This is going to be a fun couple of years: "Blue Shield of California [is] seeking cumulative hikes of as much as 59% for tens of thousands of customers March 1," theLos Angeles Times reports tonight. And the emotionally unstable alcoholic chain-smoker now running the House of Representatives wants to make sure this is the future for
<blockquote>health insurers are run by sleazy money worshiping assholes who would rather watch a child writhe in pain from a treatable condition than pay a cent for his treatment</blockquote>
Oh no, no no. You make them sound horrible. See, they never <i>watch</i> the child writhing in pain. They only see the nice clean sanitized bottom-line reports, in which said child, now unidentifialby faceless, is just another contributing variable working toward, or against the bottom line!
It&#039;s not a child anymore, it&#039;s just an encumbrance on profitability! Nobody cares about those. The sleazy money worshipping assholes love children, of course!
<blockquote>They don&#039;t mention that the other reasons are that the health insurers are run by sleazy money worshiping assholes who would rather watch a child writhe in pain from a treatable condition than pay a cent for his treatment and who will withhold payment for covered procedures/regimens/drugs for as long as possible hoping their customers will die before the insurers have to pay.</blockquote>
Major health insurers use committees to accomplish this sort of minimizing of expenses. They are called &quot;Dearth Panels.&quot;</blockquote>
If my gall bladder really goes south--I&#039;ve had 2 very painful attacks--the emergency room surgery would probably run $25,000 or so. When I was employed and had group insurance my share would have been $3,000, which I didn&#039;t have then.
I&#039;d be happy for Barney Frank or anyone who knows how to do a colonoscopy do my next one, as I&#039;m overdue. And I can&#039;t afford Crestor, which my doctor wants me to take over a generic statin because a month&#039;s worth is $125 at Costco.
Actually, my main fear is losing my teeth. I need about 7 crowns and 2 teeth have already broken into smaller chunks. Even if I had dental insurance I&#039;d still be out $400-$500 for my portion of one crown.
So I&#039;m hoping for a quick and painless death by heart attack. And I think this new Congress may spur that to happen.
<blockquote>health insurers are run by sleazy money worshiping assholes who would rather watch a child writhe in pain from a treatable condition than pay a cent for his treatment</blockquote>
Oh no, no no. You make them sound horrible. See, they never <i>watch</i> the child writhing in pain. They only see the nice clean sanitized bottom-line reports, in which said child, now unidentifialby faceless, is just another contributing variable working toward, or against the bottom line!
It&#039;s not a child anymore, it&#039;s just an encumbrance on profitability! Nobody cares about those. The sleazy money worshipping assholes love children, of course!
Needs moar weeping, and booze. Onions soaked in gin?
<blockquote>They don&#039;t mention that the other reasons are that the health insurers are run by sleazy money worshiping assholes who would rather watch a child writhe in pain from a treatable condition than pay a cent for his treatment and who will withhold payment for covered procedures/regimens/drugs for as long as possible hoping their customers will die before the insurers have to pay.</blockquote>
Major health insurers use committees to accomplish this sort of minimizing of expenses. They are called &quot;Dearth Panels.&quot;</blockquote>
Sounds like it&#039;s bonus time at Blue Shield.
Ha, ha! I&#039;m unemployed and have a gall bladder that needs taking out. Under the new as-yet-unrepealed health care law I can buy into a pool here in Texas for people with existing conditions--for $557 a month! With a $3,000 deductible: <a href="http://www.healthcare.gov/l..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.healthcare.gov/law/provisions/preexist...">http://www.healthcare.gov/l...
If my gall bladder really goes south--I&#039;ve had 2 very painful attacks--the emergency room surgery would probably run $25,000 or so. When I was employed and had group insurance my share would have been $3,000, which I didn&#039;t have then.
I&#039;d be happy for Barney Frank or anyone who knows how to do a colonoscopy do my next one, as I&#039;m overdue. And I can&#039;t afford Crestor, which my doctor wants me to take over a generic statin because a month&#039;s worth is $125 at Costco.
Actually, my main fear is losing my teeth. I need about 7 crowns and 2 teeth have already broken into smaller chunks. Even if I had dental insurance I&#039;d still be out $400-$500 for my portion of one crown.
So I&#039;m hoping for a quick and painless death by heart attack. And I think this new Congress may spur that to happen.