Health Care

[PanTheMan]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

You surely did hit upon a point.

I know of people who do not have health coverage but are always in the ER, Intensive Care, etc. With health problems that they bring on to themselves. Drugs, alcohol, etc.

And, what totally TOTALLY makes me want to throttle them is that they complain about the care they are given, like they are being mistreated. Of course, this is the addiction talking but still.

Exactly. I have an alcoholic neighbor who is a one man health care crisis. He has drank himself into pancreatic failure, a fractured skull, a really bad car accedent, and numerous other health problems. His Pancreatic Failure I.C.U. experience cost almost $1 Million (He is now Insulin Dependant) His car accedent, Cost OVER 1 Million for him and another 1/2 Million in damage to the city (Thank God, he missed several oncoming cars, and only took out street signs, the front of a building and a telephone poll going 50+ in a 25, passed out, foot on the gas) How he lives is beyond us all. Was sentanced to "Rehab" lasted 2 weeks...

Everytime his now mended broken back gives him trouble, he WANTS TO SUE. Everytime he needs to inject insulin HE WANTS TO SUE, because he convinced the Hospital screwed up, and the list goes on... (All Doctors are A-Holes, The Nurses are B*tches...)

Guess what folks, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS BILLS! We also need some sort of 3 strikes law for those bent on drinking or drugging themselves to death, but that wont happen.


Then my Mother wonders Why she has to pay $600 a MONTH at age 72 for Kaiser.