Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-08 Thread Richard Hattaway
All the doctors and insurance folks drive them ,,, On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 8:56 PM, Dwight Giles wrote: Whete does driving a Mercedes fit in this scheme? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-08 Thread Dieselhead
I did. -- Sent from myMail app for Android Monday, 07 April 2014, 11:14PM -0400 from Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com>: Yeah, there's a line stretching forever to become American citizens... Andrew, Did you see either of the 2 emails (offlist) I sent you about the wheels, or the later email ask

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-08 Thread Mountain Man
Dwight wrote: > Whete does driving a Mercedes fit in this scheme? For me driving W123 it means that the door will open if I drive carefully and someone else does not drive carefully. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.c

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-08 Thread Mountain Man
Greg wrote: > Something the gov't could have done to lower costs: Require the hospitals, > clinics etc. to publicly post prices for common procedures. > Fixation about prices is what makes us visit WM. Lose the fixation about price and let medicine suffer the same demise in the marketplace that

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-08 Thread Dwight Giles
Whete does driving a Mercedes fit in this scheme? On Apr 8, 2014 8:52 PM, "Mountain Man" wrote: > Max wrote: > > I offer this link for those interested in reforming health care: > > > > Nice. > But it ain't gonna happen - wishful thinking. > The best antidote to the idiocy of "what can my country

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-08 Thread Mountain Man
Max wrote: > I offer this link for those interested in reforming health care: > Nice. But it ain't gonna happen - wishful thinking. The best antidote to the idiocy of "what can my country do for me" and our fixation about insco and hospitals is to stay as far away as possible from these satanist m

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-08 Thread Greg Fiorentino
could have been taken. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Max Dillon Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 5:04 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had I offer this link for those interested in reforming h

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-08 Thread Max Dillon
I offer this link for those interested in reforming health care: http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=228909 -- Max Dillon Charleston, SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-07 Thread astrasfogel
I did. -- Sent from myMail app for Android Monday, 07 April 2014, 11:14PM -0400 from Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com>: >Yeah, there's a line stretching forever to become American citizens... Andrew, Did you see either of the 2 emails (offlist) I sent you about the wheels, or the later email askin

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-07 Thread Craig
On Mon, 7 Apr 2014 22:14:50 -0500 Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > >Yeah, there's a line stretching forever to become American citizens... > > Andrew, > > Did you see either of the 2 emails (offlist) I sent you about the > wheels, or the later email asking if you had seen either of the

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-07 Thread Dieselhead
Yeah, there's a line stretching forever to become American citizens... Andrew, Did you see either of the 2 emails (offlist) I sent you about the wheels, or the later email asking if you had seen either of the first two? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To sea

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Yeah, there's a line stretching forever to become American citizens... On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > For the record: I am NOT advocating violence or overthrow of government.. >> I am simply making observations based on three things. >> >> First: Hist

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-07 Thread Dieselhead
For the record: I am NOT advocating violence or overthrow of government.. I am simply making observations based on three things. First: History is replete with citizens revolts when government becomes oppressive. It has been a long standing observation that history does repeat it's self. Second

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-07 Thread Gary Hurst
the tea party types like this kind of tough talk, but i wouldn't take it so seriously as most of them have earned their wealth connected to the government teet and there is no way they will ever actually bite the hand that feeds them On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > Ar

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-07 Thread clay
If the residents of the rest of the world are getting up in arms over the evils of corrupt gooberment, the lazy folks of Amrika are bound to take to the streets to protest in some form or other. You can march on Wall Street as one of the 99%, be a Tea Party pooper, or do the WTO protest dance.

