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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 11:26 AM Original message |
'GMA' Gets Answers: Newborn Baby With Pre-Existing Condition? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. The difference between having insurance and having health care. Nt |
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burnsei sensei (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. And one should never, ever |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. hear that word... Aetna ... hear it loud and clear |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. +1000 n/t |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. +2000 n/t |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. and don't forget good ol' Rev. Huckabee's, "why should insurance companies |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. +1000 - Great point on Huck n/t |
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Thav (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Very powerful point |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. My daughter was born with a "pre-existing condition". . . |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Hear, hear. |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. +1000 |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. I agree!!!!!!! |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
47. I concur! |
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kas125 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. They count on us not knowing the laws or being too sick to keep |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. They do. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. How often do insurance companies routinely deny claims. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. My brother was fired from one of those companies for approving treatments. |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Don't you dare get off that soap box!! |
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Loki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 08:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
59. Thank you! |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
49. "Health insurance is a scam" You are so right.............. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. At least the company that insures my car never gave me any hassle |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
50. Thirty years ago RFK, Jr. spoke at the DFL state convention on behalf of his uncle's campaign |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 12:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
54. I have met many who did just give up. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
63. Amen... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
65. Most people don't know how to fight well. |
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bkozumplik (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. there should be consequences |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
46. Insurance companies have very cleverly gotten themselves written |
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speppin (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. Administration Says Insurers Can Charge Higher Rates for Sick Children |
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crazyjoe (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. question.....I thought the legislation that was passed and signed |
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subterranean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. This happened before September, when that provision went into effect. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. When you don't like the terms of the contract ... |
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Devil_Fish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. When ever I talk o my insurance Co, they start the call by saying that this call may be recorded, |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. The operable word is "may" |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:27 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. I think what devil fish is implying is that devilfish "may" record it. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:52 AM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Once one party claims a privilege they may not reasonably deny it to another. |
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Devil_Fish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #51 |
69. That's not what I was saying. If one party says the call may be recorded, both parties can legaly |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Now that I reread you post |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. Pre existing conditions are just illnesses! |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. This happens alot more than people know |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. Didn't you get the memo..... |
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South End Liberal (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
22. Health care in this country: DIE QUICKLY |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Washington isn't short on brains. They just know who butters the bread. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. She was lucky |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
27. Aetna is about the worst. |
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oldironside (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. What do those health insurance bastards expect to do with that money when they die? |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. Ahem |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. K&R n/t |
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orbitalman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. Deasertrose #10 is RIGHT ON. Single Payer NOW !!!!!!!!! |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. I cannot, for the life of me |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. That's the most literal damned interpretation of "pre-existing" I've ever heard. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
35. What is there not to understand? This house was built pre-burned |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
37. Would a "bureacrat" have made that decsion? Hell NO! |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
38. This is unbelievable. They are in the business of providing |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. +1 n/t |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. Aetna does not provide health care |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
39. Next step: Gattaca |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. Didn't you get the memo? Being born is now a "pre-existing condition". nt |
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cynzke (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #41 |
67. Breathing! |
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emcguffie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
42. I have a chronic illness. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #42 |
66. I am so sorry... |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. How will Repubs spin this as "Obamacare's" fault? |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
45. I thought the prexisting condition thing was gone? |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
48. K&R |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
56. "We'll fix it later!!!1" |
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onlyadream (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
58. Oh, well, just shop around for another insurance company, nt |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Yea, Right. |
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onlyadream (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. you know I was being sarcastic, right? |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
61. The insurance cos. are the problem, not the answer. Yet congress decided to enslave us to them. |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
64. Ah, now we see the real reasons conservoes want fetuses recognized as "persons" |
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cynzke (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
68. The Big Lie! |
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