the hell with that. I'd take them in regardless. Of course, that might explain why I am so broke ;) Seriously, though. I don't see how things could get much worse. "Good" insurance these days is pretty much a guarantee you'll go broke. Blue Cross Blue Shield was pretty much the last straw as far as my finances were concerned. Of course, one kid was hospitalized and had an expensive procedure and the other one's wisdom teeth came in side ways. all four of them. Wow. good times.
LOL On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 12:37 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was highlighting the catch-22 that health care decisions that address > cost often bring up. > > My wife and I swore we wouldn't be the hypochondriac parents. So even > though our first kid cried the entire first 3 months of his life, we only > took him in for his regular checkups. Turns out he had an ear infection > pretty much chronically. Oh well. > > Kid #2, we do the same thing. Then one day, she quits putting weight on her > left leg. We figure she bruised or injured in doing something that we > didn't see. For 2 days it doesn't get much better, not much worse > either......day 3 seems a little better........then day 4, it's back. WE > finally break down and go to the doc. > > Septic hip. Emergency surgery to save her leg. > > And that was WITH our GOOD insurance. We were trying to make "smart money > and health" decisions. But i'm telling you, balancing those two can just > about wreck your psyche. > > People talk to me about the cost savings of people "taking responsibility > for their health care decisions". Yeah...this isn't bread or wheat or > frozen concentrated orange juice or some other common commodity we are > talking about.......it's your child's LIFE. > > Making the wrong decision for financial reasons can have drastic affects > for medical reasons. I just hope we don't f*** up. This sucks. > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:26 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > And I hear the government can just grab the money out of your bank. > > > > And what are the penalties if I don't have coverage and all that > nonsense? > > On Feb 15, 2013 3:14 PM, "GMoney" <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Yep...it's working. > > > > > > Kid's sick, has been for weeks.....crying for no apparent reason. We > > can't > > > figure out what it is....take her to a doctor? Check the monthly > > > balance.....nope, don't have 200+ we can spare right > now.....ok......sure > > > hope it's not serious! > > > > > > This time it clears up. *phew* > > > > > > Next time? Who knows. > > > > > > Welcome to ACA "Press Your Luck"!! Healthy kids, healthy kids...no > > > whammies........! BZZZZZZZZZ...ah, your kid had strep.....now her > kidneys > > > are shutting down. SHould have gotten her antibiotics when you had the > > > chance. > > > > > > Next contestant!! > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > See, it is saving even more, by making you think twice about > incurring > > > > costs. It is REALLY working. > > > > > > > > And those death panels are sure doing their part. > > > > > > > > To curb costs, and to keep people "ok" about the more painful > insurance > > > > changes to come, they need to do some visible work on cutting fraud, > > > waste > > > > and abuse, as well. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:13 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You are saving money on me. When my children get sick this year, we > > > will > > > > > not be taking them to a doctor. Can't afford to. > > > > > > > > > > Sure hope nothing serious comes up. > > > > > > > > > > But hey....the country is saving money...i guess. > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 7:29 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/02/12/new-data-suggests-obamacare-is-actually-bending-the-healthcare-cost-curve/?utm_campaign=techtwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social > > > > > > > > > > > > While we can expect the Obamacare bashers to pour cold water on > > this > > > > good > > > > > > news, there is no denying that the law is paying some dividends > in > > > the > > > > > > critically important effort to bend the cost curve in healthcare > > > > > delivery. > > > > > > > > > > > > While the new data suggests that some of the changes in how > > providers > > > > are > > > > > > paid for delivering healthcare begané nd were having a positive > > > > > > impactç¨rior to passage of Obamacare, the ACA codifies these > changes > > > in > > > > > > payment procedures for physicians and hospitals, taking what now > > > > appears > > > > > to > > > > > > be programs that are slowing the growth in costs and applying > them > > to > > > > all > > > > > > providers throughout the nation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361430 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
