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Ouch.Procedure- Prostate TURP. My large prostate, 99th percentile in size before the successful surgery, required a Urological/Surgical procedure more invasive than gentle laser surgery. I spent two nights in the hospital well taken care of by the hospital staff.
Post Surgery Recovery estimated to take about 6 weeks.
That's less than my hernia surgery cost me.My total Out of Pocket estimated at less than 1K for what I believe would have cost me at least 25K w/o insurance.
Likewise.I remain skeptical about future GOPcare/TrumpCare.
60 year old male w/ pre-existing conditions.
Insurance Coverage - Florida Blue Select (1456C, basically the ObamaCare Silver Plan)
Premium- My wife and I pay a very affordable monthly premium... in part, because we have increased flexibility on our income level due to self-employment.
Procedure- Prostate TURP. My large prostate, 99th percentile in size before the successful surgery, required a Urological/Surgical procedure more invasive than gentle laser surgery. I spent two nights in the hospital well taken care of by the hospital staff.
Post Surgery Recovery estimated to take about 6 weeks.
My total Out of Pocket estimated at less than 1K for what I believe would have cost me at least 25K w/o insurance.
Thank you ObamaCare! I remain skeptical about future GOPcare/TrumpCare.
You should really be thanking your fellow Americans who are likely picking up the tab.
You should really be thanking your fellow Americans who are likely picking up the tab.
Who picks up the tab when people like me go bankrupt paying 60K a year on prescription medications? If I'm denied coverage when the ACA is repealed due to my auto immune disease, are you going to pay for that because it's wrong for the government to insure people who need insurance? I'm sure you'll be much happier then. Oh, or I can just go out and get a job that pays $120K a year. Since I have a disability I should be required to make 5 times the national mean income.
60 year old male w/ pre-existing conditions.
Insurance Coverage - Florida Blue Select (1456C, basically the ObamaCare Silver Plan)
Premium- My wife and I pay a very affordable monthly premium... in part, because we have increased flexibility on our income level due to self-employment.
Procedure- Prostate TURP. My large prostate, 99th percentile in size before the successful surgery, required a Urological/Surgical procedure more invasive than gentle laser surgery. I spent two nights in the hospital well taken care of by the hospital staff.
Post Surgery Recovery estimated to take about 6 weeks.
My total Out of Pocket estimated at less than 1K for what I believe would have cost me at least 25K w/o insurance.
Thank you ObamaCare! I remain skeptical about future GOPcare/TrumpCare.
Who picks up the tab when people like me go bankrupt paying 60K a year on prescription medications? If I'm denied coverage when the ACA is repealed due to my auto immune disease, are you going to pay for that because it's wrong for the government to insure people who need insurance? I'm sure you'll be much happier then. Oh, or I can just go out and get a job that pays $120K a year. Since I have a disability I should be required to make 5 times the national mean income.
Explain to me how your disability grants you first mortgage on my, or anyone elses, existence.
Explain to me how your disability grants you first mortgage on my, or anyone elses, existence.
So according to you, empathy trumps rights. You may want to rethink that.Empathy. Look it up. Embrace it. The alternative is sociopath.
im sorry you are in this predicament, Mustachio.
Nice rant, but you didn't answer the question.Explain how your mortgage grants you my entire life. Because I'll be disabled or bankrupt without insurance (if the ACA is not repealed and simultaneously replaced, this will be the case). And for me, your bill would come to about .00001 cents per year. That will be a hard road for you.
I get it. Your money is more important than mine. Because you're you. It's like when you're driving next to somebody going too slow. They need to be run off the road. What's important is you, not them.
60 year old male w/ pre-existing conditions.
Insurance Coverage - Florida Blue Select (1456C, basically the ObamaCare Silver Plan)
Premium- My wife and I pay a very affordable monthly premium... in part, because we have increased flexibility on our income level due to self-employment.
Procedure- Prostate TURP. My large prostate, 99th percentile in size before the successful surgery, required a Urological/Surgical procedure more invasive than gentle laser surgery. I spent two nights in the hospital well taken care of by the hospital staff.
Post Surgery Recovery estimated to take about 6 weeks.
My total Out of Pocket estimated at less than 1K for what I believe would have cost me at least 25K w/o insurance.
Thank you ObamaCare! I remain skeptical about future GOPcare/TrumpCare.
Yeah, too bad we can't check out anything you wrote.
Even if he did have evidence proving him right you still wouldn't care.
Who picks up the tab when people like me go bankrupt paying 60K a year on prescription medications? If I'm denied coverage when the ACA is repealed due to my auto immune disease, are you going to pay for that because it's wrong for the government to insure people who need insurance? I'm sure you'll be much happier then. Oh, or I can just go out and get a job that pays $120K a year. Since I have a disability I should be required to make 5 times the national mean income.
The general consensus is a total dislike for Obamacare. Skyrocketing premiums and deductibles.
The general consensus is a total dislike for Obamacare. Skyrocketing premiums and deductibles.
Trump's first executive action on Obamacare is to raise deductibles.
So according to you, empathy trumps rights. You may want to rethink that.
Hey, Trippy! Remember what's-his-name? You didn't think he'd make it. I did? He backed out. You win, you little brat.
You should really be thanking your fellow Americans who are likely picking up the tab.
I heard Tom Petty (who use to live in Gainesville just SE of the main Univ. of FL campus) sing "Even the Losers get lucky sometimes!" I recognized you as a Winner very early on in my DP noob phase. May our best times lie ahead! Feel some Love!
Nice rant, but you didn't answer the question.
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