Post #217,984
8/7/05 2:53:55 PM
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Lets rush to that goal of national healthcare, shall we?
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #218,029
8/7/05 8:02:32 PM
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And if she didn't happen to have...
...a spare 10,000 quid lying around? Lessee:
==> In UK: wait 17 weeks, get appointment, wait say, another 20 weeks (SWAG) and get surgery. Total time: ~3/4 year. Total out of pocket costs: \ufffd0
==> In US: wait forever because you do not have money either for the surgery or the appointment. Total time: forever. Total out of pocket costs: insufficient data to calculate.
At least inthe UK, she has options
The woman is a whiner. If she has an extra \ufffd10,000 for the trip, surgery and the wherewithall to set this up, she's clearly not one of the Manchester blue collar factory workers. That's serious disposable scratch for a one-off item.
jb4
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Post #218,032
8/7/05 8:10:42 PM
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Don't the US poor get Medicaid?
Matthew Greet
Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?
- Mark Renton, Trainspotting.
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Post #218,048
8/7/05 10:24:57 PM
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Lots of doctors won't take it anymore.
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Post #218,053
8/7/05 11:09:15 PM
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And they have to be really poor
The actual limits for Medicaid are rather complex and vary from state to state, but in general you have to have a monthly income in the $1000 dollar range. It is actually possible in some states to be working a mininum wage job full time and be taking home too much money to qualify for Medicaid.
Jay
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Post #218,039
8/7/05 9:22:12 PM
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EOF - simple-ass slogan error
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Post #218,067
8/8/05 7:42:46 AM
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It's happening far more often here...
60 minutes ran a segment on it over a year ago.
Operations that cost over 100,000 US run less than 25,000 over there.
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Post #218,129
8/8/05 2:36:26 PM
8/8/05 2:37:16 PM
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Vulture-capital rulez say: it's a perpetual auction -
How Much .?. is Your Life Worth today?
(Can't make the 100K? OK - we can do it for $80K, but we'll have to eliminate the an\ufffdsthesiologist - and send you home in an hour, instead of three.)
-tyop
Edited by Ashton
Aug. 8, 2005, 02:37:16 PM EDT
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Post #218,141
8/8/05 2:54:00 PM
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costa rica has dental vacations
spend a week in a grand hotel, fishing, sightseeing airfare and 10k worth of US quality dental work for < 2k
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Post #218,189
8/8/05 5:07:10 PM
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That is our Future.
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Post #218,237
8/8/05 6:40:04 PM
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tell me more...
we just lost our dental coverage. If all we need to do is take a nice little vay-cay to the lovely shores of Costa Rica ( we even have some friends from there), why not?
Must.learn.more.
Box, you rock, man.
(bowing) I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!
Peace on,
Amy
Illegitimi non corborundum.
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Post #218,242
8/8/05 6:53:46 PM
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enjoy
[link|http://www.dentavac.com/rootcanal.html|http://www.dentavac.com/rootcanal.html]
The price at Dentavac for root canals are:
Single root canal therapy \t
$125.00
Bi-rooted canal therapy \t
$150.00
Tri-rooted canal \t
$250.00
compared to 1100 for my wife's root canal in florida
bridges
Non precious metal and porcelain \t
$250.00
Semi precious metal and porcelain \t
$300.00
Precious metal (white gold) and porcelain \t
$500.oo
Precious metal (yellow gold) and porcelain \t
$350.oo
Precious metal with porcelain facing and metal occlusion \t
$350.00 to $500.00
Fillings
$35.00 to $60.00 per filling
start packing
thanx,
bill
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Post #218,244
8/8/05 7:04:15 PM
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Lots of places do that sort of thing
At the other end of the spectrum from budget providers, there are various 'health resorts' in Europe that can do any number of cosmetic and other operations with very high quality, very low reporting and security that can keep even the paparazzi away. These places cater to media stars, politicans and the super rich, and prices reflect that.
Mexico has a lot of clinics that specalize in day visit surgery. Dental seems to be particularly hard hit, probably because the prices of dental work in the US have been inflated for so long. But there are lots of other places in Mexico you can go and get just about any procedure you want, no matter if you need it or the procedure does anything.
Other places specialize in particular types of work. Asia, particulary Bangkok, is the place to go for sex change operations. And there are hospitals in India and China that specialize in providing organ transplants to Americans, just don't ask too many questions about where the organ came from.
Jay
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Post #218,669
8/10/05 4:27:03 PM
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The Market WILL Correct. chachacha
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Post #218,388
8/9/05 2:33:03 PM
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Works very well over here. Thanks much!
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