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-07 Thread G Mann
For the record: I am NOT advocating violence or overthrow of government.. I am simply making observations based on three things. First: History is replete with citizens revolts when government becomes oppressive. It has been a long standing observation that history does repeat it's self. Second:

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
And he can afford a publicist - impressive! On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 4:40 PM, clay wrote: > I think G is calling the future as he sees it unfolding. He wants to know > if he should expect a lingering death at the hands of massive medical or a > swift demise from lead poisoning > > clay > > On Apr

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-07 Thread clay
I think G is calling the future as he sees it unfolding. He wants to know if he should expect a lingering death at the hands of massive medical or a swift demise from lead poisoning clay On Apr 7, 2014, at 8:51 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > Are you advocating for the violent overthroew of ou

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Are you advocating for the violent overthroew of our government? On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 1:29 AM, G Mann wrote: > I've really enjoyed all this discussion about obamacare/aca. After giving > it all a good look, actually reading the original bill, as signed, and [to > best effort] understanding it,

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread G Mann
I've really enjoyed all this discussion about obamacare/aca. After giving it all a good look, actually reading the original bill, as signed, and [to best effort] understanding it, then watching the discussion here I've come to two possible courses of action. 1. Die a lingering death waiting for ap

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Richard Hattaway
If you're a common folk who makes over 60K or so, and are under 65 yrs old, and not covered by insurance, POTUS has made it such that you are going to get shafted. For the first years you can take the hit on income tax, fines for not purchasing a product ( a first, in my opinion ) and that hit

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Greg Fiorentino
e some, please feel free to present them. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Peter Frederick Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 7:04 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had Simon Conway's ta

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread rogerhga
Don, I'm including a link below to a Wiki discussion of the "Clinton Health Security Act of 1993". You can read it and decide "who" put forth the plan. Again, just my opinion, but it was a terrible plan and overstep of the Federal Gov't then just as the ACA is now. And Peter, if the "facts" pro

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Mountain Man
Richard wrote: > Oh, and they have great healtcare and retirement benefits. > And what can be done by the common folks? Be a ghost as much as possible possible. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubs

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Richard Hattaway
So you think it's all the Republican's fault.  Same document, different administration?? Let me give you some clear advice.  Republican/Democrat/Libertarian/Whatever.. they're all the same.  Corrupt when they pass thru that magic barrier that surrounds the district.  It seems to swallow them i

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Richard Hattaway
into a system that likely will be bankrupt and unavailable before I can claim one penny of benefit. -- Max Dillon Charleston, SC Original Message From: Peter Frederick Sent: April 6, 2014 1:16:59 PM EDT To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Max Dillon
unavailable before I can claim one penny of benefit. -- Max Dillon Charleston, SC Original Message From: Peter Frederick Sent: April 6, 2014 1:16:59 PM EDT To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had The quality of any system is directly

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread OK Don
Just remember that the ACA is the healthcare plan offered by the Republicans when Hillary was trying to reform the "system" way back when. Obama thought that by giving the Republicans their own plan, they would accept it. Wrong. And it's as flawed now as it was when it was first proposed. On Sun,

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread OK Don
Our current health care "system" has real competition, and is neither efficient nor affordable. On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: > NO system that does not have real competition built into it > will be either efficient, nor particularly affordable. None. > > -- OK Don NSA:

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread OK Don
Sounds like the hospitals my father was in the last few years of his life, here in the US. On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Max Dillon wrote: > Peter, I'm guessing you've never lived in a country with nationalized > health care. My wife's family is Italian. Italy has what I think you > think yo

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Dieselhead
To be fair (I understand from my relatives who live in Italy) their government does pretty much everything badly! Greg Since WWII, from my italian friends, and other accounts, The italian gooberment does not do anything well, including collecting taxes. Our gooberment also does few things we

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Peter Frederick
The quality of any system is directly related to the abilities and motivations of the people in charge. Put sleazeballs in charge of anything and you will get corruption and disfunction, it's a basic management principle. Put good people in charge of a health care providing system with the

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Peter Frederick
Roger: Health insurance companies make huge sums of money off "providing" you health care, and so do hospitals. Their profits do nothing to improve your health or get you services, they just make everything cost twice or three times as much. These profits motivate all sorts of disinform

