44 Million Americans Poor, 51 million no health insurance

[petrosc]

Off topic - thank you for your national dog breed, we love the one we have.

Not my national breed man I'm not Czech and I'm not promoting the country. I just happen to be very familiar with their system and IMO it's excellent for the patients. And only a tiny fraction of the population is uninsured.

[MichaelJ137]

Greed and subprime mortgage lending have put the US Financial System in a huge hole. Of course there are TONS of other factors, but either way, they all relate back to greed.

Im going to start my own domainig community in the jungle. Its gonna be like the village (M. Night- ever see it), except without all the weird s*it. Maybe we all can pitch in and build a huge community with servers and internet and just chill out and get away from this all........at least for a little while.

Whos in? ; )

[Gerry]

Nice to see you around, btw

Yeah, miss chatting with you! How are your studies and residency coming along?

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My father in law "retired" because he couldn't afford to be a doctor anymore (insurance costs, overhead, insurance rimbursements etc.)

Malpractice insurance for some specialties have more than quadrupled. Pediatricians, OBGYN, Orthopedics and other surgical specialties have skyrocketed.

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heh, recently some people who went overseas for sugery died due to some kind of illness found in third world countries.

Indeed. There are some "super bugs" that are resistant to all antibiotics and deadly. There seems to have been an explosion of them in India.

[petrosc]

Yeah, miss chatting with you! How are your studies and residency coming along?[COLOR="red"]

I finished my studies few months ago, finally Now I'm looking into my options, I will most probably start my residency in general surgery

[barefoot]

3 hours a day walking dogs?? How many dogs do you have??

Estimate 3 hours a day walking dogs, 13.5 hours. 1.5 hours for eating (including food prep), 15 hours. 1 hour getting ready in the morning, 16 hours. That leaves 8 hours a day to relax, run errands, house work, and sleep.

[DomainsInc]

3 hours a day walking dogs?? How many dogs do you have??

he's a slave to his dogs. he must carry a big bag of poop around.

[draggar]

3 hours a day walking dogs?? How many dogs do you have??

4-5 dogs (we have one dog on and off every week). The one we have on and off doesn't like to go to the bathroom outside - he's scared of everything. I also forgot to mention time getting their food together and feeding them.

he's a slave to his dogs. he must carry a big bag of poop around.

Yep. You don't want to know what they call me around town.

[HasRob]

44 Million Americans Poor, 51 million no health insurance

Sadly, thats me. Poor, no job, no health insurance, no money, no unemployment. If I had a gun I'd be dead right now.


"When the white man discovered this country, Indians were running it.
No taxes, no debt, women did all the work.
White man thought he could improve on a system like this"

Old Native American Quote.


I may be living off the land very soon myself.

[randomo]

Sadly, thats me. Poor, no job, no health insurance, no money, no unemployment. If I had a gun I'd be dead right now.

Hang in there, Rob! Keep your eyes open & your head up - you'll find a way.

[CureCancer]

Sadly, thats me. Poor, no job, no health insurance, no money, no unemployment. If I had a gun I'd be dead right now.

Believe me when I tell you I have lived in worse and dangerous conditions then what you are experiencing. You are not alone in your struggle, but you also have a country that gives you opportunities to grow. Yes its hard, Yes money doesn't come easy, but at end of the day its your own DRIVE that will help you succeed in anything you want to achieve. It's not easy and I understand, this is not the only life you will experience. Today's world is only a frame of many frames to come. In filmmaking it takes 24 frames to create 1 second... its up to you how you cut your own film!

I believe in you and anyone who aims high in life. If you think small in life, you will always be small. If their are things you like to have in life, then make it happen. It takes an average man or women 20 years to make money or a name for themselves in any business.

Taking your own life is not the easy way out as a lot of people think! The entire Human Civilization History on Earth does not add up to 1 fourth of a second on the clock compared to the existence of the Universe! Now compare a Human Life to the existence of the Universe!

Life as we know it is a phase that teaches us wisdom. Everything above us or below us is a symbol of wisdom. Wisdom is delivered to us in many forms! Life's to short to fill guilty!

I'm here for you friend, if you ever need words of wisdom... please feel free to PM ME.

Their were many days in my life that life could have ended.... but I learned that running from your problems makes things only worse. Facing your problems and fighting back with honest hard work will only result in dying positive! With or without achieving your objectives! If you try in this life you will only continue in the right path in your next life.

[Raider]

If I had the money to pay for my own Health Care with OUT having Health Insurance, shouldn't I have the right to do that?... I have that "Right" right now but will NO longer have it in 2014 when ObamaCare kicks in, what ObamaCare does is strip every American of that right and FORCE them to purchase PRIVATE Health Insurance whether they want it or not, How is this in anyway fair? or even Constitutional? Our Founder Fathers must be rolling in their graves over this.

If we don't repeal the mandates in Health Care, this Country is headed in the toilet.

[JuniperPark]

heh, recently some people who went overseas for sugery died due to some kind of illness found in third world countries.

Actually that "third world" might be the USA. Most of the 3rd world diseases have returned here, thanks to illegal immigration and some American crackpots who refuse to vaccinate their kids.. We just had 50 kids die of Whooping Cough here in California, and we're now (again) facing TB and a number of other diseases previously beaten -- plus the new drug resistant strains, and even bedbugs. A large % of people entering US hospitals die here from diseases they caught IN THE HOSPITAL.

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If I had the money to pay for my own Health Care with OUT having Health Insurance, shouldn't I have the right to do that?... I have that "Right" right now but will NO longer have it in 2014 when ObamaCare kicks in, what ObamaCare does is strip every American of that right and FORCE them to purchase PRIVATE Health Insurance whether they want it or not, How is this in anyway fair? or even Constitutional? Our Founder Fathers must be rolling in their graves over this.

If we don't repeal the mandates in Health Care, this Country is headed in the toilet.

Some medical conditions can be extended over years, require expensive drugs and medical treatment which can run far in the the millions. Unless you have tens of millions of dollars you're willing to put INTO ESCROW for your worst-case scenario, you can't back the offer you are suggesting.

[Gerry]

Some medical conditions can be extended over years, require expensive drugs and medical treatment which can run far in the the millions. Unless you have tens of millions of dollars you're willing to put INTO ESCROW for your worst-case scenario, you can't back the offer you are suggesting.

It's called Catastrophic Care, typically policies are capped at $1million. HIV with treatment can now extend lives 12-20 years, as can cancer treatments. The $1million cap can easily be eclipsed.

What the b*tch does not understand is that I and every other person who gets a pay check is footing the bill for all those who can not pay their own way.

So why is it those that still have jobs are paying their own policy and pumping money into a system that covers all of those that have no insurance.

Let her pay her own way.

It would be a first for her, I am sure.

Her "precious rights" will be retained as she can select her own policy now as she will be then.

Nice to know her destitute highness b*tch precious will be covered in 2014.

[HasRob]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/healthrefo...ealthcare-menu