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Mar 22, 2010 | 02:43 PM

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Econ 101. Insurance foots the bill for the fancy drugs that the patient gets for $1. Where do you think the Insurance company makes up that "loss". They raise premiums. There's a reason the great current health care system we have now has decreased benefits and quality while increasing rates 30%+ last year, and over %100 since '01.

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Every single person in my immediate family has Health Care coverage. I have full coverage due to the fact that I am US military, My father and stepmother are employees of UVA and pays very little for his insurance, my sister and mother are both employeed by PRA International and also pay very little for health care, and my stepfather is self-employed and provides health insurance for himself and his 3 employees, none of them have seen a "30% increase" in their cost in the past year, nor have they seen a 100% increase in the last nine years, guess my whole family just lucked out and isn't being hit by the health care crisis like the other 90% of Americans that DO NOT want this bill to happen.

Mar 22, 2010 | 02:47 PM

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well, i just bought stock in all the special interest groups that helped obama along, so i want it to pass...

Mar 22, 2010 | 02:49 PM

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well, i just bought stock in all the special interest groups that helped obama along, so i want it to pass...

You evil capitalist pig, money is the devil.

Mar 22, 2010 | 02:57 PM

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why did haiti need so much money? must be one evil place.

Mar 22, 2010 | 02:59 PM

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why did haiti need so much money? must be one evil place.

See other thread with raging health care debate more specifically my post on political correctness and over regulation being the downfall of us all.

Mar 22, 2010 | 03:35 PM

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it ultimately (used to?) screws insurance companies too. doctor says "here have a coupon so you pay only $1 for your fancy $500 drugs instead of the generics for $10, but then the insurance company still has to pay the difference for the medication if the name brands are $500 and the generics are $50. Wonder where the money for that comes from.... hmmm.

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Now we're defending insurance companies? **** make up your mind.

the money comes from people who buy insurance. we pay more premiums because of the "name brand coupon".

no defense of insurance practice here.

Mar 22, 2010 | 08:24 PM

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Oh..because it's going to cost me 20% of the friggin' visit. Since DISH Network is run by a bunch of cheap assclowns, we get super shitty benefits.

I'd fire your ungrateful *** if it was up to me. You have a job and a health care plan. There are a lot of people out there who would swap places with you in a heartbeat.

On a personal note, I am in a high deductible plan and would have to pay 100% of the bill (until we hit $5,000 in costs). Since I am not a girly-man like you I do not get sick and therefore save money by doing it this way.

Mar 22, 2010 | 08:28 PM

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On a side note- Now because my throat is so swollen, I cannot swollow my own saliva...so I've been using my garbage can in my cube as a spatoon...and it's probably got a good 10oz of fluid in the bottom

Side note: I used to wrestle when I was a kid. One time I was going to a tournament and had to lose 2 pounds in 2 hours. I did it by chewing a huge mouthful of Big Red gum and spitting into a large cup (16 oz of spit = 1 pound). After spitting into a cup for 2-3 hours I made my weight class. Of course, I promptly got my *** stomped because I was dehydrated as hell. In the end it just stunted my growth and made me the disgusting troll that I am today (but at least I have a good story to tell)...