it needs to happen. my problem with the health care bill is the continued reliance on insurance companies. they are the problem, not the doctors or hospitals. Insurance companies that exist not to help patients but to make a profit for themselves. Those are jobs i would love to see dissapear (or get absorbed into a single not for profit government-overseen system to pay for *everyone* to get the care they need. any time. all the time.)
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erin_obscure - Feb 15, 2011 1:49:08 pm PST #23056 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Aims - Feb 15, 2011 1:52:18 pm PST #23057 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Oh Suzi. So much ma heading to Denver. So very much ~~~ma.
Kate P. - Feb 15, 2011 1:54:00 pm PST #23058 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh, Suzi, sending boatloads and truckloads of ~ma to you. Please keep us posted!
Anne W. - Feb 15, 2011 1:55:29 pm PST #23059 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Much safe~ma to CJ, Suzi, and calm~ma to you.
Gudanov - Feb 15, 2011 1:55:51 pm PST #23060 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Like I want to shop around procedures, but that is crazy, right?
I don't know how practical that would really be. I'd think you'd have to have a consultation before putting down a price on a procedure (save for really simple ones) and consultations aren't exactly cheap.
Gudanov - Feb 15, 2011 1:56:51 pm PST #23061 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Yes, lots of ~ma, Suzi. That's scary.
Amy - Feb 15, 2011 1:57:07 pm PST #23062 of 30001
Because books.
Oh, Suzi, so much ~ma to you. And the hope that CJ is going to stroll in any moment to a serious smackdown.
Steph L. - Feb 15, 2011 1:59:51 pm PST #23063 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Suzi, I'm sending get-home-NOW vibes to CJ!
Insurance companies that exist not to help patients but to make a profit for themselves.
There's some sort of insurance company on my floor at work (or a company that works *with* insurance companies, something like that). I was in a bathroom stall one day when 2 women from that company came in, talking about someone they apparently work with who is at *another* insurance company. (Did you follow that? Women from Insurance Company A talking about Dude from Insurance Company B.)
So one of the women said that Dude told her something about going through every claim by hand (I don't totally remember, to be honest).
And the other woman said, "Oh my god, they don't just reject them automatically? How do they even make a profit?"
I really wanted to commit physical violence at that point.
DawnK - Feb 15, 2011 2:01:23 pm PST #23064 of 30001
giraffe mode
Oh Suzi! Tons and tons of safe~ma!
Lee - Feb 15, 2011 2:01:54 pm PST #23065 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Adding to the -ma and finger crossing, Suzi.