Yes it is. Thank you very much.





Pass. The. Bill.

I've just got back from a doctors appointment. First time I've been there.

The guy looked confused when he asked me "who's your regular doctor" and I said "what do you mean regular doctor?"

Then I told him how I don't have bad health coverage, actually pretty good coverage, but for the past few years I don't have a doctor because the insurance keeps changing, so the doctors keep changing.

He just shook his head and said "I understand."

Can't even get consistent care with the current "system."

I wish.

This is a little offtopic, but not really...

Two weeks ago my wife finds out she will need surgery on her jaw because when she had braces the crappy orthodontist pushed one of the brackets too low and it ruined the gum lining. She had a crown put on the tooth, but it really only slowed the problem.

She has to have a piece of bone from her chin removed and then grafted into her jaw to fix this just so she can eventually get a tooth implant about a year from now. Great teeth except this one horrible thing from the braces.

It costs $7,000 to do all this. Yes, $7,000. Not one single penny is covered by insurance. They consider this "elective" surgery. Yeah, she could pull the tooth, but around 4-5 years from now she would begin to lose the adjacent teeth. So, its elective...if you're ok with eventually losing all the teeth on one side of your face.

This is the kind of crap that will never be fixed as long as health insurance is a for-profit institution.

The SAME PEOPLE who are telling you that
"EVERYONE ELSE in America" not only DON'T
Believe In HealthCare, ...but that they don't
Believe in MEDICAL ACCOUNTABILITY Either.

My Anthem Blue Cross policy denies coverage for a colonoscopy that my doctor recommended. The quote I have is $2800 out-of-pocket.

My wife's annual mammograms are denied too because she had a benign cyst biopsied 15 years ago. The last bill we paid in Dec. for the exam was $900.

My policy also recently changed in the fine print to deny coverage at any local urgent care facilities. Nice.

I'm not sure what's going on with my HMO
well.. actually I do... they just went out
of business.. but not sure why.. unless my
years of medical care is some indication..

In any case.. I halfway through February
I received a letter switching me to a more
popular HMO. I will be seeing a doctor for
the first time in well over 10 years (more
like 20.. since I had no follow-up after my
surgery, except the stint in the emergency
room for strep throat, where I was told I
had diabetes, high blood pressure and a
bad ticker..

Anyway.. I don't know what to think yet.. my
first appointment will be on April Fool's Day
and the doctor's located in what was once
the local mortuary.

Glad you're here..
maybe you can help me.

Every night on TV I'm being told that
53% of "Everyone ELSE In America"
that doesn't want Universal Healthcare..

JUST WHO THE HELL ARE THESE PEOPLE?

..so far, I've yet to meet one of them.

SERIOUSLY...?
...Who the Hell is don't these Poles?


Even the ones that are freaking ecstatic
with their existing coverage MUST under-
stand that they wouldn't be losing anthing!
even if their Taxes went up.. their health
coverage would drop to compensate for it..

It would be like taking cash out of one
pocket but putting it in another.

What's the point of having insurance if you have to pay it all out of pocket anyway, right?

Yep. Even if we do have the best health care in the world (and that's debatable), what difference does it make if you can't afford it? I'd rather have the second best health care that doesn't bankrupt me.