To be sure, I'm not disputing a bit that Medicaid is a clusterfuck of epic proportions (My post history is littered with variations on exactly what you have to say, as I've helped my mother deal with billing them [she's a speech pathologist])
I have trouble seeing how assertions such as I mentioned are anything but fear mongering though, although not being in the industry in any capability myself I'm open to the fact that I could be missing something.
Cobra makes it possible for you to keep your insurance after losing a job. The problem is you pay the full cost, so now your rate is tripled at the least.
If it's just you, that might be bearable. With a family it's just a joke.
Personally I don't want a doctor who's in it for the money, he is much more likely to give me my 3 minutes and kick my ass out rather than actually fixing my problem.
I think the cost of school is a separate issue really, and one that is seen in all fields. The debt incurred from getting any kind of degree is such that there are better economic choices.
I'm curious, does the sick day thing go across salaried and hourly workers?
I ask because it seems rare in the US for hourly workers to get paid sick days (beyond a couple) so at some point one must make the decision to expose all your co workers to whatever you have, or watch your paycheck get smaller.
pardon me; I meant from the point of view of someone trying to use their services. There's a reason many practices don't deal with them, it's a nightmare and a half.
The propaganda cons are all about things like the tremendous waits and how all the medical practitioners are going to quit because they won't get paid enough.
The real ones are that this bill doesn't do enough to reduce costs, while also fining people for not getting insurance. Many people would also put the lack of a strong single payer program as a big con.
Generally speaking I don't feel like anyone has a right to be insulting or belittling when it costs nothing to be otherwise; this was how the phrase in the OP's comment came across.
THAT SAID, I've read up more about the whole situation and clearly didn't have much of a grasp of the background when I made the above comment, so forget I said anything.
Look man, I don't know if you read too much into what I said or something. I'm right alongside most of what you said.
My point is: If you are so rabidly opposed to record companies (which is totally fair IMO) then Stop. Listening. Find something else, there's plenty of small label music out there.
Taking a "neener neener I'll just pirate it" approach reminds me a lot of a roommate of mine who was adamant about it being his right to see 3 or 4 movies on one ticket at a theater due to ticket prices.
Maybe he had a point, and certainly most of the points about CD/music prices are totally valid, but cheating the system is wanting to have your cake and eat it too, and makes it much easier for your point (ie, dissatisfaction) to be dismissed out of hand.
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As has been said elsewhere in this discussion, the expansion of Medicaid is nothing to celebrate, unless its operation is also being reformed somehow.
To be sure, I'm not disputing a bit that Medicaid is a clusterfuck of epic proportions (My post history is littered with variations on exactly what you have to say, as I've helped my mother deal with billing them [she's a speech pathologist])
I have trouble seeing how assertions such as I mentioned are anything but fear mongering though, although not being in the industry in any capability myself I'm open to the fact that I could be missing something.
Cobra makes it possible for you to keep your insurance after losing a job. The problem is you pay the full cost, so now your rate is tripled at the least.
If it's just you, that might be bearable. With a family it's just a joke.
Technically, yes, but not practically, given the setup of nearly everywhere in the US.
I knew i was forgetting something...
Personally I don't want a doctor who's in it for the money, he is much more likely to give me my 3 minutes and kick my ass out rather than actually fixing my problem.
I think the cost of school is a separate issue really, and one that is seen in all fields. The debt incurred from getting any kind of degree is such that there are better economic choices.
LOL!!! Take note of this day, and in five years you come back and let me know if you still think there is cause for celebration.
I can't, cause you posted ac. ;)
Those people all are in better paying jobs than Dispatch (Unfortunately)
I hope that hurt to type ;)
I'm curious, does the sick day thing go across salaried and hourly workers?
I ask because it seems rare in the US for hourly workers to get paid sick days (beyond a couple) so at some point one must make the decision to expose all your co workers to whatever you have, or watch your paycheck get smaller.
Food in US hospitals sucks too, no loss there.
Who is happy with their insurance?
at a guess, generally healthy people with well paying jobs who haven't ever really had to use it on something besides a doctor's visit.
pardon me; I meant from the point of view of someone trying to use their services. There's a reason many practices don't deal with them, it's a nightmare and a half.
Do enlighten us then.
So far I think every public figure who's made noise about leaving for any reason in the last few years has utterly failed to do so.
Medicare's hideously inefficient, for one.
+1 How It Really Works.
Ooooh yeah. F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 /popcorn
The propaganda cons are all about things like the tremendous waits and how all the medical practitioners are going to quit because they won't get paid enough.
The real ones are that this bill doesn't do enough to reduce costs, while also fining people for not getting insurance. Many people would also put the lack of a strong single payer program as a big con.
Perhaps. /skeptical
Generally speaking I don't feel like anyone has a right to be insulting or belittling when it costs nothing to be otherwise; this was how the phrase in the OP's comment came across.
THAT SAID, I've read up more about the whole situation and clearly didn't have much of a grasp of the background when I made the above comment, so forget I said anything.
It would appear I need to read more in detail about the whole situation
Because...they don't "take it up the ass" you nimrod. You are still listening to their product, and they have lost nothing.
Much like how Microsoft would much rather you pirate windows than use Linux.
Was not aware of that nuance, thanks.
Look man, I don't know if you read too much into what I said or something. I'm right alongside most of what you said.
My point is: If you are so rabidly opposed to record companies (which is totally fair IMO) then Stop. Listening. Find something else, there's plenty of small label music out there.
Taking a "neener neener I'll just pirate it" approach reminds me a lot of a roommate of mine who was adamant about it being his right to see 3 or 4 movies on one ticket at a theater due to ticket prices.
Maybe he had a point, and certainly most of the points about CD/music prices are totally valid, but cheating the system is wanting to have your cake and eat it too, and makes it much easier for your point (ie, dissatisfaction) to be dismissed out of hand.
So take the latter of the options, and don't have anything to do with them or their product.