Medicare Reform

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

Brilliant bit of introspection there, Pete.

Regards,

D-Ray

Most Republicans are far less self-aware.

John

[whell]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Whell, if you're a rightie all those things are true and more

Pete

...as I am reminded frequently.

[piece-itpete]

LOL!

Evil bwwwwwuuhahahahaha (rubs hands)

Pete

[whell]

Originally Posted by barbara

Having said that, as long as he continues to address me by something other than the moniker I have chosen to use here, I will respond to him in the same manner.

Let's see if it works:

Hey you, miss one-note! What do you have to say for yourself!?!

[barbara]

Back at ya, retard.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by merrylander

I thank God for Canada's Singlepayer, two days ago my 88 year old sister had a pacemaker implanted. Here the insurance companies would refuse on the basis of her age.

Originally Posted by finnbow

You mean the private sector death panels?

Yeah, you know this very thing happened with my father.

He had degenerative arthritis. At some point the medical folks said some other condition he had meant he would have to be put on a different pain medication that was far more expensive. The insurance company, I think it was Aetna, wouldn't cover it, claiming the drug was "experimental" and too expensive. This meant he had to be taken off of his pain meds altogether. He went from being able to walk on his own and drive his car to being restricted to a wheelchair within a day. He was in constant, unrelenting pain for the last year of his life.

The guy was miserable and when Mom passed, he simply gave up. No longer having any will to live. He was gone in three months.

I'll never forget that.

Government "death panels"?

Maybe we should have a national dialog on what private insurance puts people through? Anyone who thinks those guys would never put you through hell to save a buck deserves the disappointment they have coming.

Dave

[d-ray657]

Dave, thanks for bringing the thread back on track. Until I saw your post, I was prepared to lock this thread, as it had left the rails pages ago.

Regards,

D-Ray

[whell]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Yeah, you know this very thing happened with my father.

He had degenerative arthritis. At some point the medical folks said some other condition he had meant he would have to be put on a different pain medication that was far more expensive. The insurance company, I think it was Aetna, wouldn't cover it, claiming the drug was "experimental" and too expensive. This meant he had to be taken off of his pain meds altogether. He went from being able to walk on his own and drive his car to being restricted to a wheelchair within a day. He was in constant, unrelenting pain for the last year of his life.

The guy was miserable and when Mom passed, he simply gave up. No longer having any will to live. He was gone in three months.

I'll never forget that.

Government "death panels"?

Maybe we should have a national dialog on what private insurance puts people through? Anyone who thinks those guys would never put you through hell to save a buck deserves the disappointment they have coming.

Dave

Medicare does the same damn thing.

My Grandmother was on Medicare. Medicare decided that she'd been in the hospital too long. She had pneumonia and CPD, and was in her mid-80's at the time. But the idiots at Medicare - maybe like Barby - told the hospital that they would no longer cover her hospitalization costs, and the hospital discharged her. She went home, of course her condition worsened, and she was right back in the hospital the next day. She never recovered, and was gone a few hours later.

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by whell

Medicare does the same damn thing.

My Grandmother was on Medicare. Medicare decided that she'd been in the hospital too long. She had pneumonia and CPD, and was in her mid-80's at the time. But the idiots at Medicare - maybe like Barby - told the hospital that they would no longer cover her hospitalization costs, and the hospital discharged her. She went home, of course her condition worsened, and she was right back in the hospital the next day. She never recovered, and was gone a few hours later.

Damn. Couldn't resist a cheap shot.

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