Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-24 Thread Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310
-Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Mountain Man Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 8:47 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays Curt wrote: I don't know what the answer is Yes

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-24 Thread Curt Raymond
: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID:     1370e90cffd2ac4b8cb65267ba10c4b801193...@naeachrlez02v.nadsusea.nads.navy.mil     Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=us-ascii Anecdotal evidence I know, but from 3 different docs I've heard

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2009-09-24 Thread Mitch Haley
Curt Raymond wrote: Part of that has been the unwillingness to self-regulate bad doctors. Other docs have been covering up for years and years. Sort of like pedophile priests. ...or crooked lawyers/judges, or bad cops. (but I think cops are the only ones where the 'bad apples' get to dictate

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-24 Thread Gary Hurst
-regulate bad doctors. Other docs have been covering up for years and years. Sort of like pedophile priests. Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:10:09 -0400 From: Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC,53310 meade.m.dil...@navy.mil Subject: Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays To: Mercedes

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2009-09-24 Thread R A Bennell
]on Behalf Of Gary Hurst Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:13 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays i once had a doctor who was very concerned about the treatment my daughter was getting from her pediatrician and he privately told me roughly the following: ok, i

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-23 Thread Curt Raymond
close at the numbers but I suspect the penalty is cheaper than insurance. -Curt Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:25:22 -0400 From: LarryT l02tur...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: 88f407504f4848c799dae85d73110

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2009-09-23 Thread Curt Raymond
: Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: 80122a28-7c84-4373-b6fc-51d71fc00...@earthlink.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed You are indeed VERY lucky -- so am I, in that I've never gotten stuck

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-23 Thread Allan Streib
On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:52 -0700, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm 33, I got to the doctor maybe once every 2 years, chiropractor maybe 4 or 5 times a year, nothing else. My insurance costs my employer and myself probably $3,000 a year (for just me) to provide maybe $400 in

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-23 Thread Mitch Haley
Curt Raymond wrote: When I was last unemployed Cobra was $900/mo for just me... I didn't take it but if I get unemployed again I HAVE to, MA state law says take insurance or pay the penalty. Actually I'll have to look close at the numbers but I suspect the penalty is cheaper than insurance.

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-23 Thread Mitch Haley
Allan Streib wrote: ... sitting pretty until God forbid one of you has an accident and spends a few weeks in intensive care. Then your math works a little differently. I don't know about Curt, but here in Michigan that would not be on the health insurer, it would be between the auto

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-23 Thread dave walton
Nothing is keeping you in the US. You are free to get a work visa and move to any civilized country of your choice. Chances are you will be fully insured the moment you set foot on foreign soil. That's not how it works in the US, however... -Dave Walton On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Mitch

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-23 Thread pm7088
. -- Peter Arnold Windsor, CT - Original Message - From: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com To: Diesel List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 8:52:26 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays I'm 33, I got to the doctor maybe once

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2009-09-23 Thread pm7088
Evergreen Lodge #88 A.F. A.M. 34 Country Club Drive Windsor, CT 06095 - Original Message - From: dave walton walton.d...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:33:00 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [MBZ] we pay

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2009-09-23 Thread dave walton
, CT 06095 - Original Message - From: dave walton walton.d...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:33:00 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays Nothing is keeping you in the US. You

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2009-09-23 Thread Gary Hurst
maybe what keeps him here is that haley kinda thinks it's his country and just can't figure out how to get it back from guys like you? the idea that we should just cheerfully accept being more abused than 19th century russian surfs or get out is a tough one for me to understand. On Wed, Sep 23,

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-23 Thread dave walton
Perhaps I need to be a bit more explicit when using sarcasm? I did intend, however, to put the issue into a more global perspective. -Dave Walton On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: maybe what keeps him here is that haley kinda thinks it's his country and

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-23 Thread Curt Raymond
pay, that's who pays To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: 1253711208.6710.1336233...@webmail.messagingengine.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:52 -0700, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm 33, I got to the doctor maybe once

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-23 Thread Curt Raymond
that chasing where that money goes is a good way to get to the truth. -Curt Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:43:00 + (UTC) From: pm7...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID:     1110114090.6101671253713380038.javamail.r

