I can only think that your plan is enlightened enough to prvide free well-baby visits.
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 6:51 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > $90 for an entire pregnancy of quality prenatal care. > > That's a bargain any way you slice it. > > How do you know you will have to pay several thousand? Is your wife's > insurance not very robust or....? > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Scott Stewart <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > I wanna know what insurance allows one co-pay for 9 months of care.. We > > have > > to pay a $10 co pay every time we go for a prenatal exam, and that's once > a > > month at this point.. and we're still gonna have to pay a few thousand > > dollars once MacKenna is born to cover the hospital expenses that my > wife's > > insurance doesn't cover. > > > > -- > > Scott Stewart > > ColdFusion Developer > > 4405 Oakshyre Way > > Raleigh, NC 27616 > > (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 8:13 AM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: How I lost my health insurance at the hairstylist's > > > > > > I can share another story. > > > > My wife and I decided it was time to start having children. She got > > pregnant, we paid a $20 co-pay on her first visit to OB/GYN. We paid > > nothing for each subsequent visit. My wife went into labor and after > > quite a few hours of labor, the Dr. decided that she needed a > > c-section. Fast forward 24 hours and my son was diagnosed with a > > stroke. He was moved to another hospital and spent 15 days in the > > Neonatal ICU before being discharged. How much extra did the > > unexpected c-section and stay in NICU cost us? Nothing. > > > > So, for $20 we got 9 months of doctors visits, including ultrasounds, > > blook work, etc, PLUS a 4 day stay in hospital for surgery/recovery > > PLUS a 15 day stay in an intensive care unit with blood work, MRIs, CT > > Scans, etc. If that is broke, I would love to see how it would work > > when its fixed. > > > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:06 AM, G Money<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Let me tell you another story.... > > > > > > While out playing football with my friends, I come down awkwardly on my > > > knee. It hurts for several days, so I go see my doctor. I pay him my > $15 > > > dollar co pay, he refers me to a knee specialist. The specialist sees > me > > the > > > next day, diagnoses a torn ACL, suggests surgery if I want to remain > > active. > > > A week later, I have my elective surgery, then 6 months of rehab, and > > > finally, a fitted, constructed-just-for-me knee brace. > > > > > > Total cost: $15 copay for initial visit. > > > > > > Immediate, top of the line care for an elective surgery to ensure a > > better > > > standard of living....for fifteen bucks. > > > > > > Now...I don't know if my experience is the exception or the > rule.....but > > > it's worth noting that there are those of us who've had nothing but > good > > > experiences with our "broken" health care system. > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> That's a brutal story. I count my lucky stars that I have nationalised > > >> healthcare. Waiting an extra week for non-emergency care is worth it > to > > >> know > > >> I'm at least going to get care. No matter what. > > >> > > >> This was a link at the bottom of the story. Pretty funny. Or sad, > since > > >> it's > > >> pretty much true. > > >> > > >> > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzDwXr9szxw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edailykos% > > > > > 2Ecom%2Fstory%2F2009%2F7%2F7%2F751100%2F%2DHow%2DI%2Dlost%2Dmy%2Dhealth%2Din< > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzDwXr9szxw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edailykos%%0A2Ecom%2Fstory%2F2009%2F7%2F7%2F751100%2F%2DHow%2DI%2Dlost%2Dmy%2Dhealth%2Din > > > > surance%2Dat%2Dthe%2Dhairstylists&feature=player_embedded > > >> > > >> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Sandra Clark <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/7/751100/-How-I-lost-my-health-insu > > >> > rance-at-the-hairstylists > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299675 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
