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Blue Cross will argue the pre-existing condition was the pregnancy. Lol
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Drunk Nerds posted:Is there a source for this, because that's pretty heavy, man? nope, i just made it up but it's completely believable. american health insurance companies have literally made this claim are just barely a step above ISIS
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 20:08 |
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actually if you compare death tolls the US health insurance industry is probably orders of magnitude ahead of ISIS but that's just the free market man, nothing we can do about that!
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 20:10 |
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why not just ban foreign insurance entirely, that would cut down on the medical tourism. You come here you're paying cash
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 20:10 |
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sexy young infidel posted:why not just ban foreign insurance entirely, that would cut down on the medical tourism. You come here you're paying cash because that's dumb and gay
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 20:11 |
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MoreLikeTen posted:Million Dollar Baby, coming this fall Oberleutnant posted:death to america the great satan
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 20:12 |
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if you come from a socialist country you should be forced to use the socialist healthcare imo
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 20:12 |
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if you're a foreigner who has a baby in the US your baby should be taken and sold to ISIS so your actual home country can spend millions paying the ransom to get him/her/it back
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Drunk Nerds posted:I have a good story that relates to this: absorbed That sounds horrifying.
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 20:17 |
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Melmac posted:@ the comments section. Also, this story really pissed me off. THEUSAISAMONSTER
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 20:17 |
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BEAR GRYLLZ posted:if you're a foreigner who has a baby in the US your baby should be taken and sold to ISIS so your actual home country can spend millions paying the ransom to get him/her/it back this, but unironically and without the lisp. Its a huge problem all these countries paying ransoms to ISIS and they should be punished severely
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 20:18 |
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Kleen_TheRowdyDog posted:I'll never understand white poor white trash are basically willing supplicants to the 1%. Like, don't they realize whose battle they are fighting? Or are they hoping that one day they'll become a CEO or something? Like, I seriously don't get it. Why are women always blaming women for their own rapes? It's easier to throw spmeone else under the bus than admit you live in a hosed up society
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Kleen_TheRowdyDog posted:I'll never understand white poor white trash are basically willing supplicants to the 1%. Like, don't they realize whose battle they are fighting? Or are they hoping that one day they'll become a CEO or something? Like, I seriously don't get it. well have you heard of cults
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 20:22 |
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Kleen_TheRowdyDog posted:I'll never understand white poor white trash are basically willing supplicants to the 1%. Like, don't they realize whose battle they are fighting? Or are they hoping that one day they'll become a CEO or something? Like, I seriously don't get it. It has absolutely nothing to do with that. It has to do with their team winning. They don't care if they literally vote their wealth, and well being away, so long as their team wins. That is the short and long of politics in the USA. There are Bears fans, believe it or not. It just is. Philthy fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Nov 19, 2014 |
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SHISHKABOB posted:absorbed I thought the same thing. tthat poor baby. cclawing against anything it could grab as the tumor ate him. hhis brothers won't help. hhis momma won't help. hhe opens his mouth but he can't even scream, no vocal cords yet. pplease donate to st. Jude
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 20:44 |
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Philthy posted:It has absolutely nothing to do with that. It has to do with their team winning. They don't care if they literally vote their wealth, and well being away, so long as their team wins. That is the short and long of politics in the USA. Um, that's human nature everywhere for all time, it's not special to the modern day USA.
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 20:47 |
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hemale in pain posted:it's a good thing she had the choice between being charged for medical aid or choosing to die and not pay a bill its a good thing she had a choice to not go to a country that doesn't have free hc while she was preggers
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 20:50 |
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Melmac posted:Actually Blue Cross is a non-profit health insurance provider and they are not publically traded on the stock market Like Wellpoint, Cigna, and Humana are. thats why i went with them but i think they are like a brand name and people just buy into them for name recognition they are relatively good in California
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 20:52 |
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DeusExMachinima posted:its a good thing she had a choice to not go to a country that doesn't have free hc while she was preggers it must be her fault rather than the lovely country
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 20:53 |
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i mean if youre a foreigner there are like 3 cool places in the USA who cares
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 20:59 |
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Drunk Nerds posted:One of the triplets got absorbed early on I'd like to hear more about this
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 20:59 |
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Gunky Junket posted:It wasn't just "deliver a baby" though. The woman took up a hospital bed for six weeks, nurses/doctors and medical attention during that time, plus the birth itself - all that poo poo adds up. i'll tell you teh secret: just don't pay like lol if you think hospitals are going to sue you in another country. usually theyll sell your debt to some lovely colleciton agency who will make a few half-assed phone calls and then give up.
