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[ohnoitsbonnie]

Originally Posted by yo soy el mejor

i don't have insurance and pay out of pocket. i shelled out ~250 when i went to see an internist and another $140 for a more holistic internist who basically told me to drink more water. when i get new glasses i usually pay no more than 70 dollars for an exam and can get frames and lenses for 300- and that's when i am splurging on the frames. i also pay $48 for every therapy appt...is that a lot? they basically let me run a tab there because they know i'll be back, but i've never let more than 3 appointments go by without walking to the desk and paying before meeting my therapist. i would hate if they had to ask.

what the heck you pay 1,000 for? did they sucker you into tests?

Originally Posted by ohnoitsbonnie

That's cool that you paid the $695 mandate (more in 2017) and out of pocket costs totalling what it would cost to be insured for a year

Or more because it's 2.5% of your income if that is higher than $695 (so, any1 that makes >25k).

[ohnoitsbonnie]

http://aapsonline.org/the-case-for-being-uninsured/ Here is one person's opinion

[ohnoitsbonnie]

https://www.google.com/amp/kff.org/u...?client=safari

I agree with this one though. While I actually advocate for universal healthcare here in the States, the ACA has a good goal: make everyone healthier by being insured. The price of healthcare goes up because of the uninsured (and not because of Lawwn's therapy tab, but for when she gets hit by a bus and can't pay, or maybe develops something that could have been caught/treated with preventative care). I have no issue with subsidies because I'm not a piece of shit libertarian

[ohnoitsbonnie]

Granite countertops tho

[Elphenor]

I had Healthcare through my last job I'll be looking into private insurance soon

[yo soy el mejor]

and here i thought my being uninsured only affected me and my monies. we can worry about that when i get hit by a bus or develop something that could have been caught/treated with preventative care.

i get checked out with more frequency than most people who do have insurance, anyway. i don't need insurance to get preventative care.

[ohnoitsbonnie]

The arrogance

[yo soy el mejor]

i know healthcare. i have the best healthcare.

[ohnoitsbonnie]

You are a lot like Trump with your arrogance and willfull ignorance so yeah good on you

[ohnoitsbonnie]

maybe tim will opt to put you to sleep when you develop stage 4 lung cancer because the out of pocket costs are too high and preventative care is not a concept you understand

[JESUSNEEDSAHIT]

Originally Posted by ohnoitsbonnie

You are a lot like Trump with your arrogance and willfull ignorance so yeah good on you

i was just thinking she is lot like Trump in the way she says anything the comes into her mind that will let her win. nothing is off the table. when she fights with someone she just pulls race and sex cards. so sad there are actually people like this who delegitimize ideas that can actually help abused and oppressed persons. disgusting sociopath narcissist

[ohnoitsbonnie]

I don't understand this "not being insured even though you can afford it" thing.

[D.]

Originally Posted by ohnoitsbonnie

U guys ever eat malabar spinach? Or just bruised up fucken california eggplants

working at da health food store, i saw bok choy and fennel and acorn squash for the first time. peeps buy a lot of that.

[ohnoitsbonnie]

All good ones

[Elphenor]

I failed the math one by one question out of like 85 this is bs

Gonna just retake

I passed English with flying colors but duh I know how to read

[smashingjj]

i'm somehow making it a new habit to not sleep at night and desperately feel like sleeping all day while at work. it's 1.36 and i'm full of energy once again. can't wait to act like a zombie tomorrow. thanks, obama

[Cool As Ice Cream]

but why?

[LaBelle]

If only people would stop and ask themselves that question a little more often.

[FoolofaTook]

Then we'd all be nihilsts, drinking nyquil listening to burzum buying boris shirts etc.

[run2pee]

Two weeks now with this throbbing sinus headache, never had one this bad. Waxes and wanes; made it to work yesterday, even, but today can barely stand up. Only thing that helps is nyquil plus weed, but I'm worried I'll just have rebound headaches if I hit that cocktail too hard

Sux feelin bad, man
http://sideshowcinema.com/images/bueller-pic-1.jpg

[smashingjj]

Originally Posted by LaBelle

If only people would stop and ask themselves that question a little more often.

then what?

[smashingjj]

Originally Posted by Cool As Ice Cream

but why?

work related stress, noises/misophonia, not being able to stop thinking or sometimes worrying about all kinds of trouble that doesn't directly involve me, alcohol, lack of alcohol, cat (that i love) sometimes waking me up by wanting to go outside and jumping on the door handle, etc etc

the stress and insomnia is usually worst in the nights after the weekend.

also our bedroom is in the front of our house, and on the other side of the street there's this big refurbishment project and for some reason they prefer drilling every morning between 7 and 8.30 to drilling at say, 10

at least i have some days off now.

[Elphenor]

Owww tailbonee shoot me in the face

[Cool As Ice Cream]

that doesn't sound good. :/
i'm not sure how, but you need to get rid of that work related stress. that fucks everything up.

enjoy your days off. hopefully the early morning drilling isn't too bad.
that'd piss me off immensely, especially on a day off. waking me up so early, and going on long enough to make going back to sleep impossible. grrr!

[Cool As Ice Cream]

Originally Posted by Run To Me

Two weeks now with this throbbing sinus headache, never had one this bad. Waxes and wanes; made it to work yesterday, even, but today can barely stand up. Only thing that helps is nyquil plus weed, but I'm worried I'll just have rebound headaches if I hit that cocktail too hard

have you seen a doctor? you might need drilling.

[redbreegull]

Originally Posted by Run To Me

Two weeks now with this throbbing sinus headache, never had one this bad. Waxes and wanes; made it to work yesterday, even, but today can barely stand up. Only thing that helps is nyquil plus weed, but I'm worried I'll just have rebound headaches if I hit that cocktail too hard

Sux feelin bad, man
http://sideshowcinema.com/images/bueller-pic-1.jpg

when I was a kid our neighbor's son got a sinus infection that went into his brain and put him into a coma and when he woke up he had suffered major brain damage, couldn't ever go back to school, speak correctly, or walk correctly again

go to the doctor

[FlamingGlobes]

Originally Posted by Cool As Ice Cream

hopefully the early morning drilling isn't too bad.

http://i.imgur.com/i2yYun3.gif

[run2pee]

I went to the dr and a kid 10 yrs younger than me decided I am probably just stressed out, and gave me flexeril to take at night so I don't grind my teeth as hard

He was super nervous, as a supervising dr was in the room, apparently watching/evaluating his work. He kept wincing and screwing up his face perplexedly, tapping his chin, and saying "uhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmm" but ultimately urged me to just relax about meningitis and my brain

Not totally confident my healthcare dollars were well spent this day. Oh well. I guess I'll just wait and see and go back to the dr if I go into a coma or my brain dies or something

[Elphenor]

I might go to urgent care after I drop my sister off at the airport tomorrow morning

I got nighttime extra strength ibuprofen so I can get some sleep going to have to be up at a ball bustingly early time

[Disco King]

I get depressed when I hear about the health concerns of Americans.

People in the richest country in the world shouldn't have to worry so much about preventable health issues.

You guys can all marry me if you wanna be Canadians.