What are your thoughts about your premiums skyrocketing if you are a smoker or overweight or have high blood pressure???
This is where our health system is heading in the U S.

What if you are a drinker? Higher premiums.

How far will this invasion go?
What about the gays? Riskier lifestyle means higher premiums.
Cell phone usage while driving? Riskier

Where do you draw the line?

Hopefully with Michael Moore's new movie coming out, health care might be made single payer--free. Yippee.

Our work just spent $$$ on preventative type stuff, spurred, i'm sure, by the health insurance carrier. We got websites, 24 hr nurses to call, healthbooks etc...

I got the idea that this is all voluntary now..but it won't be down the line.

Ya know I work in the health care industry and it's all about profit- not to say med services aren't expensive, but damn over the last 2 years shit has gone wack!

There's no reason why in America all shouldn't be covered- receiving care and meds at low costs- but that would cut out toooo many people making big bucks.

Drew's heart attack was $100,000. His brain tumor surgery $80,000. We had to and are still are paying off 20% of that- $36,000! That doesn't include meds and the many follow up dr apts. We still owe about $9,000...

2freaky4church1 said:

They mentioned that new film on the news.

Yeah...they're gonna change the health care system cuz Michael Moore says so.

Genesia said:

mcdonald's sure has switched things around since super-size me

evenstar3 said:

Is that sarcastic?

They did drop the supersize pops and fries...not to say that
the insurers will do anything similar.
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CynthiasSocks said:

unbelievable - and that's WITH health insurance!

Michael's movie will get more discussion going - hell, even Faux News gave him a glowing review! there is absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a single-payer system. that is, unless you're the CEO of a healthcare or pharmaceutical company...

I'm not a fan of Michael Moore's but this movie definately has my interest.

There is PLENTY of room... MILES of room for improvement in the current system.

Revolution said:

i think they kinda have, with all those attempts at healthier food. not that it's really that much better for you, but they did change

Revolution said:

Riskier lifestyle? What are you talking about?

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Drs apts are $65-120 for oh about 10-15 mins, blood work runs about $200- and then ins doesn't want to pay because they feel you're going to the dr toooo much! Ins companys are ran by accountants and lawyers- but don't call customer serv, yer gonna get someone from India who doesn't understand an American southerner- and my accent isn't that bad! LOL!!!

Here's a great example of how twisted pharm ins is- Drew used to take Protonix (brand name) for his stomach- it runs about $130 for 30, one a day. They wanted him to change to omeprazole (generic Prilosec)- to get the benefit of Protonix, Drew has to double up on the omeprazole, getting number 60 per month, two a day. THAT COST $165 for 60!!! Since it's generic we pay $15, the ins company pays more on that than they woulda on Protonix (copay for that would be $25). AND it was covered until 2 months ago!

Stupid isn't it?

Revolution said:

I'd fight that- my gay lifestyle is a bland as my parents marriage! Lord I've been with the same man going on 13 years- and for now, we pay the same $ for ins as "normanl" married couples do.

CynthiasSocks said:

unbelievable...

Don't people usually lie on those things??

Like don't people say, No they don't drink, and stuff like that?

CynthiasSocks said:

i feel ya...

I saw it. Made me want to move back to Canada.

jecica said:

and wait in line 8 weeks for a mammogram or 12 weeks for a knee surgery?