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<blockquote data-quote="Marcie Mac" data-source="post: 299690" data-attributes="member: 47"><p>Something needs to be done, the pre existing condition exclusion should be the first on the list to be banned for people who need/want to buy health care on their own.</p><p> </p><p>Although I have health care thru my work, as I am aging the "what if" senario is starting to stress me out. If I lose my job, I will be floating in a black hole till I am 65 and can do the Medi-care thing. Doing a Cobra will be way too expensive, and because I own a home, won't qualify for any government insurance as it now stands. I have no problem paying a tax on health care benefits now if there is a provision that if something happens where I don't have insurance, I can pay a decent premium to get it (which doesn't mean 800 plus a month) and don't have to sell the farm should something happen where I need to be hospitalized.</p><p> </p><p>SO gets a statement every month from Medcare and some of the charges that are paid by them are absolutely outrageous. Not to mention that we could probably open up a medical equipment supply store with "stuff" that they automatically replace every 5 years. Do we really need three wheelchairs, two of them motorized? They won't take the old ones back, you "own" them after 5 years. And we just got a letter from Ca. Medi-cal that they will no longer cover any Adult Dental, Hearing, Vision, Speech Therapy, Psychology , Podiatry services, chiropractic or acpunture services. Hmmmm, how bout NOT sending us another wheelchair in three years and let SO get new glasses or his teeth taken care of. Its just the sheer waste of money on one hand and pure stupidity on the other.</p><p> </p><p>Marcie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marcie Mac, post: 299690, member: 47"] Something needs to be done, the pre existing condition exclusion should be the first on the list to be banned for people who need/want to buy health care on their own. Although I have health care thru my work, as I am aging the "what if" senario is starting to stress me out. If I lose my job, I will be floating in a black hole till I am 65 and can do the Medi-care thing. Doing a Cobra will be way too expensive, and because I own a home, won't qualify for any government insurance as it now stands. I have no problem paying a tax on health care benefits now if there is a provision that if something happens where I don't have insurance, I can pay a decent premium to get it (which doesn't mean 800 plus a month) and don't have to sell the farm should something happen where I need to be hospitalized. SO gets a statement every month from Medcare and some of the charges that are paid by them are absolutely outrageous. Not to mention that we could probably open up a medical equipment supply store with "stuff" that they automatically replace every 5 years. Do we really need three wheelchairs, two of them motorized? They won't take the old ones back, you "own" them after 5 years. And we just got a letter from Ca. Medi-cal that they will no longer cover any Adult Dental, Hearing, Vision, Speech Therapy, Psychology , Podiatry services, chiropractic or acpunture services. Hmmmm, how bout NOT sending us another wheelchair in three years and let SO get new glasses or his teeth taken care of. Its just the sheer waste of money on one hand and pure stupidity on the other. Marcie [/QUOTE]
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