THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING AND GETTING TIRED OF IT. AND, YES, I'M YELLING!!!!!
Larry Alster wrote: > DELETE KEY > > > > > Larry Alster > > 91 Miata White Knight > 92 Miata Silver Bullet > 92 Miata Honey B > 04 MSM MX-5 Whooosh > 06 WRX STi Subie > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Young > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:25 PM > To: Mark Cookson > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: Response: ABC News' John Stossel Blows Lid off ObamaCare > > 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 > >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > 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
