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06-21-2010, 10:15 AM
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[QUOTE=scottw;775171]
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GOOD...YOU PAY FOR IT THEN... 
AND PLEASE PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE "ACCESS" TO QUALITY HEALTHCARE AND SOME REASON TO THINK THAT THE NEW HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION IS GOING TO MAGICALLY PROVIDE THIS WHERE IT IS CURENTLY LACKING
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I am and will continue to pay for it. It looks like you will be too. If you don't like it, you should move someplace you won't have to pay (Somalia?/  ).
Why when I call for a Dr. appointment do they always ask how I'm going to pay. If I say I don't have insurance or can pay, do your Drs. still allow you to make an appointment.
Sure, you seem to think your so smart, so draw me a picture. |
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06-21-2010, 10:18 AM
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[QUOTE=PaulS;775185]
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Originally Posted by scottw
I am and will continue to pay for it. It looks like you will be too. If you don't like it, you should move someplace you won't have to pay (Somalia?/ ).
Why when I call for a Dr. appointment do they always ask how I'm going to pay. If I say I don't have insurance or can pay, do your Drs. still allow you to make an appointment.
Sure, you seem to think your so smart, so draw me a picture. |
I know...it's crazy for someone providing a service to ask you how you are going to pay for that service after it has been rendered...go figure?!? |
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06-21-2010, 10:24 AM
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[QUOTE=PaulS;775185]
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Originally Posted by scottw
I am and will continue to pay for it. It looks like you will be too. If you don't like it, you should move someplace you won't have to pay (Somalia?/ ).
Why when I call for a Dr. appointment do they always ask how I'm going to pay. If I say I don't have insurance or can pay, do your Drs. still allow you to make an appointment.
Sure, you seem to think your so smart, so draw me a picture. |
Paul, they always ask me how I'm going to pay as well. But, do you think that someone without insurance is going to call a doctor to make an appointment? You know better than that. They go to a walk in clinic or ER. Even better, they get an ambulance ride to the hospital ER for a sore throat of nagging cough. |
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06-21-2010, 10:38 AM
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"do your Drs. still allow you to make an appointment. "
and to expand on that..the answer is YES...we are considered "uninsured" by our doctors and the hospital because I carry a catastrophic policy for my family of 5 which costs $ 300 per month...at the kids pediatrician, dentist and hospital we've never been denied an appointment, had payment demanded prior to or immediately following services and my wife has had some costly expenses recently, we were able to get the services and negotiate prices and get time to pay anything that we could not pay for immediately....of course, most have been conditioned to think that healthcare services are an entitlement and that they should have to do little more than pull a card out of their wallet or purse and someone else will take care of all of the annoying paperwork and payment for whatever treatment they seek...like most entitlements...you just show up and get what you want...unfortunately for entitlements, the line gets really long....
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06-21-2010, 10:45 AM
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[QUOTE=fishbones;775187]
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Originally Posted by PaulS
Paul, they always ask me how I'm going to pay as well. But, do you think that someone without insurance is going to call a doctor to make an appointment? You know better than that. They go to a walk in clinic or ER. Even better, they get an ambulance ride to the hospital ER for a sore throat of nagging cough.
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Right.
so if the means were there for LEGAL residents of the US to have access to a primary care physician etc. wouldn't it be better than this clogging up the ER's for sore throats etc... |
Bryan
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"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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06-21-2010, 10:57 AM
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[QUOTE=RIROCKHOUND;775196]
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Right.
so if the means were there for LEGAL residents of the US to have access to a primary care physician etc. wouldn't it be better than this clogging up the ER's for sore throats etc...
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What exactly do you mean by legal? I'm only asking because there seems to be different definitions being tossed around out there. |
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06-21-2010, 11:41 AM
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[QUOTE=fishbones;775187]
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Originally Posted by PaulS
Paul, they always ask me how I'm going to pay as well. But, do you think that someone without insurance is going to call a doctor to make an appointment? You know better than that. They go to a walk in clinic or ER. Even better, they get an ambulance ride to the hospital ER for a sore throat of nagging cough.
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Agree 100%. But isn't some of the savings going to be that those people will now go to a Dr. (like you and I) instead of going to the ER. The reason many companies pay for preventive at 100% is b/c the long term savings of nipping something in the bud outways the added cost. There usually is an increase in the 1st year but the savings in the future outweigh those costs. |
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