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MineralMan

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73. That's absolutely true, but when you are 73, that's not much comfort.

Mon Dec 10, 2018, 04:59 PM

Dec 2018

When I was 45 years old, I somehow contracted viral encephalitis, which put me in a coma for a week and took me a couple of months to recover from. Thank goodness I had health insurance. Even with it, it cost me $20,000 for that illness.

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Health Insurance in 1963 [View all] MineralMan Dec 2018 OP

A penicillin injection for everything, huh? Aristus Dec 2018 #1

Pretty much, yes. MineralMan Dec 2018 #3

I presume they had medical schools back then. Aristus Dec 2018 #6

I am old enough Ohiogal Dec 2018 #7

Yes. I remember house calls, too. MineralMan Dec 2018 #9

You bet!!!! Ohiogal Dec 2018 #10

Yup, those and B-12 injections. TygrBright Dec 2018 #48

Penicillin was the first of the Wonder Drugs, iirc, and it saved many lives... Hekate Dec 2018 #34

It is if you don't ask them... TwistOneUp Dec 2018 #36

1963. In reference to children, you ask their parents, who are presumed to know. And the OP ... Hekate Dec 2018 #44

Nosy? TwistOneUp Dec 2018 #47

Has nothing to do with "free speech," for gods' sake. I retract it because I was unnecessarily rude. Hekate Dec 2018 #49

I accept your apology, thanks. TwistOneUp Dec 2018 #53

It was nosey and illegal to ask about personal medical MyNameGoesHere Dec 2018 #50

I wasn't asking a personal question, Miss Wrong Manners TwistOneUp Dec 2018 #54

Miss? You're just being a tad obnoxious now MyNameGoesHere Dec 2018 #60

Someone seems to be having a bad day, right? Hekate Dec 2018 #66

There are a lot of gold standard medications that I use in my practice. Aristus Dec 2018 #42

Exactly. Hekate Dec 2018 #45

He universities I attended both had on campus medical care The Genealogist Dec 2018 #2

Yes. In a way, it was my first introduction to the concept of MineralMan Dec 2018 #4

Birth control is a moral saidsimplesimon Dec 2018 #5

Actually, continuing a pregnancy is the alternative to abortion. ehrnst Dec 2018 #37

Because it would never occur to men to restrict women's rights. Mariana Dec 2018 #69

What changed? Bucky Dec 2018 #8

It's more fundamental than that PSPS Dec 2018 #12

Help me out. Isn't the pool in a pooled risk essentially the policy holders? Bucky Dec 2018 #24

Policy holder risk - the Insurance Co. dictates level of insurance they'll cover on your policy. haele Dec 2018 #76

That's why I'm a single-pool, single-payer advocate. MineralMan Dec 2018 #51

Add to that the staggering cost of medical school, which leaves young docs heavily in debt for years Hekate Dec 2018 #35

Most hospitals were non-profits back then, too... Wounded Bear Dec 2018 #68

Insurance is what changed. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2018 #71

Daughter was born snowybirdie Dec 2018 #11

Yes. That still represented a big expense for young families though. MineralMan Dec 2018 #15

That's like $2930 today Bucky Dec 2018 #25

Daughter had a preemie baby 5 years ago, watoos Dec 2018 #27

Did they work? Midnightwalk Dec 2018 #13

If I got pregnant, it would be a true miracle. MineralMan Dec 2018 #14

I was born in 1957 in Germany gopiscrap Dec 2018 #16

Everyone under the age of 70 or so who reads the OP PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #17

That's all very true. MineralMan Dec 2018 #18

Absolutely. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #19

Maybe under 60 MiniMe Dec 2018 #20

Regarding rubella, check into getting a vax if you have not had it. Not for your protection, but for Hekate Dec 2018 #38

There was probably no penicillin in the gamma globulin injection. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #62

I misspoke. I meant "in the mix of various meds that might be given." Yeah, people don't know... Hekate Dec 2018 #65

As I recall, red measles (as opposed to German measles, aka rubella) luvtheGWN Dec 2018 #41

Yup. I had every childhood disease as a child, except MineralMan Dec 2018 #52

Never got Diptheria either, or Whooping Cough MiniMe Dec 2018 #55

You probably had rubella and didn't know it LeftInTX Dec 2018 #57

Very possible MiniMe Dec 2018 #61

You make excellent points. Blue_true Dec 2018 #23

Did you see the statistics that just came out? watoos Dec 2018 #30

Suicide -- and the opioid epidemic Hekate Dec 2018 #39

Yes, I saw that it went down, but it went down PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #63

This may not remain true much longer... Moostache Dec 2018 #40

+1 violetpastille Dec 2018 #64

Just as an aside, Larry Niven was writing science fiction about organ transplants in the 60s :) /nt LongtimeAZDem Dec 2018 #77

One other thing to consider. All of my grandparents were sinkingfeeling Dec 2018 #43

Manual labor also has it's own issues LeftInTX Dec 2018 #58

Hate to say this, but I had several people in my family essme Dec 2018 #67

I too didn't get consistent healthcare until I went to college. Blue_true Dec 2018 #21

After I graduated from college, I had MineralMan Dec 2018 #22

After I graduated, I got hired by a major Corp and went into it's comprehensive HMO. Blue_true Dec 2018 #70

I started college in 1965. Visits to the med center were free. Shrike47 Dec 2018 #26

Yes, those were the days, in some ways. MineralMan Dec 2018 #28

Believe it was 1963 when I discovered I was allergic to penicillin benld74 Dec 2018 #29

A lot of people were sensitized to penicillin that way. MineralMan Dec 2018 #31

Dentists back in those days were scarier. watoos Dec 2018 #32

Hell yes Hekate Dec 2018 #46

Remember similar things from 1966 Ohio. sinkingfeeling Dec 2018 #33

It was the same during the 70s LeftInTX Dec 2018 #56

Penicillin in the ass -- I remember those days Codeine Dec 2018 #59

Well, the parents expected it, so there was that. MineralMan Dec 2018 #75

One thing typically ignored is that if you made it past 35 years old in - insert year here - essme Dec 2018 #72

That's absolutely true, but when you are 73, that's not much comfort. MineralMan Dec 2018 #73

Well consider yourself in a bonus round! essme Dec 2018 #74