Please elaborate, thanks.

Republicans, that is.

That's a Republican bullshit tactic. And using The Daily Mail (a conservative TABLOID rag) as a source about the UK's NHS?

Enjoy the pizza.

Indeed, it took a second opinion which a loved one paid for out-of-pocket. But it leaves a very different impression than the one you left.

Why did you do that?

His secondary insurance should be picking up most of this. Need more info obviously.

I smell BS

Good show. Until fairly late in his career, he had never traveled outside Southern California.

Good luck to Dale. I never knew he was a lefty!

Doesn't he have medicare?

wasn't "our" ultimate healthcare answer supposed to be this awesome single payer system that was called - IIRC - medicare for all?

Medicare with an out-of-pocket cap for all and negotiated drug prices and dental doesn't flow as well.

a bunch of RC's?

I took the cheap route. Had all but 7 extracted for about $1,700.

Kind of a bummer though, because it seems I cannot play trumpet any more.

In one respect too, since I was NOT having issues at the time, I did what I did for vanity.

Since they had already paid for a filling less than 18 months ago for the same tooth, blah, blah, blah.

I maybe should have priced implants, but my dad had trouble with his (although he seems to be past that now).

That's why I opted for the 'final solution'. In the long run, it seemed like it would be easier, cheaper, less time consuming just to have them all taken out. Otherwise I probably would have needed a whole mess of root canals and crowns, but I also have a history of opting for extractions over canals. Then once I even tried to have a couple of root canals and the specialist said she could not get to the third root, so I had to have it pulled even after trying for a root canal.

for two crowns

If you don't have a supplemental policy you are on the hook for the balance.

Fortunately, Medicare has stipulated fees for procedures so it generally doesn't go into astronomical territory. But, if you have major problems you might still need to pay big bucks.

a month for a Medigap policy than $3000 out of pocket. But artists aren't always good with their money. He also went through an expensive divorce before he got together with his present wife.

get the supplemental coverage at his age. If he can, it will probably be very expensive.

I know that the Medicare amount goes up the longer you are not in the system. If you wait to sign up until you are 70 or 75 the amount taken out of your SS check is higher. Would imagine it's the same for the supplemental.

The best time to sign up for Medicare Part B and Medigap insurance is when you are first eligible.

I bet his bills are huge, medicare or not.

I had to have cataract surgery on both my eyes a couple of years ago. My out-of-pocket cost was about $700. And quite a bit of that was for prescription eye drops before and after the surgeries. I now have added Plan D to my insurance and that has saved me a bundle on any prescriptions I need.

Anyone at any age who goes on dialysis automatically goes on Medicare.

Dale, for reasons of his own, chooses not to.

Even so, at his age he automatically qualifies for Medicare.

So his $3000+/month treatments are treatments that the single payer system we want to expand to everyone doesn't cover.

If he's in Stage III or IV failure, dialysis isn't required to stay alive though with some diseases, it's recommended that dialysis begin in Stage IV. But in end-stage, he would not be able to perform without some form of dialysis.

No, he refused it...go ask him why.

Used for the opening credits of the motion picture Pulp Fiction
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The fact that this world-famous guitarist doesn't have it easy, should open some eyes to reality.

I was a skilled guitarist/vocalist back in the 70s, who had played in a few solid bands,
but I chickened-out on a long-term career as a "working musician".
For me, it was the right decision.

But I respect anyone who made that choice and stuck with it, as being braver and more resolute than I was.


Being a musician is a tough, hard-working life with lots of sacrifice involved.
That's just the truth, well-known by any working musician.

In prisons and miitary spending, not health care.

one need only look at statistics.

It's not exactly a selling point.

.......on the Balboa Peninsula at Newport Beach in the early 60s. So sorry to hear that he's not been well.

In better days:

He also refuses to go on dialysis.

(well, that and a couple of divorces, apparently)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=mRzAyx40Bzg

It plays hell on the body.

tongue and esophageal.

Seeing him next week. He is a great talent and puts on a great show.
I feel terrible about this, but glad my ticket $ will help him.

What went wrong?

as difficult as possible for sick people to gain access to medical needs.

Obviously.

What change did conservatives push through that led to this sad outcome?

People in here pretending it is just magically given to you and that you do not have to en-roll. Just because they hate Lefty that much and would watch all of us suffer. Because of Lefty. Uh huh...you think they ever get tired of their own BS message?

But you go on lying like that, it is amusing.

I'm guessing that as a self-employed person, the premiums for him and his wife for any Medicare Supplemental Coverage plus co-pays plus DMEs for his ostomy comes to that much - which still doesn't seem to add up. I hope a fan who knows Medicare sees this and figures out something for him ...

... and he still plays on occasion because he wants to. Long time fan.

She may not even be 50. So unless she's getting SSDI for her MS, she not eligible for Medicare and they are probably not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid.

The thing is, he owns 80 acres outside of Palm Springs. Perhaps he's tried to sell all or some of it and hasn't found a buyer. If he's just holding onto all his assets, he may be just be cash poor, but that's not the same as being destitute.

It's a desert

I wonder why he did not do that.

.. not sure when it was recorded: