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
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