Comments on: u.s. healthcare http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2009/04/23/us-healthcare/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:19:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Drew Tatusko http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2009/04/23/us-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-6221 Drew Tatusko Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:37:45 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/?p=2534#comment-6221 that's what chronic fatigue and fibromyagia are for - illness without a definitive diagnosis that are probably some other problem that insurance companies don't want to pay for. so people suffer while the pockets of the bastards line up.<br><br>my wife was trying to get an mri today to confirm a torn rotator cuff in her shoulder. even went to the er. only option, get an appointment for next tuesday! yet if she was drunk and drove the car into a pole, she would get the mri. responsible people suffer in this market. and we wonder why insurance fraud is so rampant. that's what chronic fatigue and fibromyagia are for – illness without a definitive diagnosis that are probably some other problem that insurance companies don't want to pay for. so people suffer while the pockets of the bastards line up.

my wife was trying to get an mri today to confirm a torn rotator cuff in her shoulder. even went to the er. only option, get an appointment for next tuesday! yet if she was drunk and drove the car into a pole, she would get the mri. responsible people suffer in this market. and we wonder why insurance fraud is so rampant.

]]> By: Existential Punk http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2009/04/23/us-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-6220 Existential Punk Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:35:17 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/?p=2534#comment-6220 Insurance companies also have a vested interest in telling doctors how to 'best' treat patients rather than allow the dr. and patient to decide together. They are also in cahoots with some doctors to keep research from happening. I.E. the Infectious Disease Board is being requested to re-write their guidelines for treating Lyme Disease and to even recognize it as a chronic problem. The drs were paid off not to affirm it is a problem. So much corruption it makes me sick.<br><br>Most Lyme Literate drs don't take insurance anymore cuz of fear of being sued like Blue Cross did to Dr. Jemsek in N. Carolina. They are also sick and tired of being told how to treat their patients. Thus, we the patients suffer because we have insurance for other needs, pay the high premiums, deal with pre-existing conditions, and then have to pay exorbinant out of pocket expenses to be treated by Lyme Literate Drs.<br><br>The entire system NEEDS to be overhauled and reformed! Insurance companies also have a vested interest in telling doctors how to 'best' treat patients rather than allow the dr. and patient to decide together. They are also in cahoots with some doctors to keep research from happening. I.E. the Infectious Disease Board is being requested to re-write their guidelines for treating Lyme Disease and to even recognize it as a chronic problem. The drs were paid off not to affirm it is a problem. So much corruption it makes me sick.

Most Lyme Literate drs don't take insurance anymore cuz of fear of being sued like Blue Cross did to Dr. Jemsek in N. Carolina. They are also sick and tired of being told how to treat their patients. Thus, we the patients suffer because we have insurance for other needs, pay the high premiums, deal with pre-existing conditions, and then have to pay exorbinant out of pocket expenses to be treated by Lyme Literate Drs.

The entire system NEEDS to be overhauled and reformed!

]]> By: Drew Tatusko http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2009/04/23/us-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-5178 Drew Tatusko Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:37:45 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/?p=2534#comment-5178 that's what chronic fatigue and fibromyagia are for - illness without a definitive diagnosis that are probably some other problem that insurance companies don't want to pay for. so people suffer while the pockets of the bastards line up.<br><br>my wife was trying to get an mri today to confirm a torn rotator cuff in her shoulder. even went to the er. only option, get an appointment for next tuesday! yet if she was drunk and drove the car into a pole, she would get the mri. responsible people suffer in this market. and we wonder why insurance fraud is so rampant. that's what chronic fatigue and fibromyagia are for – illness without a definitive diagnosis that are probably some other problem that insurance companies don't want to pay for. so people suffer while the pockets of the bastards line up.

my wife was trying to get an mri today to confirm a torn rotator cuff in her shoulder. even went to the er. only option, get an appointment for next tuesday! yet if she was drunk and drove the car into a pole, she would get the mri. responsible people suffer in this market. and we wonder why insurance fraud is so rampant.

]]> By: Existential Punk http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2009/04/23/us-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-5175 Existential Punk Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:35:17 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/?p=2534#comment-5175 Insurance companies also have a vested interest in telling doctors how to 'best' treat patients rather than allow the dr. and patient to decide together. They are also in cahoots with some doctors to keep research from happening. I.E. the Infectious Disease Board is being requested to re-write their guidelines for treating Lyme Disease and to even recognize it as a chronic problem. The drs were paid off not to affirm it is a problem. So much corruption it makes me sick.<br><br>Most Lyme Literate drs don't take insurance anymore cuz of fear of being sued like Blue Cross did to Dr. Jemsek in N. Carolina. They are also sick and tired of being told how to treat their patients. Thus, we the patients suffer because we have insurance for other needs, pay the high premiums, deal with pre-existing conditions, and then have to pay exorbinant out of pocket expenses to be treated by Lyme Literate Drs.<br><br>The entire system NEEDS to be overhauled and reformed! Insurance companies also have a vested interest in telling doctors how to 'best' treat patients rather than allow the dr. and patient to decide together. They are also in cahoots with some doctors to keep research from happening. I.E. the Infectious Disease Board is being requested to re-write their guidelines for treating Lyme Disease and to even recognize it as a chronic problem. The drs were paid off not to affirm it is a problem. So much corruption it makes me sick.

Most Lyme Literate drs don't take insurance anymore cuz of fear of being sued like Blue Cross did to Dr. Jemsek in N. Carolina. They are also sick and tired of being told how to treat their patients. Thus, we the patients suffer because we have insurance for other needs, pay the high premiums, deal with pre-existing conditions, and then have to pay exorbinant out of pocket expenses to be treated by Lyme Literate Drs.

The entire system NEEDS to be overhauled and reformed!

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