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bvar22

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113. Any Feed Store will do.

Wed Mar 18, 2015, 05:56 PM

Mar 2015

Every small town in the country has a "feed store".
Just go to your nearest small town and follow the Pick-Ups with 50 lb bags of feed and fertilizer in the back.

If the pick-up is carrying a load of 50 lb sacks of sugar,
best leave them alone.

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Want to know why we're screwed regarding healthcare? [View all] bluesbassman Mar 2015 OP

Did you have insurance? I just noticed my son's last bill pnwmom Mar 2015 #1

No insurance. bluesbassman Mar 2015 #4

It's not too late to look at what's offered on the exchanges and change your mind. pnwmom Mar 2015 #18

Subsidies don't work for self-employed people BrotherIvan Mar 2015 #105

They aren't junk insurance, at least in general. My son has a good one. pnwmom Mar 2015 #106

Yes, I hate my insurance and can't find better that's affordable BrotherIvan Mar 2015 #107

He needed a certain prescription last year that cost more per month pnwmom Mar 2015 #108

I hope you have a catastrophic health insurance plan at the very least. Revanchist Mar 2015 #37

+1 lovemydog Mar 2015 #93

Premiums are not to exceed 9% of your income. You should have gotten a policy. TheNutcracker Mar 2015 #50

Since you refuse to get insureace, go to CVS pharmacy, if they have one in your area. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #79

We wouldn't tolerate buying bread and milk this way HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #5

But yet we do justalovebug Mar 2015 #11

But NOT in the same store. HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #13

In Big Y if I don't have my big y savings card to scan I pay more justalovebug Mar 2015 #15

But you sign up FOR FREE...and CAN DO IT AT THE CHECK OUT HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #16

Just the basic one is free justalovebug Mar 2015 #22

The poor have Medicaid. Our system is the best we have had in years yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #30

Depends on where you are. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #42

SOME of the poor have medicaid HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #56

True. I should have said some. yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #72

Horseshit malokvale77 Mar 2015 #84

No it doesn't work that way yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #87

What you don't understand... malokvale77 Mar 2015 #90

why no suits under the equal protection clause? elehhhhna Mar 2015 #38

Because there is no law that says all people must be charged the same pnwmom Mar 2015 #67

Uninsured people usually get a discount herding cats Mar 2015 #7

Insured people automatically get the standard discount that the insurance pnwmom Mar 2015 #20

Huh, I never requested it in all those years. herding cats Mar 2015 #89

Actually, lancer78 Mar 2015 #109

Mostly all prescribed drugs should be over the counter justalovebug Mar 2015 #2

I didn't even mention that in the OP. $58 for generic amoxicillin. bluesbassman Mar 2015 #8

Have to disagree with you about prescription drugs YarnAddict Mar 2015 #27

People don't do that now with overthe counter drugs justalovebug Mar 2015 #31

"You know when you have an infection or not" but how do you know if it is bacterial or uppityperson Mar 2015 #32

you got me on that justalovebug Mar 2015 #36

So is this the kind, gentler side? uppityperson Mar 2015 #43

I'm a love bug justalovebug Mar 2015 #45

But not a March love bug? uppityperson Mar 2015 #47

All year round justalovebug Mar 2015 #51

And what about the other one who I have seen so much of recently? uppityperson Mar 2015 #52

Not always YarnAddict Mar 2015 #39

"You know when you have an infection or not." Not necessarily. WillowTree Mar 2015 #46

well, since antibiotics have always been prescription-only, i wonder how we got in ND-Dem Mar 2015 #48

My doc once admitted to me YarnAddict Mar 2015 #61

i don't have much sympathy. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #70

It is a doctor-caused problem. JimDandy Mar 2015 #62

Actually, patients often raise a stink if they don't get a prescription. Hoyt Mar 2015 #73

Any doctor prescribing an antibiotic when not necessary JimDandy Mar 2015 #74

Unreasonable patients are also part of the problem. And there are lots of them. Hoyt Mar 2015 #75

I don't know why you are pushing the ridiculous 'the patient is part of the problem'... JimDandy Mar 2015 #85

You're right and wrong elias7 Mar 2015 #95

By all means. malokvale77 Mar 2015 #88

Anybody can go to the Farmer's Co-Op and buy bvar22 Mar 2015 #110

where is the farmers co-op? i've never seen one. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #112

