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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:54 AM Original message |
"don't take me to emergency room - insurance won't cover it" |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. And nobody plans to fix it. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. hug her for me. I am very sorry for this. No one deserves this. |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. What kind of insurance doesn't cover emergency room visits?? |
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Old Codger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Medicare N/T |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. It certainly covered it for me. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. They cover it for my sister in law and she goes quite often to the ER. |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. That is patently false |
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BelleCarolinaPeridot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. I thought that all insurance covered emergency rooms. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. You would be incorrect. |
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MalloyLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's not gonna be fixed with Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Doesn't it suck? |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. I am backing the Clinton Plan. |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 06:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Why? Her plan treats the HMO's with kid gloves. |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. First, the paramedics in that area need a new medical director |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. ....pretty sure it would be covered under whatever insurance she has |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. There is no logic when someone calls 9-1-1 when they or a loved one |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. My Insurance Has a $500 ER Co-Pay, and I'm a State Fire Dept Retiree |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. K & R. I hope your mother makes a quick and full recovery... |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
8. Yeah, my wife sometimes refuses to go |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. But but but |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
11. Yea, but she will get 100% of all health care services |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 06:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Here where I live, emergency rooms attempt to dump patients all the time. |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 06:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I'd quit the medical profession before participating in that |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I didn't have insurance but also, I'd no record of skipping on anything. |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I'm sorry to hear that. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I think that started here in the 80s. Our state motto should be |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. How long ago did that happen? n/t |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. I am afraid that we are headed in that direction. I can't find a |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
13. Hope your mom heals soon. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
21. if she was on site, then the person she was working for |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
24. Since I can't afford insurance, I've contemplated having a disclaimer |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
25. Too bad she's not an illegal alien |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
27. When I had a mild stroke 2 1/2 years ago, I wouldn't call |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. since she was at her clients place of business |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. That occurred to me as well |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Yeah, but what a sick damn thing it is to have to worry about such irrelevant garbage... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. Same as my 83-yr-old mother. $700 an ER visit. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. I hope you and your mother BOTH use this opportunity to write to your congresscritters |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
33. We need to destroy the insurance industry |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
34. Is she not on Medicare? |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
39. Here's an article on the subject of medical murder incorporated by modesty forbids... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
42. Yet Dick Cheney, One of the Most Evil Humans Get's to Live |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
43. But Mittens just said it's our responsibility at the debate |
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