(NSFW) Woman gets 47 pound tumor removed from her abdomen thanks to Obamacare
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[URL]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/12/50-pound-tumor-marcey-dicaro_n_5486945.html[/URL]
[QUOTE]In 2011, DiCaro noticed that her belly was getting bigger and she felt some transient pain, the hospital said. She had a scan In March 2012 that revealed a tumor but she lacked health insurance.
The hospital canceled surgery slated for 2013 because her insurance company would only pay for a small portion of the full costs, DiCaro said.
[I][B]The hospital said DiCaro was able to get insurance that would cover pre-existing conditions this year because of a provision in the 2010 Affordable Care Act,[/B][/I] President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform law. She underwent surgery on April 17.[/QUOTE]
But obamacare is baddddddd!
[QUOTE=cody8295;45098058]But obamacare is baddddddd![/QUOTE]
I know you're being sarcastic but there are way more stories of people being fucked by it than helped by it.
It's not a tumor!
[QUOTE=avincent;45098092]I know you're being sarcastic but there are way more stories of people being fucked by it than helped by it.[/QUOTE]
True, but most people make it out to be some evil government conspiracy and it's really funny
Oh my god that image in the article is gross.
[QUOTE=avincent;45098092]I know you're being sarcastic but there are way more stories of people being fucked by it than helped by it.[/QUOTE]
regardless of flaws, even major, it is a step forward
why is it so bad for people to receive health care? why do people think you should need money to be alive and well?
it's a matter of compassion, the problem is the politics attached that mangle that goal
thanks obama!
[QUOTE=thepwnwar;45098102]It's not a tumor![/QUOTE]It's a boy!
[QUOTE=bitches;45098116]regardless of flaws, even major, it is a step forward
why is it so bad for people to receive health care? why do people think you should need money to be alive and well?
it's a matter of compassion, the problem is the politics attached that mangle that goal[/QUOTE]
National healthcare is fucking retarded and doesn't work. I do agree we need something but NATION-wide is not the answer.
There still needs to be national [I]regulation [/I]of healthcare
Its weird how people arent as passionate about health insurance as they are with their gun rights.
Promotion of the general welfare is in the preamble. Its been in the constitution longer than the right to bear arms.
How wonderful that this woman was finally able to be helped!
However, working in a dentist's office has taught me that this new healthcare is fucking over so many more than it's helping. I've had to turn away almost everyone under the new ACA dental plans because they're being assigned arbitrarily to the wrong facilities and aren't being covered. And it takes a month to reassign, so if they're abcessed or anything like that they're pretty much SOL and stuck with a huge bill.
[QUOTE=avincent;45098134][B]National healthcare is fucking retarded and doesn't work.[/B] I do agree we need something but NATION-wide is not the answer.[/QUOTE]
Most of Europe would probably disagree with you on that.
[QUOTE=avincent;45098134]National healthcare is fucking retarded and doesn't work. I do agree we need something but NATION-wide is not the answer.[/QUOTE]
National healthcare has worked in the United States for [I]decades[/I].
[QUOTE=avincent;45098134]National healthcare is fucking retarded and doesn't work. I do agree we need something but NATION-wide is not the answer.[/QUOTE]
according to who
[QUOTE=squids_eye;45098174]Most of Europe would probably disagree with you on that.[/QUOTE]
You also have higher taxes
[QUOTE=Code3Response;45098145]Its weird how people arent as passionate about health insurance as they are with their gun rights.
Promotion of the general welfare is in the preamble. Its been in the constitution longer than the right to bear arms.[/QUOTE]
Because we Americans love death, whether or not we want to admit it.
[QUOTE=lolwutdude;45098208]according to who[/QUOTE]
Meant by the govt.
[QUOTE=avincent;45098134]National healthcare is fucking retarded and doesn't work. I do agree we need something but NATION-wide is not the answer.[/QUOTE]
I can't hear you over my Medicare. Well what will be left of it in the next financial year.
[QUOTE=avincent;45098225]You also have higher taxes[/QUOTE]
Good. I'd rather pay a bit extra and know I'm covered at all times than get screwed over when my for-profit insurance provider finds a reason for a treatment not to be covered.
[QUOTE=avincent;45098225]You also have higher taxes[/QUOTE]
"national healthcare is retarded and doesn't work!"
"europe and other 1st world countries shown thats different"
"you guys have higher taxes"
good point
If it werent for national healthcare, I'd be fucking dead, so Im pretty sure its a good thing.
Taxes arent that high, yeah you might have to wait a bit if you can liive with your problem but if you're about to die a preventable death then its a good system
[QUOTE=avincent;45098228]Meant by the govt.[/QUOTE]
Yeah dude government run national healthcare has been successful since it was implemented in the 1960's. Where have you been?
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how can anyone with a straight face say that national healthcare is bad? I know it's only Americans saying this - is it just the braindead republicans?
what is a scandinavia
it has a funny name, must be a third-world communist state
[QUOTE=Pelican;45098356]how can anyone with a straight face say that national healthcare is bad? I know it's only Americans saying this - is it just the braindead republicans?[/QUOTE]
National healthcare isn't bad. National healthcare run by our government is bad. See: VA.
We already pay for all the people in poverty who go to the ER for a head cold or a place warm place to sleep. They can't be refused and the cost gets put to the government, and unless you are extremely lucky you still have to pay for your healthcare through your employer, or pay for private insurance so any increased tax rate that would come from a national healthcare system that allotted care for everyone, wouldn't be that be of a financial difference to most, if any difference out of pocket. We need national healthcare. Also having a government healthcare system could also help regulate the insane costs for healthcare equipment used in the industry. My dad is a clinical instructor and BSN RN and talks about the ridiculous cost things get billed for. For example, a pair of silicone rubber gloves in a routine once an hour patient examination was billed for $15, and things like one-use IV lines that are billed for $350 that are reused in other hospital systems around the world instead of simply tossed after each daily use. It's ridiculous and causes things like my fathers $9,000 a month injection medication for arthritis, that he still has to pay $450 a month out of pocket for. I had my lung collapse a few years back, and my emergency operation and four day stay at the hospital cost $95,000. Breaking my finger and going to the ER, and having surgury cost $33,000. Luckily I am still under my fathers medical insurance, so it only cost us around $5,000 out of pocket for those two incidents, but you can't tell me you would want to face bills like that without help.
[QUOTE=Sally;45098338]"strawman"
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"another strawman"[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=avincent;45098134]National healthcare is fucking retarded and doesn't work. I do agree we need something but NATION-wide is not the answer.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=squids_eye;45098174]Most of Europe would probably disagree with you on that.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=avincent;45098225]You also have higher taxes[/QUOTE]
good job not reading thread buddy
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