Jeff you got me interested. Don´t be impressed by statistics and be careful with the information you get from the Internet. Talk with your doctor. Cardiology is a branch of medicine that is growing a lot and you will never know what is coming next. My advice: if you are feeling good live life to the fullest, enjoy each minute of it, and let diseases become bigger than they deserve.
Insofar as health care. I guess you fell into the Medicaid support network? I am not sure in which State you live but people who who receive Medicaid, as a rule have pretty good services. Of course, as you know, it is a socialized program, the tax payers (Federal and State) share the costs. The problem are the people who can´t receive Medicaid because they are not considered poor (there is a scale to determine who is elegible). People who earn more that the minimum required, are not above 65 years old (another socialized program) and have no insurance public or private. They are a large number. They are people who lost their jobs, people who developped a disease and are no longer accepted in new insurance, people who are afraid of changind jobs for fear of losing their insurance. They are many! When I discuss in favor of the Singloe Payer I am saying that everyone should take the risks and have access. If you lump Medicaid, Medicare, VA, ald all other health care programs in one... the burden in the citizen will be minimal and everyone will have access. Hope you understand. Live life to the fullest. It goes lasts such a short time... Marcio -----Original Message----- >From: Jeff Miles <[email protected]> >Sent: Sep 8, 2009 8:59 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit... > >? where you been Marcio? I Thought that what I've been doing all >along. Though many of those views are well received. > > I need to explain a few things here. I suffer from congestive heart >failure. From what I could find my survival rate was 13% after being >diagnosed for the first 5 years. I'm on year 6.5 and feeling ok. > I had no insurance when I initially went to the clinic and then the >doctor. I spent about 5 minutes filling out paperwork. That was the >first time. In the hospital I spent no time filling out anything. >Everything got filled out for me. By who I don't know. But now I get >all my meds for free. I also get food stamps at $200/mo which I >rarely use. I never asked for them. But what the hell. I even got a >letter from the state questioning why I wasn't using them. And to >further explain the story, I started getting $97/mo and then got a >letter saying I needed $174/mo. If I had problems with this I could >ask for a review and debate the the decision. A couple of months later >they uped it to $200/mo, It came with the same proviso that I could >challenge this if I thought it wasn't enough. > Like I said earlier, I eat steak twice a week. I try and find new >recipes for the chicken, fish and pork the rest of the week. > I think us wants me to be obese. I could live on Top Raman and a ham >sandwich or two for most any week. > I should look more closely at the king crab legs. > > >Jeff Miles >[email protected] > >Join my Mafia >http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 > >On Sep 7, 2009, at 7:31 PM, Marcio wrote: > >> Share you views and perceptions Jeff. >> >> Marcio >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jeff Miles <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sep 7, 2009 7:39 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit... >>> >>> Sorry to say, but you sound like the guy who sits on his porch and >>> yells at the kids for being on his lawn. >>> I don't know this for sure, but I'm guessing the mail carriers >>> aren't >>> allowed to actually put something in your home. So using the mail >>> slot >>> probably isn't a legal option for them. I do know for sure that only >>> the USPS is allowed to use your mail box. This is why you get things >>> from pizza companies and others hanging on your door knob. >>> As for the signing for things. Would you be complaining if they left >>> something important that was then stolen by some sleaze bag? You >>> always have the option of not picking up the package or letter that >>> need a signature. >>> And when it comes to the postal employee pay, I don't think they get >>> paid enough. The employees at all the postal stations in my area are >>> some of the friendliest people I've met. I know I couldn't do their >>> job and remain that friendly. >>> >>> >>> Jeff Miles >>> [email protected] >>> >>> Join my Mafia >>> http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 >>> >>> On Sep 6, 2009, at 11:29 PM, Fred Holmes wrote: >>> >>>> Regularly, I get other people's mail delivered to my home. On some >>>> occasions, it has been outgoing mail that the mail carrier has >>>> picked up at someone else's home. The mail may arrive at any time >>>> from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., which says that they don't have a >>>> standard, routine manner in which the deliver the mail. I took down >>>> the "mailbox" on the front of my house and installed a "mail slot" >>>> in my front door, but the letter carriers often won't use it. The >>>> just leave the mail inside the storm door, which then stays >>>> partially propped open and thereby doesn't perform its intended >>>> purpose. When I'm not home to sign for a receipted item of mail, >>>> there is no clue on the "postcard" announcement that is left at my >>>> home as to who the sender is or what sort of article it is, so there >>>> is no way to prioritize my visit to the Post Office. And with post >>>> office hours now reduced to 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., working folks >>>> have to take additional time off from work to stop at the post o! >>>> ffice to pick up receipted mail. But the letter carriers have an >>>> extremely good pay and benefits package. >>>> >>>> Fred Holmes >>>> >>>> >>>> At 03:04 AM 9/6/2009, Jeff Miles wrote: >>>>> True, the post office certainly has on many occasions. >>>>> Does anyone really stop and think what the post office does >>>>> on a >>>>> daily basis? I have yet to find a privet company that has worked as >>>>> efficiently and consistently. And, being governmentally run, the >>>>> post >>>>> office's goal isn't to make a profit. No government program is >>>>> run to >>>>> make a profit. People bitch when the programs loose money, and >>>>> they'd >>>>> bitch about prices and taxes if the programs were making money. >>>>> It's a >>>>> no win situation. >>>>> I have yet, in my 47 years, realized something getting lossed >>>>> by the >>>>> USPS. On occasion it's taken a day or more to get here or there. >>>>> But >>>>> at the cost, I really can't complain. And with the millions of >>>>> letters >>>>> and packages they deal with each day, Fed-Ex and UPS seem to be >>>>> doing >>>>> just fine. In fact new people are coming on board. What's the new >>>>> one? >>>>> Some Yellow truck, 3 letters, can't remember the name. >>>>> Socialized mail can't be that bad for business. >>>>> Maybe that was President Obama's hidden agenda in asking kids >>>>> to >>>>> write a letter. It was to themselves, but maybe he'd had hopes >>>>> they'd >>>>> actually mail them and boost the profits of the USPS? Or maybe he'd >>>>> had the market flooded and hoped they'd all lick some tainted >>>>> stamps? >>>>> The conspiracy theories flourish. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Jeff Miles >>>>> [email protected] ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