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 21:02 |
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they have to make up for that guy who had 29 babies
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 21:03 |
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DeusExMachinima posted:its a good thing she had a choice to not go to a country that doesn't have free hc while she was preggers I'm not sure that you're understanding it correctly. My country has free health care, but if you come to my country, and need the hospital, then either yourself or your insurance will be paying for it - and paying for it big. It wouldn't matter which country, besides her own, that she visited. She'd have racked up a hefty bill.
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Gunky Junket posted:I'm not sure that you're understanding it correctly. My country has free health care, but if you come to my country, and need the hospital, then either yourself or your insurance will be paying for it - and paying for it big. do NOT distract us with facts pls. I've got a lot to say about the american healthcare system ever since they billed me so much for the ambulance after i had a _very_ serious panic attack
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 21:09 |
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also nobody actually pays the number on the bill, it's just some bullshit made up for negotiations with insurance companies.
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 21:09 |
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Do hospitals come into your room with a little piece of paper and leave it upside down on the bedside table when they think you're ready to leave. Is that how hospital bills work.
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 21:11 |
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Mange Mite posted:i'll tell you teh secret: just don't pay Yeah, but just my luck it'll happen in some shithole that (if you're a foreigner) won't attend to you unless you can show insurance documents or pay an exorbitant up-front deposit. I don't like running too many risks when it comes health - travel insurance is always one of the first things put on the budget list.
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SHISHKABOB posted:absorbed http://youtu.be/zcNwKBPE7Rg?t=2m9s
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 21:12 |
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SHISHKABOB posted:Do hospitals come into your room with a little piece of paper and leave it upside down on the bedside table when they think you're ready to leave. Is that how hospital bills work.
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 21:13 |
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FordPRefectLL posted:i'm curious why the hospital thinks they can charge that much Did you even read the article? She was hospitalized before the flight and told by doctors that she had a high-risk pregnancy, then she spent six weeks in a Hawaiian hospital because her child was two months premature. She was probably trying to get her kid dual citizenship but forgot to read the terms and conditions of her health insurance.
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sexy young infidel posted:do NOT distract us with facts pls. I've got a lot to say about the american healthcare system ever since they billed me so much for the ambulance after i had a _very_ serious panic attack *laffn*
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 21:13 |
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Gunky Junket posted:I'm not sure that you're understanding it correctly. My country has free health care, but if you come to my country, and need the hospital, then either yourself or your insurance will be paying for it - and paying for it big. yes i get that, ty mom. im saying if she cared about her poor poopsie-pumpkin so much she could've stayed home for a few more months
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http://youtu.be/E9tHJ-cm338
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 21:15 |
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madeupfred posted:Did you even read the article? She was hospitalized before the flight and told by doctors that she had a high-risk pregnancy, then she spent six weeks in a Hawaiian hospital because her child was two months premature. She was probably trying to get her kid dual citizenship but forgot to read the terms and conditions of her health insurance. I dont understand, her kid would already be a canadian citizen like, its basically an american getting dual mexican citizenship, it doesnt logic
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 21:16 |
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thank you
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# ? Nov 19, 2014 21:17 |
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Medical insurance is the weirdest thing. You spend years paying into something and then when you finally need it they'll come up with some excuse as to why this particular claim isn't covered. Why is it even a thing in first world countries.
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ArbitraryC posted:Medical insurance is the weirdest thing. You spend years paying into something and then when you finally need it they'll come up with some excuse as to why this particular claim isn't covered. Why is it even a thing in first world countries. No medical insurance claims are ever approved ever. Also it's not like we only pay 20 dollars when I make a doctor's appointment.
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madeupfred posted:Did you even read the article? She was hospitalized before the flight and told by doctors that she had a high-risk pregnancy, then she spent six weeks in a Hawaiian hospital because her child was two months premature. She was probably trying to get her kid dual citizenship but forgot to read the terms and conditions of her health insurance. https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/saskatchewan-couple-considering-bankruptcy-after-1m-medical-bill-1.2108911 ""I was never told by any doctor that I was a high-risk pregnancy," she told CTV's Canada AM in an interview on Wednesday morning. "I had a bladder infection at four months that caused some hemorrhaging, but I was treated and everything was cleared up." "Kimmel and Huculak said that when they purchased their insurance they spoke with a Blue Cross representative who assured them that they would be covered. Kimmel said looking back, there's nothing they could have done to have further protected themselves. "I think we did our due diligence. We answered the questions that we were asked when we purchased the policy; we answered them honestly," he said. "We purchase insurance for these reasons, for when accidents happen. And then when they get denied it causes quite a problem.""
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ArbitraryC posted:Medical insurance is the weirdest thing. You spend years paying into something and then when you finally need it they'll come up with some excuse as to why this particular claim isn't covered. Why is it even a thing in first world countries. Now it's mandated by law and is more expensive, oh and it's more expensive. Thanks obama.
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