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Skriven 2008-02-22 15:24:00 av BOB GEARHART (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DALE SHIPP
Ärende: Medical
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 Dale Shipp said to Ruth Haffly at 02-22-08  00:17
 Subject: Medical<Dale Shipp>

 DS> When I went onto Medicare, my other insurance company became
 DS> secondary.   That changed the billing procedure.   Previously, I
 DS> never saw a bill -- just paid a $10 co-pay fee.   Now I get a copy of
 DS> the bill that Medicare gets from the doctor, and a record of what
 DS> they allow.   In the end, I pay almost nothing ( one or two $10
 DS> co-pay) -- but it is interesting to see things such as bill for
 DS> $6000, Medicare pays $358.40 -- other insurance pays $100 or so, and
 DS> the rest the doctor writes off.

 It is absurd Dale.   Before Medicare and the current administration, My
 health insurance had me pay a small $10 deductible for a doctors visit.
 Now I pay the first $100 every year, before the $150 co-pay is covered,
 along with paying $96.40 each month for required Medicare.  My
 prescriptions before I was required to pay enough to advertise that I
 should be asking my doctor to give me all these pills, used to be
 covered with a $3 copay.   Now that co-pay I have to first cover is
 $65 each prescription. 

 DS> The pricing structure is even more crazy than airline prices!

 It sure is, and if you don't have Medicare to reduce those costs to
 only 1/4 of what the health care industry charges, you either pay the
 full fare or they come over and take your home away for the medical
 scums to sell.   All legal and good with our current administrations
 approval.

 On topic.

 Hot dogs..
 1 hot dog,
 1 slice of bread.
 1 ts of butter
 1 ts of mustard
 1 ts of relish
 1 handful of chopped onion.

 Put butter and stuff on bread.
 Put hot dog in micro and nuke until ends explode
 Roll bread around hot dog and serve.

 Bob

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