TrollfaceDeux
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Health Care Thread
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Burnem Wizfyre
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I bet these 9 words scared him more "The American public knows you sold weapons to Iran"
TrollfaceDeux
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Burnem Wizfyre
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That explains why you are such a shitty troll, but I am curious who is paying you.
TrollfaceDeux
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who is paying you
i have never trolled.
araysarbro, how can you do this. noooooooooooo.
EDIT:
Adebisi,
Animale,
Araysar,
Arbitrary,
Brando,
BurnemWizfyre,
Burnesto,
chaos,
Daly,
DeLLy,
Eomer,
Eorkern,
Famedil,
Famm,
fifey,
Gankak,
Iannis,
Itzena,
Juvarisx,
Jysin,
Lenas,
Magimaster,
Mezzer,
OneofOne,
Poet,
Rathgar,
Schags,
Sebudai,
Sendaar,
Soysauceonrice,
Sumorex,
Taybrien79,
TheBeagle,
Vaclav,
Valechec,
Zairus,
Zhaun,
ZyyzYzzy
list of corporate shills still growing.
Vaclav
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Sounds like me with the neurologic crap I've been dealing with (and getting under control finally) - was like $200k in the hole during my year of going it uninsured between COBRA and finally getting Medicare. If I hadn't been wealthy already I'd have been ruined, any normal person at my age would've been - what average person has that saved at 32? (I'd been saving and investing aggressively - I was at just under half that when I got sick)
Vaclav
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LOL you've got an "awesome insurance plan" and you had to copay for an MRI? Even my lowest tier employs had no copay on MRIs with their policies.... Of course an uninsured MRI was like $2k.
And nothing in the "piece of shit law" applies to MRIs yet - in the future replacement costs of MRIs will be +5% because of the equipment tax though - likely padding wallets in advance.
How the fuck high is your deductible? JesusYour MRI cost $75 now? Mine cost $1000 and I'm supposed to get them every 6-12 months. I doubt Obamacare is the cause for the price raise, but I sure hope it is now, ya wanker
Its a bit of a shit plan when you have to go through open enrollment and not through a workplace. Still a lot cheaper than not having one.
Vaclav
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Since I've had to foot MRIs out of cash and mine were in that general ballpark (like $1.5k I think - I say $2k to adjust for last couple years inflation in recent quotes though), I'd presume that's his uninsured rate. MD does tend to charge some premiums over other places, please I was too tired from being sick to negotiate my cash rate.
Wow, he answered in between - that's an actual deductible with a plan? Jesus Christ.
Namon
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Corporate Schill checking in here. I will admit that I'm confused by the assertion that those who are liking a Government mandate and program are corporate shills?
I used to be hardcore against "socialized medicine" up until I got married and had kids, coupled with the fact of working in microscopic companies/self employed. Basically we bought insurance out of pocket with high deductibles, that means we played the game of how much will it cost me if I just pay for it straight up. It's when I did that, that I discovered just how truly messed up this system truly is. And then I went on to form the opinion that this will never willingly change with all the greed that rules the day in Washington, and I no longer have it in me to be someone else's lemming and fight their "battle" for higher profits for them. I am now on the single payer train as well, but for now this will be an immense help, and I can rest easy knowing we won't be ruined if one of my kids gets a terminal illness..
Now if they'd just fire the Blizzard guys acting as their web server admins, I might be able to log in before March and get signed up
I used to be hardcore against "socialized medicine" up until I got married and had kids, coupled with the fact of working in microscopic companies/self employed. Basically we bought insurance out of pocket with high deductibles, that means we played the game of how much will it cost me if I just pay for it straight up. It's when I did that, that I discovered just how truly messed up this system truly is. And then I went on to form the opinion that this will never willingly change with all the greed that rules the day in Washington, and I no longer have it in me to be someone else's lemming and fight their "battle" for higher profits for them. I am now on the single payer train as well, but for now this will be an immense help, and I can rest easy knowing we won't be ruined if one of my kids gets a terminal illness..
Now if they'd just fire the Blizzard guys acting as their web server admins, I might be able to log in before March and get signed up
The preexisting conditions thing is huge though.
For most people health insurance is just that, insurance against something bad happening. For those of us who aren't as fortunate though, insurance can make huge lifestyle differences and impact a substantial portion of your household income.
This may seem like a far away issue to some of you, but you just never know when "Oh, hi you have some horrible genetic condition that rears its head." or "you get hit by a bus and are permanently crippled" or "your little spawnling is somehow fucked up" and your life changes forever. Once you need to get new insurance and you have some horrible condition already, the pricing difference between having horrible issues or not, if they would even cover you, is ugly.
Now, don't get me wrong, I hope no one runs into these problems. This is a huge deal for those of us who do though.
Famm
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At this point I guess Obamashouldhave shoved it down everyone's throats, because look where his half ass compromises and reaching across the isle has gotten him. I don't know if he could have, wasn't there a democratic majority in the house at the time back when it was the first two years of his first term?
TheBeagle
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Ya I haven't been able to log on and get signed up all day, but that's to be expected on Day 1 of the rollout. Will probably just give it another week to let things calm down.Now if they'd just fire the Blizzard guys acting as their web server admins, I might be able to log in before March and get signed up