Now imagine an elderly couple with health issues, living on retirement, that is forced to pay this exorbitant amount of money each year, ON TOP OF the severely increased cost of medications, food, energy, and gasoline.
Prices keep rising in every sector while the dollar becomes less valuable every day. We are going to soon enter a period where we end up like the Weimar Republic did, where the dollar will be used for fireplace kindling. But it's preventable.
Quit blaming just one side or the other, or just one politician. This is a problem that is the whole country's fault for letting it get this bad while waiting for someone (who isn't going to come) to fix it for us.
This is why my plan is to live insurance-free. If I get sick and die, then that was God's plan for me. Who am I to thwart his will? Good, clean living with plenty of exercise is the best I can do, and it is all I will do. My kids are grown, and I'm not afraid to die. I just want to live long enough for this shit show to come to justice, and for $GME to MOASS enough that if I change my mind about the insurance, I can just pay cash, kek.
I have a friend on a medi-share type program. her husband has sleep apnea. The doctors office said he had to get this certain sleep test, then they would try a mouth guard, if that didn't work, he had to do another test, and all sorts of hoops... before he could get a c-pap machine.
She said "We have this program." The office said "oh! Then you can just go right to cpap." and he got the ccpap.
I personally think cpaps are a bandaid for what is really going on, and there needs to be a fix rather than a band aid, however they were pleased they could skip all the protocol and flow charts and go right to what they needed.
I was reading the comments and I'm just wondering why no one else is asking, why isn't he (a board certified medical doctor) treating his own family for illness? I mean, damn, a little common sense goes a long way. And I'm not saying this to the frens here, I'm talking about common sense on the doctor's side.
The only thing he could offer his family is his own services and professional advice. That would not include things like lab fees, x-rays, medications, hospital fees, or anything else, which is where the bulk of the cost of medical care lies.
Most GPs don't make the kind of money many people think they do. The bigger money is in specialties and that can vary depending on the specialty. But for the average GP, not so much. I have known some GPs that were only getting about $140k right out of school. Sounds like a lot until you factor in the cost of the student loans for at least 20 years which is not cheap. The cost of getting that sheepskin has also dramatically increased in recent years. In addition, most of them are working for corporates now or small group practices. The days of private practice are in the past. The ACA also accelerated that.
Till the ACA, catastrophic insurance used to be available. You used to be able to get that coverage fairly cheaply. That is all I had for years and I was glad I did. I was nailed by a drunk driver and spent nearly 5 months in hospital and several years of recovery. I was only 24 at the time.
The ACA killed all that by requiring all medical plans to cover things most people don't need or want. So they blew the entire system up to cover a very small number of patients and called it a win while the majority of people got screwed. The insurance companies are the only ones that made out and in spades. Still waiting for my $2500 and I lost my doctor.
You mean the Affordable Care Act - right? (ACA). I saw AOC so many times I had to go back and look it up. I knew it was ACA, but seeing AOC and you talking about GPs made me think you were British and they renamed their NHS. The last time I heard someone call doctors GPs I lived in London.
Thank you for your service. No doubt the UK has changed a lot since you were there. UK citizens are soon going to be seeking asylum in other countries.
Now imagine an elderly couple with health issues, living on retirement, that is forced to pay this exorbitant amount of money each year, ON TOP OF the severely increased cost of medications, food, energy, and gasoline.
Prices keep rising in every sector while the dollar becomes less valuable every day. We are going to soon enter a period where we end up like the Weimar Republic did, where the dollar will be used for fireplace kindling. But it's preventable.
Quit blaming just one side or the other, or just one politician. This is a problem that is the whole country's fault for letting it get this bad while waiting for someone (who isn't going to come) to fix it for us.
This is why my plan is to live insurance-free. If I get sick and die, then that was God's plan for me. Who am I to thwart his will? Good, clean living with plenty of exercise is the best I can do, and it is all I will do. My kids are grown, and I'm not afraid to die. I just want to live long enough for this shit show to come to justice, and for $GME to MOASS enough that if I change my mind about the insurance, I can just pay cash, kek.
For many years before Obummer, I did not buy insurance. I could have thru my work but not wasting money because I didn't need it.
Dental, completely different. Now, I just pay cash on that.
Obummer legacy, backed up by Chief Justice Robets
I have a friend on a medi-share type program. her husband has sleep apnea. The doctors office said he had to get this certain sleep test, then they would try a mouth guard, if that didn't work, he had to do another test, and all sorts of hoops... before he could get a c-pap machine.
She said "We have this program." The office said "oh! Then you can just go right to cpap." and he got the ccpap. I personally think cpaps are a bandaid for what is really going on, and there needs to be a fix rather than a band aid, however they were pleased they could skip all the protocol and flow charts and go right to what they needed.
Sleep Apnea and the CPAP is just fixing the symptoms like you said.
I was reading the comments and I'm just wondering why no one else is asking, why isn't he (a board certified medical doctor) treating his own family for illness? I mean, damn, a little common sense goes a long way. And I'm not saying this to the frens here, I'm talking about common sense on the doctor's side.
The only thing he could offer his family is his own services and professional advice. That would not include things like lab fees, x-rays, medications, hospital fees, or anything else, which is where the bulk of the cost of medical care lies.
A doctor can't afford that?
Doesn't seem likely. You need insurance for catastrophic health issues that you can't predict.
Most GPs don't make the kind of money many people think they do. The bigger money is in specialties and that can vary depending on the specialty. But for the average GP, not so much. I have known some GPs that were only getting about $140k right out of school. Sounds like a lot until you factor in the cost of the student loans for at least 20 years which is not cheap. The cost of getting that sheepskin has also dramatically increased in recent years. In addition, most of them are working for corporates now or small group practices. The days of private practice are in the past. The ACA also accelerated that.
Till the ACA, catastrophic insurance used to be available. You used to be able to get that coverage fairly cheaply. That is all I had for years and I was glad I did. I was nailed by a drunk driver and spent nearly 5 months in hospital and several years of recovery. I was only 24 at the time.
The ACA killed all that by requiring all medical plans to cover things most people don't need or want. So they blew the entire system up to cover a very small number of patients and called it a win while the majority of people got screwed. The insurance companies are the only ones that made out and in spades. Still waiting for my $2500 and I lost my doctor.
You mean the Affordable Care Act - right? (ACA). I saw AOC so many times I had to go back and look it up. I knew it was ACA, but seeing AOC and you talking about GPs made me think you were British and they renamed their NHS. The last time I heard someone call doctors GPs I lived in London.
Thank you. Brain fart on my part. I went back and corrected my mistake. : )
GP is an older term for sure - like me. It means General Practice. Now days it's more like PCP, Primary Care Provider or Internal Medicine.
Right - my first duty station in the USAF was in England - as an 18yo. I had zero idea what these "GPs" were.
Thank you for your service. No doubt the UK has changed a lot since you were there. UK citizens are soon going to be seeking asylum in other countries.
Not any more.