Posted by novelagent on July 12, 2012, at 15:23:48
In reply to Re: medication/drug resistance » novelagent, posted by Phillipa on July 11, 2012, at 21:23:31
> Freeloader if referring to me I've worked for years as an RN and am now retired. Have Medicaire as paid into the system for years and suplimental insurance I pay for. I get testing as recommended and pay my co-pay which I don't set. The Government and other insurance pay and then I pay what they don't. Glad I don't live in Europe. Although enjoyed traveling to almost all the countries twice. Love Switzerland. Phillipa
>I don't think I was referring to you, I was probably referring to Republicans and mispoke, not sure. I wouldn't know your situation, so of course I wouldn't call you a freeloader. I think I was referring to anti-healthcare types, which you of course aren't one. I'm not sure why Europe is bad.. David Sedaris wrote a funny piece about his experiences receiving specialty care in Paris (periodontal work, cancer screenings).
In Paris, he got housecalls from a doctor that even worked on weekends for $50 a visit. And he was a good doctor, too. It's a bit silly to look down on a system that has that. (Of course, you can have insurance-paid docs in Paris, but just like here, they don't do housecalls).
What's odd, and this isn't speaking to you, is people who receive medicare speaking out against the insurance law, which provides preventive screenings without any co-pay, and covers them in the doughnut hole (catastrophic coverage gap).
I have an injection antipsychotic that's $1200/month once a month, Invega Sustenna, so I enter the catastrophic coverage gap pretty fast. I don't know why anyone would be against a bill that helped me stay sane anf function normally, but I guess they're entitled to their political beliefs. I am sympathetic to the idea they think insurance is a privilege, and that they hate me because I have a mental illness, but I disagree with them.
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