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KT2000

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16. went through this with a friend

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #4)

Sat May 6, 2017, 02:30 AM

May 2017

he got his ACA insurance but all doctors here make new patients wait 3 months for their 1st appt. He had a problem so had to go to emergency room. He was released and given the name of a doctor to follow-up in a week. I took him to that doctor appt. and he was told that since he did not have a referral from the preferred provider - the one that insisted he wait 3 months for an appt. - they could not see him.
They were also assholes about it.

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"Nobody dies because they don't have health care insurance." [View all] Elwood P Dowd May 2017 OP

Raoul Labrador, ID PsychoBabble May 2017 #1

Here you go... procon May 2017 #2

the perfect example of how out of touch some representatives are renate May 2017 #5

He was lying. Cha May 2017 #19

and in other news water is wet! whistler162 May 2017 #21

Yup,just parroting the GOP Freedom Caucus Wellstone ruled May 2017 #3

Work in a hospital for more than twenty minutes and PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #4

Message deleted by DU the Administrators Boxerfan May 2017 #6

A heart? PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #17

I never waited tables, either, but I did work as a unit clerk in an ER mnhtnbb May 2017 #24

An important point, and very well stated. spiderpig May 2017 #7

+1 Hekate May 2017 #8

I have to disagree. I had a heart attack 5 years ago and had no insurance MiniMe May 2017 #9

You weren't stable enough to make it through the door. Warpy May 2017 #12

You can't get cemotheroapy from ER uponit7771 May 2017 #23

Of course not, and they expect to be paid for their services MiniMe May 2017 #26

Ex had a heart attack too. No insurance TBA May 2017 #25

It sounds like that is exactly what happened to you. Mariana May 2017 #28

went through this with a friend KT2000 May 2017 #16

So sorry to hear this. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #18

the blame game has become KT2000 May 2017 #31

Doesn't sound too bad uponit7771 May 2017 #22

what triple decker moron MFM008 May 2017 #10

2018 is fast approaching. nt oasis May 2017 #11

What he really meant is BainsBane May 2017 #13

Raul, lead by example: Drop your health care insurance immediately. VOX May 2017 #14

And drop your salary to median for your district. Stop fundraising. politicat May 2017 #15

This is the "ER Theory of Black-Hearted Republicans." Of course, diabetes, heart disease, WinkyDink May 2017 #20

Bullshit! A friend died from an abscessed fucking tooth the ER wouldn't treat. moriah May 2017 #27

just not true Horse with no Name May 2017 #29

He needs to see this. Adrahil May 2017 #30

True statement. It's not the lack of insurance that kills, ... JustABozoOnThisBus May 2017 #32