very sad article
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Ermz
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Damn Christians!
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John_C
formerly Skeksis268
read the comments. I think this needs more research before we start flaming anyone
or have i misunderstood what you guys mean?
or have i misunderstood what you guys mean?
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Damn Christians!
"MADONNA AND JACKSON GUITARIST DIES IN POVERTY"
That is the last headline I would want floating around after I die. The story combined with the headline, from what I gather, assumes he was poor because of no health insurance. I don't have health insurance. I just don't want to pay for it.
According to the comments, he did but who wrote that?
Better would be a simple ""MADONNA AND JACKSON GUITARIST DIES" maybe even add a name in there.
Just IMO.
That is the last headline I would want floating around after I die. The story combined with the headline, from what I gather, assumes he was poor because of no health insurance. I don't have health insurance. I just don't want to pay for it.
According to the comments, he did but who wrote that?
Better would be a simple ""MADONNA AND JACKSON GUITARIST DIES" maybe even add a name in there.
Just IMO.
Yeah, fair enough, and who knows what other circumstances there were in his death (drug abuse, poor handling of money, etc.) Still, I do believe there should be some form of universal baseline healthcare for everybody in the US, but I also think there should be better plans offered by employers or available to those who can afford them
Erkan
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I thought Madonna AND Michael Jackson had died... was kinda confused at first from the article, and the picture of madonna and shit. Wtf is there a picture of her when it's about a completely different person? 
My wife, son and myself have health insurance and we're still fucked. We paid nearly $15,000 out of our own pocket in expenses "not covered" by our insurance company last year.
Holy shit dude, just goes to show not all companies are created equal! Since my Dad is a tenured professor at CUNY (City University of New York) Brooklyn College, he has an awesome plan that covers EVERYTHING, though once I graduate college in May I can kiss that goodbye!
Yeah, if you've got a group plan through a company, then insurance is not too bad. My wife is a lawyer and she and our son are covered through her firm's crappy plan and I am a student so I have my own private coverage. When I graduated with my first degree, I got a really great job with excellent insurance but then I decided to go back to school to work in the healthcare industry. How ironic is that?
ahjteam
Anssi Tenhunen
Just out of curiocity, how much does a normal visit to the doctor cost at the states? Because here in Finland KELA covers great majority of the costs so no matter why you have to go the doctor for, be it a eg. phycisian or dentist, I think its 11 euros (~15 dollars?). I got seven teeth fixed back in 2004 and it didn't cost me a thing after the third visit.
My insurance co-pay is $20 per office visit. You can be billed later for more depending on what services are rendered. I have been to the dermatologist several times over the last year to have some very small atypical moles removed from my body. My insurance covers the procedure and the biopsy to a point. For the last one I think they payed for the removal completely, but not the biopsy, which costs almost $300. The last one they took out was benign, but deep into the skin, so they had to go in and cut more out, costing me an additional $300. Word.
Then, even though I'm relatively young (32), my doctor suggested that I have a colonoscopy because I had an upset stomach for 2 weeks and my family has a history of colon cancer. My insurance covers a colonoscopy for those over 50 with no questions asked and those over 40 with a family history. I had to write a letter to my insurance company to beg them to cover the procedure, and my doctor wrote one too. Luckily, they accepted, but I still paid over $1,200 for it out of my own pocket. The hospital bill alone (not including doctor's services) was $5,700. I came out of the procedure with a clean bill of health, luckily.
Now I'm worried to death that my insurance is going to jack my rates through the roof or drop me completely. Then you're really fucked and you have to worry about bankruptcy in the even of a catastrophic event. Hopefully I'll be able to get a good group plan once I graduate,
Naturally, though, those costs are with insurance - without it I'd imagine you'd already be thousands of dollars in the hole for all that! And Matt, that is an irony of ironies that that had to happen while you were in school for the healthcare field man, my sympathies!
And Matt, that is an irony of ironies that that had to happen while you were in school for the healthcare field man, my sympathies!
kev
Im guybrush threepwood
Free, but slow and crappy here generally. I havent been to the doctors in 10 years. I was thinking that I should attempt to organise a checkup just in case... I dont particularly think the idea of being sat in front of a computer for 50% of my life is particularly good advert for a healthy life style! Definitely a minimum of 10 hours on a computer a day here (often 12). On the upside, im 23, cycle 15 miles a week, do gym on mondays and play league football on sunday and tuesday nights.
we have free health care in canada. but the north american union is going to take that away from us. I HAETZ THAT SHIT!
Erkan
mr-walker.bandcamp
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