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Sep 25, 2009 10:43

i wish i were a good writer. i wish i were a good writer because then... well, this would sound much better and make more sense and possibly reach more people. but instead, it will probably be scattered and all over the place ( Read more... )

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Health insurance is like heroin addiction, we need it but we don't want to need it. quietgrrl September 26 2009, 02:20:37 UTC

Thanks for posting this. I do have insurance and am very happy that I do (my prescription bill without insurance is about $1500/mo, with insurance, it's $50/mo), but I'm not happy with it. Luckily this will end soon as the most expensive drug I'm taking is to actually cure something. I'm in this weird situation where I think all the toxic chemicals I'm exposed to at work (melting plastic, formaldehyde, carbon black, toner dust, etc) are actually causing my health problems but I can't actually prove it. If I quit my job and am wrong, and it's just a coincidence that my asthma got bad and I developed a bunch of food allergies and I now have severe cystic acne all at the same time that I started this job... then I'm left without health insurance and a mountain of pre-existing conditions.
I don't think you can find a person that doesn't at least know someone who is in dire need of their meager health care or is relying on emergency care that puts them into collections.

Re: Health insurance is like heroin addiction, we need it but we don't want to need it. nonplussed September 26 2009, 17:06:21 UTC

the patient i wrote about: well, i talked to her doctor about all of this and she said that only some things are considered "pre-existing" and it depends on the insurance company.

i just think we shouldn't have to deal with insurance companies PERIOD. they are all evil. i know if we eliminated them that thousands would be left jobless - and that sucks too.

Re: Health insurance is like heroin addiction, we need it but we don't want to need it. quietgrrl September 26 2009, 17:07:33 UTC

I found out recently the Celiac is considered a pre-existing condition. :(

chairbear September 26 2009, 13:57:08 UTC

Even if you have a job with insurance, it's pretty terrifying to think about quitting or getting another job and having to go without insurance for a while and then deal with the pre-existing condition thing. There should be no such thing as a pre-existing condition.

jjjiii September 26 2009, 14:16:39 UTC

Thanks for posting this, and good job on the writing.