08-04-2003, 01:44 PM | #1 (permalink) |
comfortably numb...
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Signs You Have Joined A Cheap HMO.
10. Annual breast exam conducted at Hooters. 9. Directions to your doctor's office include, "take a left when you enter the trailer park." 8. Tongue depressors taste faintly of Fudgesicle. 7. Only proctologist in the plan is "Gus" from Roto-Rooter. 6. Only item listed under Preventive Care feature of coverage is "an apple a day". 5. Your "primary care physician" is wearing the pants you gave to Goodwill last month. 4. "Patient responsible for 200% of out-of- network charges" is not a typo. 3. The only expense covered 100% is embalming. 2. With your last HMO, your birth control pills didn't come in different colors with little "M"'s on them. and Number 1 Sign You've Joined a Cheap HMO... 1. You ask for Viagra. You get a popsicle stick and duct tape.
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08-04-2003, 03:58 PM | #4 (permalink) |
comfortably numb...
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Location: upstate
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sorry, terr, been away for a few days...
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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