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[CentralTexasCrude]

Look at that Ambulatory-Health Care category. Not surprising. After being ill for well over a year, collapsing in my motel room and being helicoptered to a hospital in Lubbock, finally got the bill for that hour flight. $200,000. When I hadn't responded in a few months, they offered to settle for $18,000. What a racket.

[Animal]

you can thank the insurance companies. insurance has a hand in fucking up almost everything it takes to live.

[CentralTexasCrude]

you can thank the insurance companies. insurance has a hand in fucking up almost everything it takes to live.

With that kind of gouging, sounds like the insurance companies are lax on keeping costs down. Probably raking off a % of that whole "Ambalutory-Health Care" thing.

[Animal]

you can thank the insurance companies. insurance has a hand in fucking up almost everything it takes to live.

With that kind of gouging, sounds like the insurance companies are lax on keeping costs down. Probably raking off a % of that whole "Ambalutory-Health Care" thing.

lax on keeping costs down? why would insurance companies want costs down? they get paid based on what things cost. the more they cost they more they make. that's a myth that they are interested in keeping costs down. a myth perpetuated by them.

[Biker]

you can thank the insurance companies. insurance has a hand in fucking up almost everything it takes to live.

[Reservoir Dog]

Look at that Ambulatory-Health Care category. Not surprising. After being ill for well over a year, collapsing in my motel room and being helicoptered to a hospital in Lubbock, finally got the bill for that hour flight. $200,000. When I hadn't responded in a few months, they offered to settle for $18,000. What a racket.

you can thank the insurance companies. insurance has a hand in fucking up almost everything it takes to live.

Great system you guys got there.

[peterosehaircut]

Is agriculture not considered an industry? There's no way Nebraska and Iowa have a larger gdp from insurance if not.

[Animal]

Is agriculture not considered an industry? There's no way Nebraska and Iowa have a larger gdp from insurance if not.

maybe some large insurance companies have their corporate headquarters in Nebraska and/or Iowa and all of their national revenue goes into those states?

ie Mutual of Omaha, etc.

[CentralTexasCrude]

you can thank the insurance companies. insurance has a hand in fucking up almost everything it takes to live.

With that kind of gouging, sounds like the insurance companies are lax on keeping costs down. Probably raking off a % of that whole "Ambalutory-Health Care" thing.

lax on keeping costs down? why would insurance companies want costs down? they get paid based on what things cost. the more they cost they more they make. that's a myth that they are interested in keeping costs down. a myth perpetuated by them.

I remember in the Sopranos when Tony was hospitalized and some lady was a "Utilization Review Specialist" from the Insurance companies trying to keep costs down, get him released ASAP, etc. I was in for a month and never saw anyone like that. At the end I was rejecting 2/3 of all medicines they were trying to get me to take with a FU attitude.

[CentralTexasCrude]

After 30 days, I walked out of that hospital with so many antibiotics stored away, my body could kill any germs from 10 yards away.

[stonedmegman]

[B-Tender]

I hear Arkansas is beautiful this time of year.

[Biker]

[CentralTexasCrude]

Aw, Maryland. Eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Home territory starting around 350 years ago.

[Biker]

[Animal]

that's the way I remember the political divide in this country. North of the Mason Dixon was Republican and south of it was Democrat.

[Biker]

[Biker]

[stonedmegman]

Look at that Ambulatory-Health Care category. Not surprising. After being ill for well over a year, collapsing in my motel room and being helicoptered to a hospital in Lubbock, finally got the bill for that hour flight. $200,000. When I hadn't responded in a few months, they offered to settle for $18,000. What a racket.

Great insurance coverage you got there Gomer.

[Reservoir Dog]

Look at that Ambulatory-Health Care category. Not surprising. After being ill for well over a year, collapsing in my motel room and being helicoptered to a hospital in Lubbock, finally got the bill for that hour flight. $200,000. When I hadn't responded in a few months, they offered to settle for $18,000. What a racket.

Great insurance coverage you got there Gomer.

It doesn't matter. He's going to welch on the bill no matter how much it is.

[Biker]

[Homebrew]

[Biker]

[Animal]

i'm surprised New Orleans and Atlanta aren't blue.

[CentralTexasCrude]

What's the deal with the deep blue Afghanistan? Lot of screwing to replenish the mujahideen suicide bomber population?