Have an old iPhone with cracked glass?

[MineralMan]

Don't toss it. Instead, offer it to your doctor next time you have an appointment, as payment in full. That ought to work just fine.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. Didn't Michelle Bachmann say to offer him or her a chicken in lieu of payment?

[MineralMan]

2. iPhones are better than chickens, I'm sure.

I have every confidence that medical professionals would prefer to be paid in old, broken iPhones. If you have enough of them, you might even be able to pay for a hospitalization.

Maybe we need a charitable organization that collects unwanted iPhones and gives them to people so they can pay their healthcare bills. I'd donate a couple, maybe, although I may need them if I get sick.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Broken IPhones would be much easier to store and to eventually trade or sell

[MineralMan]

8. As usual, you can find an answer in Matthew 6

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where Republicans break in and steal."

Jesus is telling you to USE your iPhones to pay for your medical care. It couldn't be clearer.

[LaydeeBug]

5. I think it was Sarah Palin, but I am not 100% certain. nt

[putitinD]

11. it was Michelle Bachman, she said in her grandfather's day when you went to see the

Dr. you would pay with a chicken, and why couldn't we still do that today? she said.

[Tanuki]

3. Or a chicken, if you don't have an iphone......

https://www.theguardian.com/world/richard-adams-blog/2010/apr/21/sue-lowden-lowdencare-chickens-nevada

....."Monday Lowden appeared on a local TV programme, where she was asked about a mildly eccentric suggestion she had made that patients should haggle and barter with their doctors to save money on their medical bills. As you can see from the video clip above, she replied:

"You know, before we all started having health care, in the olden days, our grandparents, they would bring a chicken to the doctor. They would say I'll paint your house.... In the old days that's what people would do to get health care with their doctors. Doctors are very sympathetic people. I'm not backing down from that system."

Washington Monthly blogger Steve Benen was one of many who responded to Lowden's plan with an open mouth. "This is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard from a candidate for statewide office," wrote Benen. "If there wasn't a video, I might not even believe it." Harry Reid's campaign was more blunt, sending out a statement headlined: "Has Sue Lowden lost her mind?"
The Democratic party was also quick to respond, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

Phoebe Sweet, communications director for the Nevada State Democratic Party, and a few of her barnyard friends who shall remain nameless stopped by Lowden's campaign headquarters.

"I tried to trade this goat for some health care, and my doctor looked at me like I'm crazy," Sweet told a receptionist as she carried the 25-pound goat into the headquarters with a local TV crew tracking her. "So I was just curious if you had any information on her barter plan."

"No, thank you," the unidentified receptionist said politely.
....."

[hatrack]

6. Mail it to Chaffetz - ask if he can recommend a good GP for your next checkup

[dembotoz]

12. be really really really sure all personal information is gone first...trust nigerian princes more

than this guy

[lunasun]

7. Free Market charity will care for all just remind the doctor about that if they are that type

"Some of the people would bring chickens, or they would bring vegetables from their garden if they couldn't afford to pay for their obstetrical fee,"
That was Ron Paul folks who thought the doctors would take some beans and onions and pay for all their medical supplies , equipment , office space rent, and medical employees with chickens and veggies.
Having a baby? Better plant some veggie seeds, maybe bake some pies if there are issues
Best to save the Iphone for some serious surgery bargaining imo

[MineralMan]

9. There you go. We should all plant medical gardens in case we get sick.

We could take all the overgrown zucchinis to the doctor, where they'd be gladly received in payment for services rendered.

[Motley13]

10. chickens for checkups

I tried to find a video, but here is a picture

http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/reid-backers-try-get-lowdens-goat