tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post1919244224734379818..comments2024-03-29T02:48:21.670-07:00Comments on Far Away Series: JUST THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOWfarawayeyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-75594089100650448842014-09-14T07:38:01.787-07:002014-09-14T07:38:01.787-07:00Well... I'm gonna register and vote for him.
...Well... I'm gonna register and vote for him.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-37883053059728152312014-09-12T11:31:23.985-07:002014-09-12T11:31:23.985-07:00The nightmare is here. If you read The Book and fo...The nightmare is here. If you read The Book and follow the news it certainly appears that 'end times' are here. Hell, I hear that in the middle east, they are crucifying Christ's followers once again. Course, folks have been saying that for awhile now.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-28815125369655777932014-09-12T11:27:59.835-07:002014-09-12T11:27:59.835-07:00An all too familiar story. I have a friend who had...An all too familiar story. I have a friend who had emergency surgery last fall with no insurance. A week after her surgery her husband was laid off. Within a month the hospital wrote off everything that she had not paid as a charity deduction and her doctor greatly reduced her bill. When I told my doctor this story he said that is easy for hospitals to do because they charge ten times what they need to for the surgery so someone else paid for nine to be written off.<br /><br />My question; why can't we all just pay a 'fair share' and walk away like that? Don't bother trying to answer that one, as I already know the answer.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-91839921974087310762014-09-12T11:23:49.531-07:002014-09-12T11:23:49.531-07:00Well, you know me (maybe). I have a hard time gett...Well, you know me (maybe). I have a hard time getting behind anything 'socialized'. I don't think that is the answer, but this 'nanny state' isn't working either. It seems to me that today Healthcare is more about scaring us into jumping on one more dictated program, than caring for our health.<br /><br />An example is the neglect of preventative medicine. Isn't it still more cost effective to prevent disease than to cure it. Yeah, cost effective for us, but the medical industry. There is big $$$ in keeping us sick and scared,not to mention the little considered 'population control'.<br /><br />Can you tell I'm disgusted with the entire system. I'm a cancer survivor, so I've been through their system once before (with good insurance), which is why I have the medical issues that I do today. But, then I'm alive, right?<br /><br />farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-86182739766840304952014-09-12T11:17:07.784-07:002014-09-12T11:17:07.784-07:00Sorry, I was in a hurry and l did not mention that...Sorry, I was in a hurry and l did not mention that the insurance I could afford (at $550 a month) would not pay for Chiropractic treatment and the natural supplements. So there ya go.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-84903886114931899962014-09-12T11:15:47.733-07:002014-09-12T11:15:47.733-07:00The difference between paying $10,350 and $201? Ye...The difference between paying $10,350 and $201? Yeah that's something to think about. Now, I admit that I have had other medical costs involved that I have had to pay out of pocket, but since I chose to go more the alternate route (Chiropractors and more natural supplements, that pharmaceuticals) I have only spent around another $700 on blood work that would have been covered by insurance. So, I'm still only at about 10% of what it would have cost me to be 'completely taken care of' - I'll say.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-63902993945218296322014-09-12T11:11:42.334-07:002014-09-12T11:11:42.334-07:00Makes you really think, you had better do some stu...Makes you really think, you had better do some studying on your own and check every little detail.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-22725093138355822782014-09-12T11:11:11.540-07:002014-09-12T11:11:11.540-07:00Well?Well?farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-56425866647093967752014-09-12T11:10:47.037-07:002014-09-12T11:10:47.037-07:00Well I suppose it's something if you get the t...Well I suppose it's something if you get the tests for free, but it just proves 'there is no such thing as a free lunch', if you die waiting for treatment.<br /><br />As proven in my case and the math above; somebody is paying big time for what may seem free.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-19187618404438928262014-09-12T11:08:19.294-07:002014-09-12T11:08:19.294-07:00If you really want to know the truth, but beware o...If you really want to know the truth, but beware of 'blood boiling', read 'World Without Cancer' by G. Edward Griffin.<br /><br />Doctors and big pharma - a partnership made in hell. For even more blood boiling information read, 'Alive and Well' by Philip E. Binzel, Jr.,M.D.farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-71906618994813064152014-09-11T20:06:09.613-07:002014-09-11T20:06:09.613-07:00Everyone wants a bigger piece of the pie so they m...Everyone wants a bigger piece of the pie so they make the pies bigger and use cheaper ingredients. Somebody has to pay and the bucks keep getting passed.<br />Thankfully we've got fairly good healthcare through my wife's job, but every year it seems to get a little more expensive and the quality of service goes down. <br /><br />Most of my life I went without health insurance. Fortunately my kids and I were all healthy during those years. I got health coverage when I needed it and that was one major benefit acquired through marrying the fine lady to whom I am now married. I don't know how much she'll be covered after retirement, but I guess there's always medicare. I sure hope I stay moderately healthy in the years to come.<br /><br />Sorry to hear about your situation. Hope you find a decent solution ongoing, but your experience might just be a harbinger of what is to come for all of us. And maybe worse--like a bad dystopian nightmare.<br /><br />Lee<br /><a href="http://afarawayview.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> A Faraway View</a><br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-58011939973904004082014-09-11T18:07:26.757-07:002014-09-11T18:07:26.757-07:00Story 5, 912 of the book medical insurance horror ...Story 5, 912 of the book medical insurance horror stories. I'm very happy you have a somewhat happy ending thus far.