When I wrote that post, things were much better. I hadn’t had a grand-mal in about a year. I mostly would have small focal seizures every month or so – usually during my period.
“Auras”, (seizure warnings, which can often happen all by themselves) are more common, but while annoying, one can deal.
Well, unfortunately, things changed – my seizures have gotten worse. I’m on a larger dosage of meds (a cocktail, if you will), and unlike before, I can’t even have a morning cup of coffee. Instead of the occassional focal, I’m having monthly grand mals.
May none of your daughters EVER, EVER get sick like this, Crafter_Man. Because I’d hate to see how you’d just brush it off.
So I changed my mind. That all right with you? :dubious:
Carol Stream, so nice of you to put down all those hard working people employed at jobs that are somehow “beneath you”. So they’re not really working, are they?
This is just to educate people on how seizure disorders develop. My grandfather, for example, had seizures as a child, and then didn’t start again until after he was married. (At least, that’s what I’ve been told.)
Or, more likely, you know jackshit about how certain illnesses develop and act.
(FWIW, people, I don’t give a shit what those two crotchmaggots think – but yes, my seizures have gotten more frequent and more severe. Indeed, when I posted that, I hadn’t had a grand-mal in months. :()
But you know what, Carol, why do you even STAY here, then? You obviously have no respect, no liking for anyone here. So what’s the attraction?
Of course they do. Ever heard of Medicaid, Medicare, SCHIP, or free clinics? And most preventive care doesn’t cost a dime. It’s called taking care of yourself. The big consumers of medical care are fat, smoking, drinking, shooting, stabbing medical trainwrecks who wouldn’t get a regular checkup if the nurse was giving free handjobs. If the only thing keeping a person from getting a checkup is the cost, he’s probably doing fine already.
Some people believe government medicine would be able to control costs and use the savings to extend care to more people. If they try it and it works, great. But I’m skeptical.
Are you insane? What are you talking about, most preventive care doesn’t cost a dime? Well-baby checkups, immunizations, regular eye exams, dental exams, gynecological exams, regular physicals, etc.: None of those things are free, and none of them are avoidable just by “taking care of yourself.”
Not to mention, as has been pointed out – if people have conditions like, diabetes, epilepsy, or asthma, you can’t just rely on “taking good care of yourself.”
Prescriptions cost buco bucks. And not everyone is ELLIGIBLE for the programs you mention, Hyperelastic.
Medicaid is for low income people. Medicare is for people 65 or older. SCHIP is for low income children and have you ever seen a free clinic?
People don’t have care, today, right now, this very minute. You’re simply wrong about it being available in America for everyone.
It’s good to be skeptical, but you should have relevant facts too. And if you think that anyone can get medical care in the US you’re simply wrong. People are dying right now because their health care insurer has decided they don’t deserve some treatment.
This is so devoid of any basis in reality I don’t even know where to start.
Plenty of people can have full time jobs that don’t pay enough to afford medical care and simultaneously put them outside the qualifications for Medicaid. Medicare is only for 65+. And preventative care is prohibitively expensive, that’s why the ER system is abused to much because “they can’t say no” if you go in with an emergency.
I’m not sure what exactly you’re advocating here, that people who are sick probably did something to deserve it and therefore shouldn’t get medical care? I’ll bet a lot of those people would much rather get regular checkups than let their condition get so severe they were forced to go to the ER. Sheesh.
Newsflash for ya: Respect has to be earned. What, in 36,000 posts, deserves respect? Your chronic unemployment? The malady of the week? “Thoughts” about your kitties? I’m not seeing it.
I need to speak up to confirm this, ignoring the snarkfest. The lady with whom we’re living is working full time and in a very minor supervisory capacity (she gets to tell three other employees on other shifts what her boss said needs doing) – and she is not able to afford health insurance, which is not available through her work. In fact, her kids’ medical checkups are paid through Medicaid; if it were her obligation, she’d need to choose between rent, utilities, adequate food, and medical care – pick three of four. This is very typical of the “working poor” in my experience.
Nobody has yet to satisfactorily explain why anyone should be compelled to pay for anyone else’s health care. If I get group health insurance for myself and my family, my premiums are pooled and everyone is paid out of that pool. I’m cool with that - it was a voluntary choice on my part to join that plan.
But why should my taxes be raised to pay from someone else’s health care? I’m not cool with that - it’s not voluntary on my part and I can’t opt out. I have enough trouble paying my own premiums; why the hell should I be forced to pay someone else’s as well?
Because you pay for it now. Your taxes currently go to pay for people who stagger into ERs with the the mumps.
The workforce is a natural resource. A healthier workforce will lead to more profit for business in the long run. Just like roads do, just like fiber optic lines do, just like power lines do, just like running water does.
Your business may never use 99% of the roads in the country, but by having them we create an environment where business can prosper and capitalism thrives.
Same thing with the workforce. If more people are working, more people have preventative care, more people less worried about their kids getting sick, people will spend more, drive more business, be more productive and help us as a nation.
Other countries do it and they are fucking our companies in the turd-clipper because we can’t compete.
If you have Medicare, the current deductibles are $1,068 for a hospital stay. For Part B (trips to the doctor and other expenses), you have a yearly deductible of $135, plus you pay 20 percent of the costs after the deductible is met. Of course, private insurance or state assistance can reduce these amounts, but there are a great many old people who cannot afford private insurance.
Medicaid has certain income limits which vary from state to state (it is a joint federal-state program). If you have an income that is barely above this amount, you might be screwed when you need healthcare. Not only that, but some Medicaid-Medicare beneficiaries receive help that consists only of the state paying for their prescription drug programs; when it comes to medical services they have to use Medicare for those.
There are also spend-downs in many, if not all states. Those are monthly amounts you have to pay before Medicaid steps in and helps you. In some states, these spend-downs are so damn high, you may as well get private insurance.
Oh, by the way, doctors have the right to decide not to accept Medicare or Medicaid, if they wish.
Even if they take you to court and/or wreck your credit, if you refuse to do anything about it there’s not much they can do. One of my coworkers worked at a local health complex in accounts and she told me various ins and outs of what her hospital will and won’t do.
As for the people saying there’s free care and affordable care, did any one of you read my post above? I had good insurance, a decent job, and a husband with a chronic illness. I went tens of thousands of dollars into debt.
You people are asinine. You wear your ignorance like a beer hat, taking a deep swig whenever the facts are starting to catch up to you.
Not just taxes but all insurance premiums and medical costs. For a hospital to stay in business, someone has to cover their costs. Congratulations to everyone with health insurance! You are paying big money to give the world’s most expensive shitty care to the poor!
