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Post #289,951 by warmachine 7/28/07 10:36:11 AM Reply	I didn't know that! I thought that US emergency treatment was free for those who couldn't pay. It turns out that free means being chased by debt collection agencies. Not only does the healthcare system fail to catch people who are falling, it kicks them when they're down. I'm in awe! I don't think I could imagine such institutionalized cruelty in a modern democracy without riots. Yet people accept this. In the US, of all places. I think this is the key to understanding US culture. When you understand why the US healthcare system exists, you understand US culture. 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.
Post #289,952 by boxley 7/28/07 10:41:47 AM Reply	thats why you empty your pockets and dont use yer own name when you show up to the emergency room. Hounded by bill collectors is cruel? Ive been hounded by the best, tell em to fuck off, Im gonna eat before I pay bills. If you really want to fuck with them, send them $5 every 30 days, all they can do is wail. thanx, bill Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #289,954 by Another Scott 7/28/07 11:12:52 AM Reply	One word: Garnishment. [link\|http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/advice/t-14467.html\|Help! They garnished my checking account!] And paying [link\|http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/small-claims/medical-garnishment-33451.html\|$10/month didn't help.]. Often people have little choice in how much they pay toward their medical bills. Showing up without ID might work in an emergency situation like being bitten by a spider, ;-), but it won't do any good for treatment of chronic conditions - the situations where most of the expense lies. Cheers, Scott.
Post #289,955 by boxley 7/28/07 11:16:11 AM Reply	you cant get garnished without a judgement you cant get a judgement if someone is paying $5 a month towards the bill. thanx, bill Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #289,957 by Another Scott 7/28/07 11:24:58 AM Reply	Not so. See 2nd link above.
Post #289,966 by boxley 7/28/07 1:33:42 PM Reply	Its obvious they got a default judgement against her she didnt go to court to defend. You cant garnish without a judgement. You cant get a judgement if you are paying the bill. thanx, bill Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]

On medical bankruptcies. - (Another Scott) - (8) - July 28, 2007, 08:41:12 AM EDT

you dont need health insurance reform, you need unions - (boxley) - July 28, 2007, 09:49:50 AM EDT

I didn't know that! - (warmachine) - (5) - July 28, 2007, 10:36:11 AM EDT

thats why you empty your pockets and dont use yer own name - (boxley) - (4) - July 28, 2007, 10:41:47 AM EDT

One word: Garnishment. - (Another Scott) - (3) - July 28, 2007, 11:12:52 AM EDT

you cant get garnished without a judgement - (boxley) - (2) - July 28, 2007, 11:16:11 AM EDT

Not so. See 2nd link above. -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - July 28, 2007, 11:24:58 AM EDT

Its obvious they got a default judgement against her - (boxley) - July 28, 2007, 01:33:42 PM EDT

Congressional hearings aren't about finding good solutions - (tonytib) - July 29, 2007, 05:43:52 PM EDT

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