DaButt
Thursday 28th June 2012 9:57pm
14,722 posts
Quote: sootyj @ June 28 2012, 10:41 PM BST
I mean you posted that your daughter almost lost on vital treatment, until your decent boss changed the insurance plan?
She wouldn't have missed the treatment, she would have received it and the hospital would have written off the expense.
There is plenty of room for reform as far as fraud, waste and excessive profits are concerned, but I have little faith in the government's ability to do anything about it.
Most of the uninsured in this country are young, healthy people who would rather roll the dice and not pay heft insurance premiums for treatment they are unlikely to receive. They're the ones who are excited by promises being insured while actually saving money and they are going to be sadly mistaken when they get their first bill.
I'm sure my employer pays tens of thousands of dollars for my medical insurance every year. When they finally dump their coverage (as is inevitable) do you think they'll put that money in my pocket every year so that I can pay $20,000 for other insurance?
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ June 28 2012, 10:51 PM BST
and have things shoved up your bottom on a regular basis.
No, the insurers have decided that routine prostate exams are a waste of money, just like mammograms.
It's cheaper when people die younger.