Palin pick?

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Registered: 10-06-2004
Palin pick?
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Wed, 09-03-2008 - 2:02pm

Palin pick?



  • Always planned on voting for McCain
  • Now voting for McCain because of pick
  • Now voting for Obama because of pick
  • Always planned on voting for Obama


You will be able to change your vote.


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Registered: 12-10-2007
In reply to: schimzoegirl
Fri, 09-19-2008 - 3:43pm

Thanks!


That's what I did - I started up again after I was done nursing DS, after being smokefree for an entire year. I wish I had never started up again.


The Chantix is working well (other than the crappy symptoms)...but I think my body's getting more used to it, I'm feeling much better today.


Thanks for the advice - if this doesn't work, I'll definitely look into the hypnosis, I"ve heard great things about that too!

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-06-2007
In reply to: schimzoegirl
Fri, 09-19-2008 - 3:51pm

Btw, still off-topic, but I wanted to wish you good luck with quitting. I've never smoked but both my husband and my mother do and I really wish they would quit. It's great that you're trying. Good luck!


Chrissy
mom to Aidan 8/21/03
Grayson Blaine 12/30/07

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-10-2007
In reply to: schimzoegirl
Fri, 09-19-2008 - 4:05pm
Thanks! I need all the encouragement I can get!! :)

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Registered: 05-14-2008
In reply to: schimzoegirl
Fri, 09-19-2008 - 4:27pm

Many many good points!

I have "shopped" most notably because I have to pay the first $5000 out of pocket.

What you discover is that when you shop--they won't give you the prices. Yes, it's true. It's like pulling teeth and impossible in most cases. They don't want you to know, they don't want you to shop, they don't want the folks in on the "scam". Then we fools could compare notes at which time we'd be outraged. Kind of like when I learned that the true cost of my son's sprained ankle was really $350 and not the $1500 my insurance company was billed and that I would have had to pay had I not "questioned" it.

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Registered: 05-14-2008
In reply to: schimzoegirl
Fri, 09-19-2008 - 4:41pm

I have two 17 year olds and I pay $65 a piece per month for their coverage with a $2500 deductible.

Other than for shots when needed, my daughter has been to the doctor 1 time in her life for an ear infection at age 14. We didn't even do annual physicals because what for? If you have no concerns and you're normal height and weight it's simply money in the doctor's pocket. My son has never been to the doctor for an illness either. He has seen a podiatrist for an ingrown toenail problem at age 14 and then that sprained ankle in 9th grade. That's it for their entire lives. Yes, need to tell me I'm fortunate, I get that.

Now they're living overseas for a year and have international health insurance provided but yet I'm still paying their premiums so when they return they are covered. Why? To protect our assets. In the event they did get sick, we had no coverage and were charged the outrageous charges the US system charges the uninsured because they know they're not likely collect anyway--we're collectible and I'm not about to lose my life's savings because our health care pricing system is out of control. So I pay for "insurance" that isn't likely needed and if history means anything won't be used. I'm just glad I have the $65 a month option. In many states there are no such plans.

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-14-2008
In reply to: schimzoegirl
Fri, 09-19-2008 - 4:44pm

Only partially true. Oftentimes those who are lowest risk are simply wanting to protect their assets, like me!

Other times those low risk persons are young and don't have a lot of extra funds to throw towards insurance that they probably really won't need. If they have no assets to be sued for, they have little to lose by risking it.

We need more state catastrophic plan options but mandates have squelched a lot of that.

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-14-2008
In reply to: schimzoegirl
Fri, 09-19-2008 - 4:49pm

Too bad so many can't function without being subsidized. They've helped to create their own mess.

Do you know that a third of the costs of care is spent on unnecessary treatments/test? Yes, those doctors have to get their money from somewhere. Matters not if it's wasteful or unnecessary I guess.

My oh my, I wonder how doctors of days gone by ever managed when people paid their own way. Oh yes, I remember, part of the reason was their salaries weren't quite so high. Cry me a river.....

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
In reply to: schimzoegirl
Fri, 09-19-2008 - 7:47pm
No it was Obama in a speech telling people that they were going to have the same health care that Congress has.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-30-2004
In reply to: schimzoegirl
Fri, 09-19-2008 - 8:18pm

ACCESS to that same healthcare.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 10-26-2003
In reply to: schimzoegirl
Fri, 09-19-2008 - 11:53pm

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and people weren't waiting in line to sue them. and education costs weren't so high. and people were satisfied to see a GP. and mortality rates were higher.

with more sophisticated medical technology comes better care at a higher cost. chances of surviving a serious illness are much better, but require more training and higher price tags for tests and equipment. people want a specialist who can provide the most up-to-date care appropriate to their conditions.

or you can be a elitist and whine about the salaries that doctors' make for improving or prolonging or saving your life or the life of your child - and choose the old-fashioned basic care.

Bea

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