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Greg Fiorentino
Subject: Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had Peter, I'm guessing you've never lived in a country with nationalized health care. My wife's family is Italian. Italy has what I think you think you want. My wife has explained to me how awful the health care in Italy is. If you have the m

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread rogerhga
Don't believe what insurance companies and politicians blow about in campaign ads. The incentives to lie are tremendous, and there are always a large number of people who lie to get what they want. Peter >>> Peter, You really shouldn't make such statements. The current POTUS fits yo

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Peter Frederick
Simon Conway's tales are called apocryphal because they are not verified and are probably fabrications. British National Health care is superb. Again, I have a personal connection because we have long term family friends who are dual citizens and always paid their taxes so they qualified

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Jim Cathey
NO system that does not have real competition built into it will be either efficient, nor particularly affordable. None. People do forget that all government-run programs are funded at gunpoint. There are relatively few services that _deserve_ to be funded at gunpoint. I can think of a few. --

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Greg Fiorentino
cryphal, because he is a conservative I suppose. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dieselhead Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 5:59 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had Ask Simon Conway a

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Larry T
no, you buy insurance and are covered for most problems. With all the money thrown at obamacare so far (and in the future) we could have bought insurance for the 30 million without coverage and not have destroyed coverage for the rest. we should remember obamacare is not free health care - it

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Peter Frederick
I've never heard of anyone coming from Britain to get medical care. Canada has a few provinces that have crappy programs (the Tory stonghold of B. C. is a notable example, didn't do bypass surgery or much of anything if you were past retirement). And don't forget many of those only partial

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Greg Fiorentino
e not available in Canada! Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Peter Frederick Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:21 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had This experience is why we need a single

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Dieselhead
Sure, but consider all the Social Security outlays that will be saved by killing folks off sooner. Scott Exactly. The goobermnt's goal is to "off" whoever shows little prospect of being able to be taxed at levels over some threshold, say $25,000/yr, unless they can be saved to provide sev

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Dieselhead
One small point to be raised in this summation of how wonderful single payer, government run health care is. Of the countries listed... why is it that people from those countries come to America to get the specialized doctors and procedures they need and pay for them out of their own pocket?

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Scott Ritchey
Sure, but consider all the Social Security outlays that will be saved by killing folks off sooner. Scott > -Original Message- > From: G Mann > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 1:17 AM > > One small point to be raised in this summation of how wonderful single > payer, government run health

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Gary Hurst
how do insco execs get 7 and 8 figure bonuses then? clearly you have not been to palm beach lately or you'd know they can't make it in that sort of system On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 12:20 AM, Peter Frederick wrote: > This experience is why we need a single payer or national health service, > like t

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Gary Hurst
so poor people come from other countries and pay out of pocket to get medical treatment in the USA or perhaps this is rich people? rich people go wherever they please to buy whatever they please. what about the rest of us? do we, the vast majority, simply not matter at all in the equation or is

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-06 Thread Max Dillon
spitals and pay from their pocket. I NEVER want to see such a terrible thing happen to our country. -- Max Dillon Charleston, SC Original Message From: Peter Frederick Sent: April 6, 2014 12:20:45 AM EDT To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] The insurance I w

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-05 Thread G Mann
One small point to be raised in this summation of how wonderful single payer, government run health care is. Of the countries listed... why is it that people from those countries come to America to get the specialized doctors and procedures they need and pay for them out of their own pocket? C

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-05 Thread Peter Frederick
This experience is why we need a single payer or national health service, like the rest of the civilized world. I can list dozens of examples, but I always get dissed or ignored. Canada, the UK, Germany, France, Russia, this crap doesn't happen. Peter _

Re: [MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

2014-04-05 Thread Dieselhead
I was envious. My 11-year-old brown Labrador was getting the kind of treatment that I could only dream of. I wanted to go to PetCare. I wanted pet insurance. Real Veterinarians are the smartest and the best doctors. Those who can't get in Vet school, generally can be accepted at most med

[MBZ] The insurance I wish I had

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