First, Thanks to all who posted the well wishes and for those who will. It is deeply appreciated.
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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
I got a personal question for you pan, why don't you have insurance through your school? Or is it not an option? At any rate I don't even know if school insurance would cover something that sounds hardcore like what you had. Sorry man, and I agree that the current system is pretty whacked out, you being one of the 40 million people that don't have insurance.
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The school doesn't offer it, certain companies have fliers out there but the cost is very high, esp for a single male smoker aged 38.
As for Socialized medicine..... I don't know if I would favor that, but I am a firm believer that we need medical on a sliding scale.
Trust me, as the bills have come in (and I realize I can't afford to even try to make a payment plan because I truly live barely within my means as it is), I have truly given thought to saying fuck it, dropping out of school, giving everything to my mother and claiming homelessness. That's not a solution, but watching the credit I rebuilt from garbage and worked my ass of to fix be destroyed because I fell ill seems like a punishment by society and the greed of those running the Health industry.
I mean if a society bankrupts hard working people because they fall ill, what kind of society is that? To me it is "3rd world" and I am not sure I want to belong to a society that does this.I find it against everything I ever believed America to stand for.
The doctors were cool in that the after surgery office visits they put me down as a house case and non-billable. I must say the people I have worked with have been cool but they have their regs and rules and I unfortunately am not able to get around them.
Now I see why people sue for medical malpractice over the slightest thing, you start getting these bills you have no chance in Hell of paying so look for a reason to blame the doctor and sue your way out of the bills.
I find it extremely pathetic the President can keep cutting taxes for the rich and cuts social programs where someone working, going to school falls prey to illness and is wiped out.
Fucking pathetic excuse, the system HAS TO CHANGE.
//end rant sorry, but I am extremely disillusioned right now, as I am a taxpaying citizen and I need some of my tax money that pays for these programs that are supposed to help me to help me. It's not the taxes I mind paying, I believe it is my share and responsiblity to help....... but when I need those services that I am paying into with my taxes then I should have a right to them.