Wonko, at 65, you'll go on Medicare with everybody else, but Tricare-for-life (retired military ins) will become your secondary insurer with Medicare as primary. I've had amazingly fantastic coverage for my CIDP problems for the past 8+ years. It's sort of upsetting, though, to remember that you and I and other 20+ years-members of our military were "promised" excellent medical care for the rest of our lives. I was "lucky" that I didn't get sick 'til I was on Medicare.
Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wonko the Sane" <don.b...@gmail.com> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 8:34 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Buying freeze is back on, just don't get hypothermia > Ok, joking aside, Hendrik, here's the deal as I see it. The health care > industry has the Legislative Branch in their hip pockets due to lobbying and > campaign contributions. In fact, drug companies were the #1 contributer to > re-election coffers in the US last year. > > I am a retired military officer, which is supposed to afford me some pretty > good lifelong health insurance. It isn't bad if I get really sick and have > to go to the Veteran Affairs hospital, where most folks leave with a sheet > over the face. > > I think the first $3K of my health costs each year are out of pocket before > my insurance kicks in. I badly sliced a finger about a year ago while > cooking, on a Sunday afternoon, and had to go the the ER for stitches. My > health insurance paid nothing (deductible not met yet) and I went about $350 > out of pocket. Don't even ask me about dental care of vision care. Not > covered. > > Wife and I got flu shots about a month ago. Insurance doesn't cover it. No > preventative care. I only see a doctor if I am bleeding profusely or have a > sinus infection that threatens to attack my brain tissue (has happened only > once). Other than that, I can't afford to see a doctor. > > If I didn't have the military health insurance (such as it is), it would > cost me about 20% of my take home pay at my job to get minimal coverage. > > I might be in a unique situation, but my health care provider -- the US > Government -- has a vested interest in my NOT being healthy. If I die, they > stop sending me my military retirement check each month. > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Hendrik & Fay <heni...@ozemail.com.au>wrote: > > > And you're saying that Moore made these people lie? > > So why has he not been sued for slander by the companies he attacked? Some > > of them come off looking pretty evil. > > So if I was living in the states and had insurance with health provider > > XYZ, I can take my very sick kid to the nearest hospital run by the ABC > > health insurance company and they will treat my child and bill XYZ for the > > treatment? > > > > This is the reason I am asking, if I believed everything Moore said I would > > not bother you with this but just thank my lucky stars I live in a civilized > > nation. > > I am not trying to stir up trouble but rather trying to understand why you > > put up with such a system? > > You sure are a strange mob, the Government even thinks about taking away > > your machines of death and you lot will rise up as one but the Government > > takes away your right to be healed if you are sick without putting you into > > a crippling debt and you just sign on the dotted line without reading the > > fine print. Perhaps this says something about your founding fathers, put in > > the right to bear arms but not the right to health care. > > > > Hendrik > > who bares his arms to get some sun into them > > > > > > Mitch Haley wrote: > > > >> Hendrik & Fay wrote: > >> > >>> Are you happy to pay 120 bucks for an inhaler which is sold in Cuba for 5 > >>> cents? > >>> Are you happy to see your child die in front of your eyes because the > >>> nearest hospital refuses treatment due to not being part of your health care > >>> insurance? > >>> > >> > >> Are you happy to repeat lies as if they were facts? > >> > >> Mitch. > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
