Off topic rant

Oh what are these Providian cards you speak of and might I have one please. I need some new stuff too LOL. Sarah you didn't offend or if you did, big deal. Everyone's entitled to an opinion and yours are well said and presented in a reasonable manner....don't worry we don't flame here lol.

Thanks, Vaughn and Jo :)

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Our health system really is broken in this country. Between the malpractice lawsuits and the fact that the insured have to pay for the uninsured, it's common for the average Joe (or Jeanne) to get stuck with a huge bill. Every year we renegotiate our health insurance plan at work, and every year I have to pay more out of pocket for fewer benefits. Pretty frustrating... :irkd:

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Hear, Hear!!!!!!!! *$%*%&%&%&$*$* It's the same with the company here..or better yet, we're FORCED to sign up in Nov. My child is "now" too old for one of the benefits. Did I GET that age limit in my pamphlet???!?? Noooooooooooooo and now that it's past the 30 days of her birthday, they're going to KEEP taking the $$ out of my pay, and I have NO way of getting reimbursed. $600 that I can't afford, with no recourse.

It STINKS! but I have to keep telling myself it's better than nothing at all. (Been there, done that).

I am more upset that the bill is taking half of my money that I was going to use to buy a new Het from Adam. :P

We're lucky, I think, that we have 24 hour (I think anyway) emergency clinic at med center covered under our PPO , so it's just our copay of $15. You might be there several hours before you see a doctor or even a triage nurse, but it's cost effective.

My emergency surgery last summer, well that was ER, hospital, the whole deal. Occurred now 13 months ago and I *just* received another bill from it, "Due Upon Receipt"....riiight...

whenever we have a huge hospital stay... we are thanking our lucky stars we live in canada!