MIATA POWER LIST, PEOPLE - MIATA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mark Cookson wrote: > I only needed to wait a week for my MRI (which was this morning), and > that was a non-critical MRI; plus it was with the new "big magnet" > high resolution MRI. I'm sure it cost more but, hey, I'm worth it. > > And that's the problem with trying to let market forces set the price, > because how much is not being in pain worth? It will cost me up to my > $2000 yearly deductible for me, but how much it costs my insurance > company, who knows, and I didn't really care last week. And I didn't > even consider the "cheaper" option of trying random physical therapy > things to see if something else might have worked (knowing full well > that I'm going to go to PT, but at least now we'll know what for). > > I decided to spend thousands of someone else's dollars without giving > it a second thought. How much is not dying worth to you? Now how much > is it worth to you if you can get someone else to pay for it? People > will spend all that they have and then borrow more just to live or > live a life without pain. When you know people are willing to spend > more than they have, or spend someone else's money without thinking > about it, why would you ever charge less? > > Having insurance companies making billions of dollars a year in profit > shows that someone (and it really doesn't seem like "many") are > getting rich off of the suffering of others. A not-for-profit > insurance company doesn't mean that people work for free, it just > means that the CEO doesn't make $250 million a year, which seems > completely reasonable to me. > > Plus I think there's a bit of a moral obligation to help the sick. > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 4:40 PM, <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > not fruitless. anyway, you can set a filter in your email to take > a part of this subject line and direct it into another folder. you > COULD send them right to the trash bin, but if you save them, > you'll have something to read while you wait 3 mos for an MRI... lol > anyway just set a filter and you'll be good. > on that same topic, I filter my miata power messages into a miata > folder by filtering on any message set TO "miatapower". I also > filter two other groups the same way. I find it very helpful to > automatically sort messages into their correct folder. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Response: ABC News' John Stossel Blows Lid off > ObamaCare > From: "Matt" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Thu, September 24, 2009 1:30 pm > To: "Jim Wilson" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>, <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Is there a way to temporarily shut off emails from miatapower. > This discussion is fruitless and wasting bandwidth. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Jim Wilson <mailto:[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 4:32 PM > *Subject:* RE: Response: ABC News' John Stossel Blows Lid > off ObamaCare > > “rate premiums according to the insured's income”….so now > I should pay more for my dental cleaning than the guy > after me getting the same service who earns less…… are you > kidding me?!!! How about my car? Gas, food, water, oil, > beer, etc…. > Besides – we’re already doing that – it’s called income > tax – and that’s broken too. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of > *Casey Wheeler > *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:00 AM > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: Response: ABC News' John Stossel Blows Lid > off ObamaCare > It hasn't been a problem because the people paying for it > havent made it an issue. Like all companies and > industries, were there is a need, a company(s) will fill > it. I do t believe pre-existing conditions is "that" big > of a deal, other wise INS. Companies would create special > policies to address them. Of course they want to create as > many policies as possible and cover as many people as > possible.... To make more money!!! It doesn't make since > that they wouldn't want to do that. It may be expensive, > and rightly so, but it can be done. Secondly, it is normal > procedure to deny coverage on say 30% of DME claims. Most > people don't pay any attention and go ahead and pay pay > for the dme themselves. It might he a shifty way to do > things but, it's 30% that the INS doesn't have to pay > becuase you weren't paying attention. > Healthcare is expensive, and I want the best I can afford. > To have the best, you have to put in more. People the > world over come here to be healed. God bless'em. And even > at this point our researcher can still make enough money > to produce new, better products and procedures. You take > away this incentive and the business will shrink. I sure > as hell won't work for less than I'm worth, let alone > free.... > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Sep 24, 2009, at 9:32 AM, [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > In a message dated 9/24/2009 8:23:54 A.M. Eastern > Standard Time, [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> writes: > > The answer to the problem is to allow companies to > create plans that people want. Stop the govt from > mandating that everything under the sun has to be > covered in every plan and let me choose exactly > what I want to pay for. Let companies compete > across state lines, let small companies pool > together to get discounts. Lastly, why don't we > get the govt to quit taking half my pay check and > let me put MY money where it needs to go. > Casey > Sent from my iPhone > > The Health Care industry has had many decades to > address the problems and they have not done so. > Why is that? It is because they don't want to address > the problems. They're making money. They don't want to > lower premiums or rate premiums according to the > insured's income. They don't want to deal with people > who may have pre-existing conditions. They don't want > to pay for the insured person's health care. > They DO want to collect premiums. > Jerry aka LGO > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.112/2393 - Release Date: 09/24/09 > 18:00:00 > > -- _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
