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11-15-2011, 06:57 AM
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I also told the wife when I go I want them to put a keg at the head of the casket at my wake.....so I can treat everybody to one more pop on the way out.
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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11-15-2011, 08:09 AM
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Also known as OAK
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Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie
No way I'm getting cremated !
They say that being set on fire is about the most painful thing that can happen to you.
Tell me you don't feel it !
Haven't met 1 person who came back and said any different.
I'm going down in my boat.
No way in hell I'm letting my wife's next husband enjoy my boat !
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you'd rather them inject you full of embalming fluid?
I'm sure that feels great...  |
Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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11-15-2011, 08:45 AM
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ezekiel j emanuel - NYTimes.com Search
3 decent articles on how to reform our healthcare system to save $.
Estimated savings of $11billion from reduced malpractice and premiums.
Just realized it is Rahm's brother 
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11-18-2011, 09:29 AM
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lobster = striper bait
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Originally Posted by TheSpecialist
Obviously the hospitals and doctors are making a good profit by doing this, and are gouging everyone else. It's not like you can shop around for a better price...
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A now retired radiologist I sail for was paying about a million in liability per year. Who's making profit again? |
Ski Quicks Hole
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11-18-2011, 09:52 AM
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Hardcore Equipment Tester
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Location: Abington, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by likwid
A now retired radiologist I sail for was paying about a million in liability per year. Who's making profit again?
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I would like an insurance expert to chime in on that one.. Maybe $100,000 a year for liability but I doubt a mil a year that just seams way too high. Even a hundred thou is high. Like I said the hospitals are making money, like all corporations they all cry poor mouth. Don't let the doctors fool you they are making money as well... |
Bent Rods and Screaming Reels!
Spot NAZI
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11-18-2011, 11:07 AM
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Old Guy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by likwid
A now retired radiologist I sail for was paying about a million in liability per year. Who's making profit again?
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this is accurate, OBGYN is 2 million today. |
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11-18-2011, 12:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSpecialist
I would like an insurance expert to chime in on that one.. Maybe $100,000 a year for liability but I doubt a mil a year that just seams way too high. Even a hundred thou is high. Like I said the hospitals are making money, like all corporations they all cry poor mouth. Don't let the doctors fool you they are making money as well...
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Originally Posted by striperman36
this is accurate, OBGYN is 2 million today.
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When my fiance was in her clinical rotations, the OBGYN she was working for paid out almost $400k/year just for that one doctor's malpractice insurance. |
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11-18-2011, 12:27 PM
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Old Guy
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Originally Posted by JohnnyD
When my fiance was in her clinical rotations, the OBGYN she was working for paid out almost $400k/year just for that one doctor's malpractice insurance.
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My source on that is the head of OBGYN at Mt Auburn Hospital. 14 years ago when my son was born he was paying 600K. Now it's at' the 2 mill. number, the hospital is paying the bill |
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11-19-2011, 05:00 AM
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Hardcore Equipment Tester
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyD
When my fiance was in her clinical rotations, the OBGYN she was working for paid out almost $400k/year just for that one doctor's malpractice insurance.
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That seems more like the number.. |
Bent Rods and Screaming Reels!
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11-19-2011, 07:13 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie
No way I'm getting cremated !
They say that being set on fire is about the most painful thing that can happen to you.
Tell me you don't feel it !
Haven't met 1 person who came back and said any different.
I'm going down in my boat.
No way in hell I'm letting my wife's next husband enjoy my boat !
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Your wife won't get someone who likes boating the 2nd time around Ron...She's to smart to fall for that again. 
I'm with you..filling the tank and trolling east into the sunrise..see ya |
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11-21-2011, 11:44 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSpecialist
That seems more like the number..
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And you don't think that it may have some influence on why health care is so expense?
Also, that $400k/year for malpractice insurance is for only one doctor who has been in court a couple of times (as all medical professionals are) and never lost a case. Can you imagine how much the insurance is for a doctor that may have lost a case? |
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11-21-2011, 06:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Viking funeral.......set me adrift and shoot flaming arrows at me until I sink in a ball of flames
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Sounds great! Play "Burn, Baby, Burn" cranked to 11! |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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12-18-2011, 07:01 AM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
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Here's a GREAT reason why your healthcare is so expensive.
"“Gray market” suppliers, usually small wholesalers or individuals who closely monitor and react to pharmaceutical trends, are scooping up medications as soon as a shortage becomes apparent then selling back the products to drug distributors, other wholesalers or hospitals at inflated prices that can sometimes top more than 1,000 percent of a drug’s original cost. A 2011 study by Premier Inc., which collects and analyzes clinical and financial data for the health care industry, found that propofol, used for critical care sedation, was selling on the “gray market” at 3,170 percent above its original cost. The cardiology drug Labetalol topped Premier’s “gray market” price list at 4,533 percent above cost. That’s nearly 4,000 percent above the 650 percent average the study says most “gray market” drugs sold for. "
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com - 'A frightening situation'
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