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[Wifezilla]

Yeah, right.

Why do you think people order meds from Canada all the time? My dad does...

www.canadameds.com​

 

[gritsar]

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I haven't followed the news lately, but is it true that if you need to see a specialist in Canada you could be waiting months?
If I paid for my meds out of pocket they would run in the neighborhood of $600 a month. I pay a total of $12 under my prescription plan. However I can see my rheumatologist any time I need to.

 

[saddina]

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I haven't followed the news lately, but is it true that if you need to see a specialist in Canada you could be waiting months?
If I paid for my meds out of pocket they would run in the neighborhood of $600 a month. I pay a total of $12 under my prescription plan. However I can see my rheumatologist any time I need to.

Well, it took me 3 months per appointment for my son to see the ear doctor, and that was with our HMO.

 

[gritsar]

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Three of the scariest letters in the medical world, H-M-O.

 

[Eggs4Sale]

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That's not very nice. It's completely possible that is all she pays.

The government charges you a flat rate for health care here and the rate is determined by your family income. Because my husband is a contractor and they go off of last years income taxes we are covered but if we made more we would pay more

What I mean is you pay for it all in the end because your goods cost so much more than ours (well, maybe not any more). That's exactly what will happen here if they nationalize health care. I apologize for the flippant response rather than an opinion, though. Guess I was still sore from writing my response directly above it.

 

[shawnkfl]

medication and doctor bills will always be overly inflated in this country. someone has to pay for the malpractice lawsuits for all og the incompetent "doctors" we have. of course, someone then needs to pay $200.00/hour for the lawyers to sue them. only in amerika!

 

[saddina]

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Three of the scariest letters in the medical world, H-M-O.

Only thing worse is ""uninsured", but yeah our insurance is there, but only useful for things like broken legs. Total time after the diagnosis of "degenertive hearing loss" to get to an actual treatment plan, 9 months and 3 specialist visits, why so long, each office had a 3 month wait period, and you had to get the tests in order to get them paid for.

 

[trilyn]

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Three of the scariest letters in the medical world, H-M-O.

Only thing worse is ""uninsured", but yeah our insurance is there, but only useful for things like broken legs. Total time after the diagnosis of "degenertive hearing loss" to get to an actual treatment plan, 9 months and 3 specialist visits, why so long, each office had a 3 month wait period, and you had to get the tests in order to get them paid for.

Good luck getting insurance to cover your aids. What...do they think they're a fashion statement? I'm 33 and my parents paid for mine when I was a child (they had excellent insurance) and now as an adult with insurance of my own, still gotta pay!

That doesn't mean I'm for a national healthcare system though.

 

[beak]

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You should be able to find something. There are so many blood pressure medicines that are generic out there. Can't you go to a clinic that charges 40 or 50 dollars? Blood pressure is nothing to mess with.

 

[beak]

Sounds like they are going to pass a health bill. Hopefully it will take care of a lot of the stuff I've seen on this forum from people that are sick and can't afford basics.