since June. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. That's our house in a nutshell. Have insurance, can't afford care. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. wow... to all of your stories. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. We have a $1000 deductible. Hubby has a chronic hormone condition and the script would run $120 |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. I see this every day in the medical office where I work |
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FriendlyReminder (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. My son just had a surgical procedure done and within a couple weeks |
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cpamomfromtexas (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Bet we'd have great care if failures, misdiagnoses, and redos were deducted from the doctors bills! |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. That's a dangerously uninformed crap statement right there. |
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cpamomfromtexas (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 08:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Perhaps I should qualify that |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I totally agree with you. |
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FriendlyReminder (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. I apologize for wasting your time. I agree that not all medical situations are the same |
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sentelle (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Uh, yeah. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Sure, I can totally see why, because of what happened to you |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. I've been doing that for a long time, I don't want to give the money to the doctor |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 02:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Do amuse us. You seem to say you would prefer to pay insurance companies |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. The bulk of what I pay each month goes into the HSA portion and a smaller part for the |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. we started that up a little over a year ago. isnt it hard to spend that money? |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'm one of them. My Doc wants me to take some basic 'wellness' tests appropriate for a woman |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Or they don't trust the system and a good chunk of the doctors... |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. While the premiums have not increased for my |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Lucky... Mine went from $50 to $30... I see a headache specialist and I don't need it as much... |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. I have extremities that are trying to rot off and we're tapped so I'm fucked. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Horrible. I hope you are able to get medical care soon. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's not worth having health insurance with a $5000 yearly deductable... |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. That was me 2 years ago. I hurt my shoulder and nearly waited too late. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
18. Why your system is more expensive than the one we have in Canada. Preventive medicine. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. There sure aren't any horror stories coming from Canada. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Oh we have a shortage of Doctors. That is because one provincial premier purposely cut |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. It's wildly acclaimed, worldwide! |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
22. Before I got laid off, I had dental insurance that was considered "decent" |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. i asked and was willing to pay for a good dental insurance. the women laughed at me |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. K&R. I've heard about this, and it's not new... :-( |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
24. A guy I know has insurance. He doesn't have much health care. But he's got the insurance. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
30. Ugh, I feel all of your pain. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
32. exactly |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
35. My high deductible is so high that I'm afraid to get sick |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Not only that the deductible renews every year so most of the time you |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Or just ban deductibles entirely and have the sliding scale be for co-pays |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
36. This is going on a long time. Also, many people are afraid of being |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
38. That would be me. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. My sympathy. Hope you get some health care soon. I HATE KAISER! |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
41. That would be US as well |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I remember when HMOs were a new system from hell. Now we dream of those days. |
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sweetpotato (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. Just got my bill for a mammogram |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
44. Before Bush our co-pay was $5 for almost everything |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. It's disgusting isn't it? |
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