HCR Passes

Gemini Cricket · 03-22-2010, 02:03 PM

I guess I'm lost in all the hoopa-a-doo about this. I've been preoccupying myself to keep my depression at bay by riding the peace train through Hippieland.

My big thing is that, well, I have a problem with people (corporations, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, etc) making a ton of money off of someone being sick. It feels heartless. And how is someone supposed to have a smooth recovery when they're about to go bankrupt because of all of their hospital, health care bills? I mean, the stress of that alone could keep a person sick.

Ghoulish Delight · 03-22-2010, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I guess I'm lost in all the hoopa-a-doo about this. I've been preoccupying myself to keep my depression at bay by riding the peace train through Hippieland.

My big thing is that, well, I have a problem with people (corporations, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, etc) making a ton of money off of someone being sick.

Stated that way, you'll have to throw doctors into that bucket. I don't mind people making money off of making other people better. I have a problem with people making money by denying people the opportunity to be made better.

Gemini Cricket · 03-22-2010, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Stated that way, you'll have to throw doctors into that bucket. I don't mind people making money off of making other people better. I have a problem with people making money by denying people the opportunity to be made better.

I guess do throw doctors in that bucket. I don't mind people making money off of making other people better within reason. A bill for $100,000 for a hospital stay to deal with the leukemia you're suffering from is too much money*. Paying $105 a month for a prescription for anti-depressants is too much, especially when the depression is the one thing that prevents me from finding work from time to time. No work, no money, no prescription, no Serotonin to get work... it's a weird catch 22 situation.

*True story. I went to a fund raiser for a friend when I was in Monterey that his friends put together to help him with his hospital bills. I don't think the $1500 we raised helped all that much, tho. And I think he has insurance through Stanford...

ETA: There are 2 prescriptions that I'm on for my depression. So it was $210 a month on just my meds...

03-22-2010, 02:03 PM	#1
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I guess I'm lost in all the hoopa-a-doo about this. I've been preoccupying myself to keep my depression at bay by riding the peace train through Hippieland. My big thing is that, well, I have a problem with people (corporations, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, etc) making a ton of money off of someone being sick. It feels heartless. And how is someone supposed to have a smooth recovery when they're about to go bankrupt because of all of their hospital, health care bills? I mean, the stress of that alone could keep a person sick.
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