Please explain what you mean here.

We have had the discussion before. I will not waste the time again.

We are not in agreement as to what constitute greed.

Not only what constitures greed, but WHO is greedy.
You rail against the ins co's who play by the rules written by the greedy YOU want to write the rules you believe/feel you're going to like.
Practical? " I don't think so Tim "....it ain't even logical, much less practical.

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Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, November 4, 1775

Not picking at you, but didn't you say you quit riding in an ambulance and went OTR because you were basically starving on the low pay? You just seem to lean a bit far over towards the "all profit is bad" side. I know there's a lot of greedy scum out there but a lot of companies take those profits and put them towards research or improving their products. Without profit, your company fails, no matter what you're doing.

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I was paid 8.00 per hour to work at the ambulance. It was barely over minimum wage. Went from 320.00 a week to self employment income of between 800 to 1600 week depending on the loads and work hours. I also know what the ambulance brought in, I did the billing and the salary of the owner as well. I did the books and tax returns.

I left because during 18 months I was on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and could never leave the county. I would say mainly burnout.

I also suffered from motion sickness every once in a while when in the back.

Sounds like driving a tow truck. I know that feeling. Well, motion sickness aside.

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No, you're just substituting one "greedy monster" for another. The one greedy monster lets you choose to be screwed. The next greedy monster isn't going to let you off so easy. But.........whatever.

I'm sorry you have had a problem with gout. We have a friend of the family living with us right now (he was evicted from his apartment because he couldn't work). He was living in his car while he is waiting for his SS to go through. We couldn't let him do this so we took him in. He has hypertension ( he had to go to the VA the other day because his BP was 202/117 and is already on meds and got more meds) and rheumatoid arthritis in his hands and feet and has been labeled disabled by his VA doctor. All one has to do is look at him to tell he can't hold a job. He's waiting on SS to accept his application. We have no idea how long it will take for this process to come about. He did get an appointment to see one of their doctors a little over a month out. He received the letter in September and Oct 29 is his scheduled appointment. In the meantime he is without any income and we help him as much as we can.

I only know it took my sister a year and a half and a lawyer to get hers. She had to fork out over $5,000.00 to the lawyer to get HER money. After she was approved it still took her months to get her money. It took five different people in SS office to figure out how much she was to be paid. I mean forget the letter that comes every quarter that tells you how much you get for whatever case scenario. If SS is this messed up, just think how much fun it's going to be when you make an appointment to see a doctor for whatever. I hope our friend's process goes smoothly and quickly, but I have my doubts. I'm sure you can understand why.

This is the part about our government that leads me to believe that government health care will not work. I have witnessed the headaches with SS ( something we all pay into; it's our money but yet the government drags its feet giving it back when some of us really need it).

Anyhow, I've beaten this dead horse long enough.

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