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[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

Ok, but what if I have a suspicious looking mole. Do you know of a dermatologist that will look at it for less than $150-$200 if I don't have insurance? I suppose the ER probably looks at moles, but the hospitals that will take you no matter what your insurance probably don't have the staff to deal with something like that efficiently or accurately. So I don't get my mole checked, it ends up being cancerous, and I die. Because I couldn't get proper medical care in time. Because I didn't have health insurance.

so- in your example you would choose to sit around and do nothing about a possible health risk because you did not have insurance?

You assume incompetence on the part of the medical community who will see you so you just don't go?

All because you don't want to run up medical bills? Come on-in a society which gleefully runs up huge amounts of credit debt (over nonsense like flat screen plasma TV's) I guarantee only a fool with a death wish would sit around with a severe health issue and not go to a Dr because they don't have insurance.


Otherwise- I am just amazed at the number of broad brush strokes in this thread. wow.

Of course there is always one other solution- you find the medical plans better somewhere else- move there