On Sep 17, 2:19*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> In article >,
> *blake murphy > wrote:
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> > On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:21:11 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
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> > > Omelet wrote:
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> > >>>> Heh! Tell me about it! That's what I'm running into right now. Insurance
> > >>>> is not always a good thing. *I'm supposed to see a cardiologist and get
> > >>>> regular physical therapy, but cannot afford it even with insurance! *
> > >>> why not go to the emergency room, since treatment there is so peachy?
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> > >>> your pal,
> > >>> blake
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> > >> Because the co-pay is $100.00, not to mention the ER physicians separate
> > >> fee.
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> > > It is a shame that you don't have government health insurance like we
> > > have in Canada. Everyone is eligible regardless of pre-exisitng
> > > conditions. In Ontario we pay a yearly OHIP fee and employers pay a
> > > health tax per employee. It is also funded through other tax revenues..
> > > It costs me nothing to go to a doctor. It costs me nothing to go to
> > > emergency. It costs nothing for X rays or other tests. Prescriptions
> > > drugs are not covered, but there is supplemental health insurance
> > > available for that. It isn't a perfect system, but people don't face
> > > financial crisis because of medical care.
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> > yet it's an article of faith among u.s. conservatives that 'socialized
> > medicine' is madness. *go figure.
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> > your pal,
> > blake
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> I'm a conservative liberal. *To me, socialized medicine is not a bad
> thing IF it's administered properly! When it finally comes to pass,
> there is no doubt it'll make my job even more "challenging", but I
> understand the necessity/need of it.


I'm not exactly use about your job but "one source payments" may
actually make your job redundent if I understood what you mentioned in
an earlier post in this thread. There is no question of who is
billed for what. In my case if I go to the doctor, I show them my
Ontario Hospital Insurance Program card, and that's all the
administration for my visit. [1]. Hospital visits from the patient's
point of view are the same.

I. I'm sure I'm exagerating a bit but there is no need to work out
what insurance company is paying what, if a deductable amount is owed
and so on.