How about that new healthcare bill, what a joke.

[Helix]

Thanks. Most of the doctors on the list that Medicaid provided me stopped taking Medicaid. I spent a couple hours on the phone with secretaries and finally found a doctor's office that might take Medicaid 15 miles north of where I stay.

sorry, man. hope that you are able to find a doctor.

 

[Winston]

sorry, man. hope that you are able to find a doctor.

Who knew HEALTH CARE could be so complicated?! :unsure13:

 

[Helix]

Who knew HEALTH CARE could be so complicated?! :unsure13:

i found out when i needed to use the health care system between jobs and there was a paperwork error in my COBRA. it had a happy ending, but man, that bill.

 

[Winston]

i found out when i needed to use the health care system between jobs and there was a paperwork error in my COBRA. it had a happy ending, but man, that bill.

Was the bill massive? I've paid a couple ER visits completely out of pocket, never falling delinquent, and it was a serious drain on me financially. That quote was from DJT. You saw him saying that? "Who knew healthcare could be so complicated?" Anyone who wasn't rich their entire lives DJT.

 

[jbander]

I can't f****** find a doctor's office that takes Medicaid.

Try https://www.hhs.gov/answers/medicar...tor-that-accepts-medicare-medicaid/index.html and get back to us.

 

[Winston]

Try https://www.hhs.gov/answers/medicar...tor-that-accepts-medicare-medicaid/index.html and get back to us.

I'm rolling the dice on one. Thanks for your help.

 

[jbander]

I n general terms in most states it is comparable to who will take any specific health insurance plan. Of course right wing states will be a problem , they don't believe in helping the needy. They are way more busy trying to transfer all the wealth of this country to the top and that is hard work.

 

[Carjosse]

Was the bill massive? I've paid a couple ER visits completely out of pocket, never falling delinquent, and it was a serious drain on me financially. That quote was from DJT. You saw him saying that? "Who knew healthcare could be so complicated?" Anyone who wasn't rich their entire lives DJT.

Maybe if you didn't buy that new iPhone you have and bought some insurance you would not have that problem. /s

 

[Winston]

Maybe if you didn't buy that new iPhone you have and bought some insurance you would not have that problem. /s

I downloaded a nutritional app, so I'm fine. That's what Apple told me to do in case I break a leg.

 

[jbander]

I downloaded a nutritional app, so I'm fine. That's what Apple told me to do in case I break a leg.

Buffets comment can say more. People invest on a risk reward basis. Even if cap. gains was treated as income and not handing out this ultimate tax break for the wealthy but simply tax as income, which of course that is all it is. Would still have all the investors it needs because of that same risk reward concept. This country has the most secure markets in the world. Countries trade American debt for their transaction between them and other countries, The countries will demand payment of American debt.

 

[Winston]

Buffets comment can say more. People invest on a risk reward basis. Even if cap. gains was treated as income and not handing out this ultimate tax break for the wealthy but simply tax as income, which of course that is all it is. Would still have all the investors it needs because of that same risk reward concept. This country has the most secure markets in the world. Countries trade American debt for their transaction between them and other countries, The countries will demand payment of American debt.

I almost changed my sig the other day, to an asinine quote like I've seen other people have around here for humorous effect. but, I'm glad I kept the Warren Buffet one. And I'm glad you got something out of it this afternoon.

 

[Helix]

Was the bill massive? I've paid a couple ER visits completely out of pocket, never falling delinquent, and it was a serious drain on me financially. That quote was from DJT. You saw him saying that? "Who knew healthcare could be so complicated?" Anyone who wasn't rich their entire lives DJT.

i developed a digestive disorder which required a colonoscopy when i was unemployed in 2009. the bill was about four grand, with an uninsured discount that brought it down to around $3,500. after the COBRA paperwork error got cleared up, that brought it down to like $775.

i can tell you another story called The Case of the Two Grand Thumb Cut. take home : it's never "urgent care" at the hospital when they can hit you with emergency rates, and in this case, i got bills from two separate entities for the same treatment.

 

[Winston]

i developed a digestive disorder which required a colonoscopy when i was unemployed in 2009. the bill was about four grand, with an uninsured discount that brought it down to around $3,500. after the COBRA paperwork error got cleared up, that brought it down to like $775.

i can tell you another story called The Case of the Two Grand Thumb Cut. take home : it's never "urgent care" at the hospital when they can hit you with emergency rates, and in this case, i got bills from two separate entities for the same treatment.

Yeah, that's why single-payer is such a no brainer to me. So many Americans are crippled by ER visits. And then so many hospitals eat ER costs.

 

[fmw]

"How about that new healthcare bill, what a joke."

Indeed it is. It doesn't repeal obamacare. It just changes a few details and it fixes nothing.

 

[ttwtt78640]

"How about that new healthcare bill, what a joke."

Indeed it is. It doesn't repeal obamacare. It just changes a few details and it fixes nothing.

Yep, to repeal (or replace) PPACA requires 60 votes in the Senate just like implementing it did. That is why "promises" of phase 2 and 3 of the TrumpCare plan are 100% wishful thinking since they will also require 60 votes in the Senate. This is a lame attempt to pretend that amend means repeal or replace.