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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 04:31 AM Original message |
Rage and Sadness made me do it... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 04:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. great diary |
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lillypaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. The system is broken |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Many people with insurance have not seriously challenged their coverage with a serious illness or ac |
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bigbrother05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. BC/BS deductible is $300 for the Federal plan |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. I so want that!!! |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. What do we do? I discovered a large lump and paid out of pocket about $750 to three |
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Democrat 4 Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #35 |
66. I have posted this before but it always bear repeating. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. I appreciate the info and will keep it in mind, but my lump in right next to my thyroid...... |
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TuxedoKat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #66 |
73. That's very useful info |
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Democrat 4 Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Right now I am on Femara 2.5 mg one time a day. The side effects |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
75. No, it's not, it's working as designed. Designed by the pharma and insurance industries. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. People think it's the best because they're so used to it. |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Or they never had to really use it. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
43. That is often the case as well. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. Recommend |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. If that was our clinic, |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. laws exist to force society to act humanely b/c w/o |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
52. Dr. = HER! |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Hey you.. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Here's another one :) |
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pkdu (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. ....and another! :O) |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
51. Dr.= HER! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
7. K&R. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
8. Rec |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
9. Nice act |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
10. Several years ago I got a phone call from the billing office of my kids' pediatrician about |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. This is why insurance has GOT TO GO. |
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johan helge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. Being enraged |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
13. I once got a threatening letter from my doc over a ten dollar charge |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. me too I had his send it collections...I didn't care he couldn't bill it correctly. |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. You made my day! |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
17. Wonderful story. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. Wonderful, compassionate thing you did |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. You rock! you are an example. Thank-you. |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. Interesting That Payment Is Being Asked For Upfront |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I have Kaiser and it has always been the norm there |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Oxford Here |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. I hope that lutznancy starts a great example nationally |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. K&R |
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ceveritt (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. You most certainly ... |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. I am so sorry! |
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ceveritt (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. To Redwitch |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
27. You have a good heart. |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. Thanks**nm |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
30. You Go Girl!!! Outstanding!!! n/t |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
31. Thanks to 'lutznancy' who wrote it. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. HR 676!! NO CO-PAYS!! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:58 AM Response to Reply #32 |
63. +1 nt |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
36. I love you friend |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
37. sigh. That's just awful. So glad someone kind was there. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
39. thank you to lutznancy |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
40. and this is the richest country. : ( |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
41. My doc here in the Quad Cities, who is part of a |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
58. Group practices can be total greed-heads |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #58 |
69. That is disgusting. "So he got fired for cutting costs without harming the patients. " |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #69 |
79. So far, he's doing fine |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
42. this is what we need so much more of. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. In the long ago when I was a child, country doctors extended credit and |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
45. People like this walk the walk. Thanks for sharing, and I am touched |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
46. Wow, Wonderful Story. Infinity Kick From Me : ) |
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ChadwickHenryWard (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
50. A girl I work with told me yesterday |
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crazy_vanilla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
53. stories like these make me cry |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
54. K&R |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
55. Perhaps it's because I have been with the same doctors for years, but |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
56. This occurs every hour of every working day all over |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
57. saved for later n/t |
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onestepforward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
59. Thank you for your thoughtful and caring act. K&R |
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Iwillnevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
60. Rec #155 |
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Amos Moses (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
61. Nice going, AGG. |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
62. I have never had healthcare as an adult.. with 3 kids... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
64. you're my kind of gal, grits |
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Morrisons Ghost (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
65. Wow! |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
67. Rarely is such a kind act triggered by rage. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #67 |
72. "lutznancy" did it. |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
70. I understand |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
71. With All Due Respect, Why Is Everyone So Quick To Believe This? |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #71 |
74. ! |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. Any evidence to the contrary...? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. It's Called Logic. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Logic or trendy cynicism. |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
76. Someone I know was upset with Ms. Lutz... |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
77. but we don't want to pay for "their" healthcare |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
80. You were very kind. Quick question: Won't we still |
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