Any Feed Store will do. bvar22 Mar 2015 #113

I hope your gig paid enough to cover it.... panader0 Mar 2015 #3

Nah, just a dive bar gig. bluesbassman Mar 2015 #9

Really? They let you walk out the door without paying and billed you two weeks later? notadmblnd Mar 2015 #6

They wouldn't tell me up front what the charges were going to be, or even when I left. bluesbassman Mar 2015 #10

When I had throat surgery it was crazy sitting down justalovebug Mar 2015 #12

I probably should've done that, but at that point I didn't have any viable options. bluesbassman Mar 2015 #14

Please check out bronze plans from the providers in your state. pnwmom Mar 2015 #21

It's better that you didn't justalovebug Mar 2015 #26

I avoid the blood sucking leeches whenever possible. JEB Mar 2015 #17

If you had insurance, I bet you would be responsible for about $200. Hoyt Mar 2015 #19

Right. The ACA has fixed some of the problems the OP is talking about. pnwmom Mar 2015 #23

I have looked into it. bluesbassman Mar 2015 #60

It's your gamble! Good luck with that. B Calm Mar 2015 #63

Are you saying that, even with whatever subsidy you could get, pnwmom Mar 2015 #65

It's the catastrophic that matters most. lovemydog Mar 2015 #94

but someone still pays for/gets paid for the rest. that's as big a problem as the ND-Dem Mar 2015 #49

No, the provider has to write off the rest of their inflated charge, if one is insured. Hoyt Mar 2015 #57

depends on the charge. but as a rule, they don't. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #69

You are wrong. The insurer's allowable governs, as long as you use an in network provider. Hoyt Mar 2015 #71

Not true. The same thing happens with Medicare. pnwmom Mar 2015 #66

but someone still gets more, e.g. drug companies. and that's the real problem. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #68

snark. generic amoxicillin doesn't cost $58 no matter who's paying for it Doctor_J Mar 2015 #59

In the US... sendero Mar 2015 #24

Are you sure you were seen by a physician? COLGATE4 Mar 2015 #25

Your insurance will pay most of it yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #28

He states in a comment up top that he doesn't have insurance. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #33

Well for goodness sake. No wonder they are paying full price yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #35

Well, yes and no. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #40

With a lower income he'd probably be eligible for a large subsidy. pnwmom Mar 2015 #54

False sense of invincibility? bluesbassman Mar 2015 #82

It is false to think that your health so far predicts your health in the ensuing decades. pnwmom Mar 2015 #83

Some clinics like that one are set up like an emergency room Major Nikon Mar 2015 #29

I think you got seriously screwed over. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #34

My son's trip to an urgent care resulted in no charge at all. pnwmom Mar 2015 #55

Same with ours and we're on a cheap silver plan. B Calm Mar 2015 #64

I didn't have any 'in-network' places close enough. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #98

There are two states -- I believe Maryland is one -- that legally require pnwmom Mar 2015 #99

I'm in a state with a Republican governor, an overwhelmingly Republican state legislature Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #100

sorry you don't have healthcare marlakay Mar 2015 #41

Wow. That's steep! My daughter's boyfriend had strepthroat and we went to Urgent Care BlueCaliDem Mar 2015 #44

Aren't you out here in the Bay Area? KamaAina Mar 2015 #53

healthcare stocks are through the roof Doctor_J Mar 2015 #58

This is an excellent example of how and why this is over priced…. midnight Mar 2015 #76

Probably something like $10 in Europe, just so there is a co-pay to eliminate 'free goods' problem on point Mar 2015 #77

If there is a next time and if there's a Minute Clinic (or equivalent) in your area, go there dflprincess Mar 2015 #78

CVS Pharmacy has a similar program. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #80

Sickening OBblueMeanie Mar 2015 #81

How much did the insurance pay (years ago-before ACA) on your first surgery? B Calm Mar 2015 #92

It's just great abelenkpe Mar 2015 #86

My local clinic has been crappy for a long time daredtowork Mar 2015 #91

I agree; the ACA is NOT health care. alarimer Mar 2015 #96

Negotiate for a lower bill, bluesbassman!!! Lars39 Mar 2015 #97

Single Payor MrMickeysMom Mar 2015 #101

We have entrenched the concept of for profit healthcare even further. NCTraveler Mar 2015 #102

Ayup! BrotherIvan Mar 2015 #111

What do you think people who spend years upaloopa Mar 2015 #103

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #104