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Coyote_Bandit

(6,783 posts)
5. Add me to that list of folks who need healthcare NOW
Thu Jan 12, 2012, 12:35 PM
Jan 2012

I haven't seen a doctor in nearly 15 years.

Not everyone has the luxury of waiting for several years for Obamacare to take effect (if, in fact, it is not repealed in whole or in part before taking effect).


As for those "medical middlepersons" well they are just doing their job. I know somebody who took one of those jobs hadling medical accounts and payments because she could not find any other employment. She quit just a few weeks into the job because she was afraid she was going to have either a breakdown or a heart attack. It was personal for her and she was stressed out and miserable. She was required to try to collect money from people who needed the care and simply did not have the ability to pay. Her ability to negoltiate fees was extremely limited - as were the resources available for referral for outside assistance. In most cases these folks are just trying to earn a livlihood. They don't set the policies or make the rules.

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How can I get Obamacare? [View all] ThatsMyBarack Jan 2012 OP
I'd like to find out, too. Kick. nt gateley Jan 2012 #1
me three rurallib Jan 2012 #2
You can't... Cameron27 Jan 2012 #3
First, it's not called Obamacare frazzled Jan 2012 #4
In the meantime Coyote_Bandit Jan 2012 #6
Don't look at me frazzled Jan 2012 #7
Ummmm...... Coyote_Bandit Jan 2012 #17
If she has a condition right now, she can get PCIP. TheWraith Jan 2012 #9
You have to be able to pay those premiums to get PCIP n/t Coyote_Bandit Jan 2012 #18
Then look at Medicaid. TheWraith Jan 2012 #21
My friend will have to spend Coyote_Bandit Jan 2012 #22
It's brutal... Cameron27 Jan 2012 #11
Sending good thoughts and warm wishes your way Coyote_Bandit Jan 2012 #19
TY Cameron27 Jan 2012 #20
Turned on the TeeVee lately, or even listened to NPR? It's Obamacare. eom TransitJohn Jan 2012 #14
Think even Obama has embraced that term Hugabear Jan 2012 #24
Add me to that list of folks who need healthcare NOW Coyote_Bandit Jan 2012 #5
wait until 2014 alc Jan 2012 #8
Sure sounds like Medicare E(veryone) would have been easier to implement since it's already in SammyWinstonJack Jan 2012 #16
As a medicaire caseworker Puzzledtraveller Jan 2012 #10
Do you have any idea what is in the bill? Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #23
This should answer ALL your questions..... kestrel91316 Jan 2012 #12
I'm pretty sure most bigtime first-term legislation Egalitariat Jan 2012 #13
You are a hostage of your current plan until 2014. PA Democrat Jan 2012 #15
Don't you wish you could fire people like Mitt Romney? Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #26
Just buy private insurance at market prices (before they MAKE you.) Problem solved. Romulox Jan 2012 #25
It depends on what you mean. If you're talking access to your state exchange TheKentuckian Jan 2012 #27
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