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 Jan 14 2008, 12:21 AM
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 Oh baby bring me down  Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68  |
QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Jan 11 2008, 10:39 AM)  It would help if we actually had free market healthcare. we'd get shitty research cause the incentive is gone. QUOTE (Forum Warrior @ Jan 13 2008, 02:28 PM) Please forgive me because I don't want to pay MORE unfair taxes because some faggot got aids because he didn't make his boyfriend use a condom. And obviously I mean more than just aids. What about lung cancer treatment for people who still choose to smoke? What about anyone else who have unhealthy practices? What about people who eat themselves to death and have all kinds of medical issues because of it? Why should their self-inflicted burden be spread over the population? Do the people who take care of themselves deserve this? I don't think so. I was thinking of more fat and diabetic problems, as well as unclean piercings. -------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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Jan 14 2008, 02:24 PM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
QUOTE (Hartmann @ Jan 13 2008, 05:50 PM) Well, you could easily go sign up and pay $60/month and get it. I could, but I prefer to keep my electricity turned on right now. -------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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Jan 14 2008, 02:27 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
And your internet... and your computer... don't even come on here on the internet and talk about how you can't afford health insurance but can afford internet access.
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Jan 14 2008, 03:10 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
unclean piercings? thats a new one
internet is basically a necessity for a student. while healthcare isnt until you need it and the kicker is you never know when thatll be! and i pay less than 60 bucks for my cable internet! i have health insurance through tech now but i havent looked at any of the paperwork. i am willing to bet thatll be the cheapest way to get your own insurance if you are a tech student denmarkites (ians something) pay SHIT LOADS of taxes yet they are rated as the happiest people on earth and ladies leave their babies in a stroller on the sidewalk while they do their shopping. crazy communists having to be so damn happy with the world! -------------------- Little monkeys making money
Naked monkey looking funny Mighty males are strong and free Female monkey, not so lucky Rocking monkeys, funky monkeys Monkeys sticking other monkeys Monkeys wrong or monkeys right Mostly flexing monkey might |
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Jan 14 2008, 03:13 PM
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 Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Jan 14 2008, 03:10 PM) unclean piercings? thats a new one internet is basically a necessity for a student. while healthcare isnt until you need it and the kicker is you never know when thatll be! and i pay less than 60 bucks for my cable internet! i have health insurance through tech now but i havent looked at any of the paperwork. i am willing to bet thatll be the cheapest way to get your own insurance if you are a tech student You pay less than $60?! Cable internet and TV costs somewhere in the range of $45-80 depending on your setup. Internet is not a necessity. I have gone weeks without internet in my home and survived by simply going to a nearby coffee shop. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Jan 14 2008, 03:15 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
i have less than 50 for internet yet and less than 50 for tv together resulting in 98 bucks. i could choose to have one of the other and save money
so you have a laptop then? those are pretty expensive. when my internet died i had to drive to my bfs or call him whenever i needed to check my email and i still got behind. and it SUUUUUUUCKS to have to drive to campus each time you need a computer. and a person on a tight budget may not even be able to do that -------------------- Little monkeys making money
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Jan 14 2008, 03:18 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Jan 14 2008, 03:15 PM) i have less than 50 for internet yet and less than 50 for tv together resulting in 98 bucks. i could choose to have one of the other and save money so you have a laptop then? those are pretty expensive. You can get them for cheap if you try (and really want to). Also, a lot of coffee shops have installed workstations that you can do work on, send e-mail etc. leaving the cost of a thumbdrive up to the user. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Jan 14 2008, 03:20 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
The point is, you currently have your choice. You can do a buy-up plan at a company who pays for your insurance for like $150/month and have super duper ultra coverage, or you can pay for some cheap student insurance, or you can choose to not have insurance.
If you allow the government to choose for you, it'll be crap coverage and you no longer have any choice. |
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Jan 14 2008, 03:20 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
none in lubbock
ive been looking for a cheap laptop! THEY DONT EXIST. except for that one that i think ira was trying to sell from 1995 but i wasnt going to do it well i am basing my opinions on universal healthcare on that EVERYONE needs insurance whether they think they do or not. because its when these dumbasses get hurt and dont have insurance - thats what we pay for now. and it happens a lot (ie. lots of people in america dont have insurance) IF everyone got insurance from the government, yes it wouldnt be like OMG the doctors come to see me before i even know im sick! but theyd still all have insurance. that could possibly save money? -------------------- Little monkeys making money
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Jan 14 2008, 03:24 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Right but it's your own choice. It's like car insurance (yes you have to have liability), but having full coverage is up to you. If you don't have full coverage and you total the thing at your own fault, you're screwed.
And btw cheap laptops, ebay. I got an excellent refurbished laptop off ebay for about $300. |
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Jan 14 2008, 04:22 PM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (Hartmann @ Jan 13 2008, 05:50 PM) Well, you could easily go sign up and pay $60/month and get it. THIS. Because everyone loves having a $6 trillion deductible. -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Jan 14 2008, 05:18 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (pebkac @ Jan 14 2008, 04:22 PM) THIS. Because everyone loves having a $6 trillion deductible. I quoted the exact rates. It was with a $1500 deductible. Very reasonable IMHO. |
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Jan 14 2008, 06:04 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
$1500 deductible for $60/month with $25 office visits and $10 prescriptions... something like that is not unreasonable. It's not like that $1500 has to be paid all in one lump sum and it definitely beats 3k, 6k+ out of pocket w/o insurance.
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Jan 14 2008, 06:52 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Jan 14 2008, 06:04 PM) $1500 deductible for $60/month with $25 office visits and $10 prescriptions... something like that is not unreasonable. It's not like that $1500 has to be paid all in one lump sum and it definitely beats 3k, 6k+ out of pocket w/o insurance. Exactly. I pay ~$30/month through work with a $2,000 deductible, $15 office visits, and $10 prescriptions. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Jan 14 2008, 10:57 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Jan 14 2008, 06:04 PM) $1500 deductible for $60/month with $25 office visits and $10 prescriptions... something like that is not unreasonable. It's not like that $1500 has to be paid all in one lump sum and it definitely beats 3k, 6k+ out of pocket w/o insurance. Or even more... I met my deductible with my surgeries earlier this year, and had I not had any insurance whatsoever, total would have been into the $30k range. and just to add mine I pay $0 through my company and have $2,000 deductible, $25 office, and $15 prescriptions. |
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