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2009-09-23 Thread Curt Raymond
to bias our healthcare costs up by forcing hospitals to have excess capacity and thus extra costs. -Curt Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:05:14 + (UTC) From: pm7...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID

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2009-09-23 Thread LarryT
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 12:44 PM To: Diesel List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays The European long wait argument is a pretty common one used against socialized medicine. I'm given to understand the long wait is for routine non-life threatening

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2009-09-23 Thread Mitch Haley
LarryT wrote: The BBC reports wait times for chemo therapy is 6-8 months That's one way to lower the cost of cancer treatment. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

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2009-09-23 Thread LarryT
...@voyager.net Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 2:04 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays LarryT wrote: The BBC reports wait times for chemo therapy is 6-8 months That's one way to lower the cost of cancer treatment. Mitch

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2009-09-23 Thread Mitch Haley
LarryT wrote: But Obama doesn't consider that as rationing - which is where the whole death squad controversy came from. What do Death Squads have to do with health care? Do you expect Obama to reassign Lon Horiuchi and friends from the Federal Bureau of Instigation to the Ministry of

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-23 Thread Mountain Man
Mitch wrote: If this comes to pass, it will mean the end of my compliance with all federal tax laws, and no, I won't be paying the fine for failure to purchase insurance either. I'm singing the same song here. When not-having-insurance becomes outlawed, only outlaws will not have insurance.

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2009-09-23 Thread Mountain Man
Curt wrote: I don't know what the answer is Yes there is a golden bullet type answer - annihilate the racketeering - it is common law in each state of the union, if not the federal rule. Once you eliminate the pool of monies that providers can tap into, the costs need to drop to a level where

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-22 Thread LarryT
for Weber Parts or Porsche Posters? www.youroil.net -- From: Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 11:03 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays Dan wrote: Just as some

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-22 Thread Rich Thomas
: Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays Dan wrote: Just as some dillweed who makes a conscious choice to avoid the use of protective gear, I should have the choice as to whether or not I fund research that might keep him from being a drooling quadraplegic for the rest of his life after he gets road

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-22 Thread WILTON
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 8:25 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays I don't know about the rest of ya'll but I was pretty healthy for many years. For an 11 year span I didn't miss work for health reasons. Then when I turned 50

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-22 Thread Peter Frederick
You are indeed VERY lucky -- so am I, in that I've never gotten stuck with a huge bill, but then I've been very healthy. Not every one is, though, and larger and larger numbers of people are going without decent insurance since it costs one of two paychecks per month for some of the guys I

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-22 Thread Mountain Man
Something is wrong with our indoctrinated concepts of insco and payments. As --R mentions - they bet on no failure, you know better. Then when failure comes, we are thankful for... failure? so they can pay out? I mean, what did pa do out on the prairie 100 years ago when failure happened? Yep,

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2009-09-21 Thread RELNGSON
in re: belts ..This is a common but stupid defense. When some fool gets himself made a charge of the state because of traumatic brain injury, Who Pays???.. Absolutely right. Applies to those knuckleheads who don't wear approved helmets while riding their motorcycles, too. RLE

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2009-09-21 Thread Gary Hurst
yeah, like those people who eat well and exercise who end up living forever and clogging up our nursing homes. i'm tired of paying for them too! On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 2:32 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote: in re: belts ..This is a common but stupid defense. When some fool gets himself

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-21 Thread LWB250
being a drooling quadraplegic for the rest of his life after he gets road rash from a wreck on his bike. Dan --- On Mon, 9/21/09, relng...@aol.com relng...@aol.com wrote: From: relng...@aol.com relng...@aol.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Date: Monday

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-21 Thread Mountain Man
Dan wrote: Just as some dillweed who makes a conscious choice to avoid the use of protective gear, I should have the choice as to whether or not I fund research that might keep him from being a drooling quadraplegic for the rest of his life after he gets road rash from a wreck on his bike.

Re: [MBZ] we pay, that's who pays

2009-09-21 Thread Rich Thomas
At one point many years ago I realized insurance was kinda weird in that the insco is betting that you won't die or get mangled, and you are betting you will. That sounds kinda backwards. --R Mountain Man wrote: Dan wrote: Just as some dillweed who makes a conscious choice to avoid the