Why Pay for Health Insurance?

Feel lucky.

My deductible is even larger. In addition, they also decide what they will cover and then I have to pay for it.

Why even bother to have it?

In my case, I can lose my home and all because the medical guys like to file liens to get their money too.

Either pay the insurance and still get screwed OR

gamble and pay doctors who will not wait for payments.

 

Do you really think that it will be better under Obamacare? You think it is bad now, just wait until some bureaucrat dictates what they will cover and when you can get care. Obamacare is nothing short of an insurance bill to force everyone to purchase health insurance. The difference is that under Obamacare we will pay higher premiums for less coverage and the rationing of healthcare, especially if it comes under a single payer system, which is the ultimate goal.

 

The only good thing I see about the end result of ObamaCare is that they cannot deny coverage based on preexisting conditions.

Everything else is nothing more than a bonus plan to the insurance industry.

Throw it all out including the insurance industry and move toward the types of medical care other civilized countries have.

Otherwise, we will see the end of health care to all except those that can actually afford to pay at the time of the care.

 

You think your deal was bad. I paid health insurance my whole life. This past deal I had a $1500 deductible and have met it the past 5 years.

Then Oct 2010 my health started deteriorating. By the end of the month I was medically disqualified and went on medical leave seeking to get fixed. Jan 1 with no warning or choice, my deductible was raised to $5000. Mar 30, I was rushed to the hospital with 99% blockage. Mar 31 while in the hospital I was terminated and insurance cancelled.

I lost track after paying $8400 out of pocket. I had to do an emergency withdrawl on my 401K.

Then they played games with me and refused me Cobra for 3 months. After getting the state on their arse I finally get a Cobra letter stating if I pay the 3 months back pay, pay $400 a month future payments and a $5000 new deductible, they'll cover me. I told them a few choice words.

Luckily I had the VA to resort to.

Obama care and our whole health system is so screwed up. It's okay if you have the flu or something like that. Get really sick and you are thrown to the dogs.

Doctors and hospitals are open to charge you what ever they feel like. There are no price gouging laws or anything to protect the consumer. My medications cost me $10 a day. Why should I have to pay the hospital $165 a day for the same daily dosages?
Why should my EKG or other tests be read and charged by 3 doctors? Isn't one doctor confident enough to do his job? Why should I have to pay a specialist $440 just to talk to him for 4 minutes?

You just raised my blood pressure. Now I have to go take a pill.

 

You need to read on it some more and not just listen to the radio! its not gonna be that bad. and if you have a major illness such as I then you will know that bureaucrats are already making those decisions. and you have no appeal right which you will have after Obama care goes into effect. Been there done that!

 

My recent doctor visit, which all they did was check blood pressure and renew a prescription that I have had since 2003 cost me 193.00.

If I had went to a doctor in Dallas according to a sign, it would have been 49.00.

I no longer go to a doctor for anything except this one prescription since I cannot find anything over the counter to treat it.

God forbid an ambulance call which doubled after the county took it over using my tax money and they expect me to pay again.

 

In between the hospital and VA, my doctor held me hostage and would only write me month to month prescriptions just so he could collect on a monthly office visit. Now the VA gives me 6 month prescriptions which I get 3 months at a time in the mail. I like that part.

Another thing is every gov't job I had in the past, my health care was paid for with a zero deductible. Courtesy of the tax payers. No wonder they have no idea what we go through.

 

really!!!you don't think the insurance co's. do that now?you think that dr's want to discharge newborn babies and there moms in less than a day?who do primary drs call first if you need special care?a specialist?or the insurance company to get permission too make the call?what we have now isn't working.i say we give it a chance.if it doesn't work,you can repeal it.