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nightscanner59

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8. Exactly why I am planning a mexico trip to get my MRI

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Sun Mar 24, 2013, 05:50 PM

Mar 2013

Blue Cross screwed me out of coverage after job loss 3 years ago, sent me the Cobra that quoted over 4000 bucks a month to continue care of my condition after I got hurt. Unsure of how much better I can get now, I only keep my catastrophic plan to cover major emergencies now.

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I hate this for profit, price gouging, health care system [View all] kairos12 Mar 2013 OP

Do you have a link to the article? wercal Mar 2013 #1

I know newspapers in those backwards areas. TexasTowelie Mar 2013 #5

& There are/will be others and people wonder why some do not love the USA. patrice Mar 2013 #2

me too. the last concern in the chain is the patient. spanone Mar 2013 #3

It's morally repulsive RainDog Mar 2013 #4

Yes....this is the patient is not part of our model plan..... Swede Atlanta Mar 2013 #6

I agree damilgin Mar 2013 #7

Exactly why I am planning a mexico trip to get my MRI nightscanner59 Mar 2013 #8

The People's Trust in Corporations Left Turn Only Mar 2013 #9

Not making excuses for the system (I think it borders on eugenics), but there are clinics... rwsanders Mar 2013 #10

I would like to know LWolf Mar 2013 #11

Me too! City Lights Mar 2013 #12

Agreed !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2013 #13

This is truly sad.... jazzimov Mar 2013 #14

Too bad cause univeral/single payer is "off the table" just1voice Mar 2013 #15

In keeping with your reply... kairos12 Mar 2013 #17

Seriously. Fuck all those who are profiting from illness. That ain't right. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #16

good thing we're now mandated to use it, with no publicly administered, profit neutral alternative Maven Mar 2013 #18

kick woo me with science Mar 2013 #19