On Friday 18 October 2013 10:08:09 Peter Blodow did opine: > Am 16.10.2013 20:36, schrieb Gene Heskett: > > Looks like I'll pass in any event. Hopefully I find out tomorrow how > > much it will cost me to get a left knee that blocks x-rays. > > Gene, > having read about all this fuss with US health insurance, in your case > it seems to me having one would be helpful... > > Peter
Well, TBT I haven't checked into it, primarily because you have to give them way too much info to even get an estimate. From some other horror stories, just the 2 notations on the present conditions chart for HPT and DM-II would likely be well above $2000/month with a $5000 deductible. There is nothing affordable about that. And its unreal considering that the scripts for that are under $30/month, somebody ATM, the supplemental policy is under $200/month, and the deductible is $250. If they don't force me to, I am NOT opening that for renegotiation. $30k-35k is about the going price for a replacement, out of my reach w/o using quite a bit of the wifes 403b's. That isn't on MY agenda. But, he took quite a few pix yesterday & when he came back from looking at the pix, asked if I was as old as it said on the chart, I was in great shape, for a 50yo. He seems to think I did something to the an interior ligament, that that it would in due time stretch back out for full extension motion. So basically nothing but stretching exercises & made another appointment for late November to check progress. In the meantime, I'm suitably miserable. Sigh. But it is getting better, just at speeds typical for the DM-II on the chart. Eg, slow. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Truly simple systems... require infinite testing. -- Norman Augustine A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users