Too true. In my career as a nurse I frequently saw people
who had avoided dealing with the reality of their situation and many
who through age related decline were incapable of dealing with the
the reality of their situations.
On Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:27:36 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
Why do so many Canadians come to the USA for healthcare then ?
My Canadian customers complain bitterly about Canadian healthcare.
Several of them have private health insurance that is good for
private healthcare in Canada and in the USA.
Interesting that their Canadian health insurance actually works,
compared to American health insurance ...
I got my cataracts replaced last year on Medicare.
Tell me again that USA health insurance does not work.
I was able to return to work the next day after each of my cataract >surgeries. (One for each eye.)
I went in early this year to get the nodules in my lungs checked out
again using their MRI machine on low dose. No growth and still 5 mm in >diameter for all five nodules. I did not pay a penny for the test using
my Medicare and supplemental insurance, I pay about $400/month for the >health insurance. I go back again in 2027.
Immediate death, death within 30 days of delivery, death within 90 days
of delivery, etc are handled differently by states and countries for
infant mortality.
Some places also define death of a fetus after a certain number of weeks
as infant mortality.
You learn a lot of things when you lose a baby during what was a normal >delivery. There is no such thing as a normal delivery.
In my experience the insurance companies sent you many bills for things
that are covered.
For example, after a copay of 125, I received a bill for 750 for a short >stay at Duke hospital. A friend was in a bit longer and billed 4500.
Best is to simply ignore them, as they are either incompetent or are
hoping you'll simply pay. After the second notice they either figure
out that they are owed nothing, or that you are not a sucker.
Incompetence or a scam, take your pick. Or both!
Observing and reporting people being treated
differently based on skin color is not.
Referring to one invisible person(hood) by a
skin color, and another invisible person(hood)
by another skin color is treating those invisible
person(hood)s differently.
On Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:53:49 -0400, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
In my experience the insurance companies sent you many bills for things
that are covered.
For example, after a copay of 125, I received a bill for 750 for a short
stay at Duke hospital. A friend was in a bit longer and billed 4500.
Best is to simply ignore them, as they are either incompetent or are
hoping you'll simply pay. After the second notice they either figure
out that they are owed nothing, or that you are not a sucker.
Incompetence or a scam, take your pick. Or both!
Silly question but that sounds like a daily fee on your hospital room.
Is that part of your insurance plan?
On Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:29:12 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
I was able to return to work the next day after each of my cataract
surgeries. (One for each eye.)
I was told not to start driving till the following Monday (both
surgeries were done on a Thursday)
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