<br /><br />When I had my major leg surgery a few years back, my bill just from the hospital would have bought two nice new cars. I was laid off, and COBRA is as big a vampire as the health care system. In the end, they hospital wrote it all of on their charity deductions, and I spent three years paying off anesthesia, radiology, surgeon, and whatever else was left. The last one just went into collection when I got it paid off.CWMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-47166790437653904472014-09-11T13:49:41.179-07:002014-09-11T13:49:41.179-07:00There is a hospital in Oklahoma City that I read a...There is a hospital in Oklahoma City that I read about where they deliver care for less than half of the other regional hospitals, and all of the doctors are happy with their reimbursement, the care is highly rated and the patients seem satisfied.<br /><br />Why insurance companies do not jump on that modle is beyond me.<br /><br />Not to start a pity party for insurance companies, but they pay out most of your premium dollars in medical payments. Their margins are like those in a supermarket-they make money with a lot of volume-on each individual insured life, they make a very small amount (assuming they do not lose). Out of every premium dollar they collect, they are lucky to keep a couple of cents.<br /><br />So why they would not push a model that is lowering costs is beyond me.<br /><br />Sadly, there is a lot of greed in our healthcare system, including insurers, doctors, lawyers, pharmacy companies, hospitals, you name it..<br /><br />The other painful truth is that insurance clouds the issue. Insurance is really not about healthcare any more than auto insurance is about driving. Insurance is about covering you from a catastrophic event.<br /><br />But insurance became so prevalent in the latter part of the last century that people stopped caring about what their healthcare actually was costing until they were asked to pony up a bigger share of it.<br /><br />The prevalence of insurance and the popularity of HMO's contributed greatly to the increase in<br /><br />There was an interesting series in the New York Times last year comparing our health care costs to other countries, and the discrepancy was ridiculous.<br /><br />While I am not going to jump on the ObamaCare bandwagon, the one thing a socialized plan will do is pull some of the profit motive out of the system.<br />DiscConnectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-1470384986005244132014-09-11T12:17:08.494-07:002014-09-11T12:17:08.494-07:00I intend to come back later and comment on this, b...I intend to come back later and comment on this, but.... yikes. It makes me wonder if the disgust with the insurance companies will eventually lead to everyone choosing non-compliance. Sounds cheaper, to me, to deal directly with the doctor. I need to think some more on this one....Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-55984856765121965002014-09-11T07:46:45.715-07:002014-09-11T07:46:45.715-07:00Makes you really think what is the pointMakes you really think what is the pointHoly Ghost Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16107809586103198047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-56238634149741935332014-09-10T19:09:34.087-07:002014-09-10T19:09:34.087-07:00FAE ~
This blog bit fits in pretty nicely with the...FAE ~<br />This blog bit fits in pretty nicely with the one I posted a little earlier today at 'Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends'.<br /><br />I will need to return and re-read this when I have less CRUZAN 'Black Strap Rum' in my bloodstream (which, by the way, is entirely YOUR fault, Saint Croix Chix, aka St.Cx.Chx.). But right now my alcohol-enriched blood is BOILING! (Which is not to say that ANY of this surprises me or catches me off-guard.)<br /><br />Do my eyes deceive me, or did Pat Hatt REALLY write:<br /><i><b>"One good thing about up here, tests are free."</b></i><br /><br />Seriously? It's 2014 and some people out there still think there's a "free lunch"?<br /><br />Hokey-Smoke! It must be like paradise at Pat's "Bay" or "Feed" or "Sea". Book me a flight - I wanna be Pat's next door neighbor next week!<br /><br />He means there's free shit out there and all we need to do is adopt his government's system? FREE STUFFS and NOBODY pays for it anywhere somewhere down the line? GENIUS! Count me IN on this NEW MATH!<br /><br />"PAT HATT FOR U.S. PRESIDENT IN 2016!"<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-25410298800471095162014-09-10T18:26:32.898-07:002014-09-10T18:26:32.898-07:00That was quite the savings indeed, poor insurance ...That was quite the savings indeed, poor insurance company is going to miss out, they may now go broke, oh no. Pffft idiots jack everything up. One good thing about up here, tests are free. Meds and stuff can cost up the ying yang and many doctors are morons up here, yes they are to blame for being a moron, but at least we don't have to pay up the ying yang for something. The downside is we have to wait, if you get something that needs surgery there, pay and poof, can get it done. Here you're waiting months.<br /><br />And yeah, there are cures or at least better remedies many diseases out there, but oh no, can't have that. Need to keep the drugs pumping away. Even with all of this "donate to the cause" crap, nothing has changed and never will with the big pharma idiots. And the dumb arse doctors won't even change their minds too, oh no that can't be because it hasn't been declared by the FDA or CDC, pffft. End rant lolPat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381261963391055840.post-76416270806753267742014-09-10T18:24:32.434-07:002014-09-10T18:24:32.434-07:00Yeah, that's enough to make your blood boil. S...Yeah, that's enough to make your blood boil. So the person trying to provide for his family with full health care gets screwed. Nice.<br />Don't get me started on Obamacare either...<br />My wife did some research after hearing this guy talk and reading his book - most diseases have natural cures, but since they aren't approved by the FDA, they aren't allowed in this country. (There was also a bit about how doctors get huge kickbacks for recommending new drugs, but that's a whole new topic.)Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com