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In response to "Ok, so seriously, is health care reform really this critical at this time? Economy, war, terrorism, budget deficit... maybe focus on these? -- nm" by Fuzzy

Absolutely it's necessary. -- nm

Posted by TWuG Sep 9 '09, 19:31

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Wasn't Amoxy's medical bills around Two Hundred Thousand Dollars for the aneurysm? I think of that and shit bricks. - Redmond LIE!!! Sep 9, 19:34 29
- That sounds about right. My tumor was $160K, and that was just the hospital bill. - BB Sep 9, 19:46 14
  - I never knew...How are you doing now? -- nm - amoxy Sep 9, 19:49 13
    - I'm still recovering. I've tried typing with two hands but my right reverts back to hunt n peck - BB Sep 9, 19:56 12
      - Damn...Makes my hospital stay seem like childsplay - amoxy Sep 9, 20:05 2
        
        When people ask how I am, I say "Still vertical" - BB Sep 9, 20:09 1
        
        I had a small brain bleed and have pretty much recovered -- nm - amoxy Sep 9, 20:13
      - Wow!! I didn't know this at all. I am glad that last part of your IM didn't happen. - Redmond LIE!!! Sep 9, 19:59 8
        
        The doctor said a couple more months and I'd just keel over dead - BB Sep 9, 20:06 7
        
        Is this the same kind of tumor Kennedy had, or different form? - Redmond LIE!!! Sep 9, 20:12 6
        
        It is an acoustic neuroma - BB Sep 9, 20:20 5
        
        wow, I'm impressed you're still here. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 20:30 1
        
        So far so good. -- nm - BB Sep 9, 20:53
        
        Nice! ST was the most therapeutic place for me when I had the heart failure. - Redmond LIE!!! Sep 9, 20:23 2
        
        I had another site, but yeah, the 'Net is great for getting rid of all the garbage - BB Sep 9, 20:28 1
        
        Like your condition mine mostly happens to older folks. So the support groups were mostly retirees. - Redmond LIE!!! Sep 9, 20:39
- It just seems to me that this was not one of the hot topics in opinion polls during the campaign. Now suddenly it is the most critical issue we face. - Fuzzy Sep 9, 19:38 13
  - it's hardly sudden. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 19:43 1
    - See my link below. It jumped in the polls in recent months. -- nm - Fuzzy Sep 9, 19:50
  - I have health insurance through my job. We have switched providers 4 times in 6 years. - Redmond LIE!!! Sep 9, 19:42 7
    - BTW when I say cover my Cardiologist. Of course they will cover "A" Cardiologist. However when you are in treatment the last thing you want to do is - Redmond LIE!!! Sep 9, 19:49 1
      - "Don't get sick." -- nm - BB Sep 9, 20:24
    - Heh. - kelly Sep 9, 19:48 4
      - You need insurance because of possible complications from the disease. If you skip medical checkups they could be full blown out of control before - Redmond LIE!!! Sep 9, 19:52 3
        
        Well, mainly I need it because I couldn't afford the $900/mo cost of supplies/insulin without it. :) - kelly Sep 9, 19:54 2
        
        It is very scary. Not to mention if we lost our insurance then couldn't get it because of an existing condition. -- nm - Redmond LIE!!! Sep 9, 19:56 1
        
        I tried getting catastrophic insurance before I moved down here (so I wouldn't have to pay the $480/mo for COBRA) and the minute they heard the d-word - kelly Sep 9, 19:58
  - cancel your insurance and see how pressing it becomes to you -- nm - farmer ted Sep 9, 19:40 2
    - Take a look at these polls over time. It's interesting that in many of them health care only started to gain prominence in the last couple of months. - Fuzzy Sep 9, 19:49 1
      - Because when the economy goes to shit, you have to cut something. People are dropping insurance to eat. - Redmond LIE!!! Sep 9, 19:55

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