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How many of your guys and gals do not have health or dental insurance?

How many of your guys and gals do not have health or dental insurance?

  • Yes, Health insurance only

    Votes: 17 20.0%
  • Yes, Dental insurance only

    Votes: 2 2.4%
  • Yes, I have both Health and Dental insurance

    Votes: 19 22.4%
  • No, I am uninsured :(

    Votes: 47 55.3%

  • Total voters
    85

supermanlives

Active member
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Last time i went i hadn't been to the dentist in 12-15 yrs.I had
2 root canals,2 implant post and crowns .2 tooth extractions,fillings recolored to white,LAb work and xrays.And a bridge installed all for $1200 bucks.I shutter to think of the bill i would have gotten here,Prob around 4 to $7000 bucks...

dont sound like a vacation to me . lol. better involve some blow, a hooker and massive amounts of alcohol to offset the pain.
 

LiLWaynE

I Feel Good
ICMag Donor
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hey useful idiot and h20, please take your bullshit somewhere else. i dont give a fuck about any of your bulllshit. idiot, if you suspect him of being a bullshitter, then call him out somewhere else. i intended this to be a useful thread, not a place for special olympic arguments... love both ya guys, just think a little more respect/sense could be used on both of your behalfs.smoke a fucking joint and re-fuckin-LAX.......easy as that...


anyways....

They offer dental ,medical and 401k at my work.However ,due to the economy i elected to pass on getting it.Until i straighten out my financial situation,which thankfully just now comming full circle after 3 years of job and money problems.

Anytime i need to have a bunch of work done,i save up $400 and fly down to Colombia.My dentist down their is very good.And he has people fly in ,from all over the world.The cost of detal work in the Usa ,is unbeliveably expensive.Insurance works but,i like doing it this way. Doing this lets you take a vacation,while getting your teeth fixed.The people and women especially are so friendly,its a win..win.....

Last time i went i hadn't been to the dentist in 12-15 yrs.I had
2 root canals,2 implant post and crowns .2 tooth extractions,fillings recolored to white,LAb work and xrays.And a bridge installed all for $1200 bucks.I shutter to think of the bill i would have gotten here,Prob around 4 to $7000 bucks...

thanks for the tip! now i just need to:

A) learn how to speak spanish.... rosetta stone? anyone ever use it with success?
B) hire bodyguards to walk with me (as i would SURELY stick out like a sore thumb down there)
C) hire dr.drew to walk with me to use his rehab skills to keep me away from all of the good (inexpensive/high quality) drugs down there :)


fuck no
If something happens to me let those fine tax-paying baby boomers that let this country go down the shitter pay for it.


could you explain to me what you did to keep it from going down the shitter? im very curious.


<---No insurance, health or dental.

I try to take good preventative care of my self, eat a good diet, vitamins, fish oil, sleep, lots of exercise, keep it organic when ever possible, no cigs and not much beer or booze and take care of myself when I get sick. It's worked out ok this far :::knock on wood:::

I haven't been to the dentist or had dental insurance in almost 10 years, but I'm pushing 30 and have never had a cavity or any other dental issues, I just stay away from soda, floss and brush real good.
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taking preventive measures in anything you do in life are KEY to success.... its like playing defense, yet playing offense at the same time...
 

headiez247

shut the fuck up Donny
Veteran
preventative measures are great but in the end something is going to fuck you over whether it is accidental, someone else's fault, or you get a disease or some other uncontrollable medical event

If you are reasonably healthy and younger there is no excuse at all not to have health insurance. You can get a simple plan for $120 a month. It's basically 'oh shit insurance'. You have a high deductible of about $5,000 but when you get Tboned by someone and rack up $200,000 in medical bills, they will pay $195,000 of it.

Sadly, some people are fucked. If you have a bad pre existing condition, your fucked unless you are rich. If you can't afford health insurance, your fucked.

Bad car accidents can easily make medical bills north of half a million dollars.
 

LiLWaynE

I Feel Good
ICMag Donor
Veteran
I only have car insurance. So if I get sick I have to crash my car to get someone to pay my medical bills.


when i first read this comment i though that you were a fucking genius... but after a couple more seconds it hit me that you were the direct opposite... :biglaugh:

what if you aquire..... say.... hmm........ Elephantitis?

you gonna go crash your shit and say your balls got so huge from crashing into a telephone pole? mwahaha... youll probably get your elephantitas taken care of at your local county jail after your car insurance company presses charges against you for fraud.....and if you think THAT is far fetched, think again.... TONS of people commit crimes in order to get medical attention from the prison system.....

funny shit my negro
 

Joedoe555

Member
when i first read this comment i though that you were a fucking genius... but after a couple more seconds it hit me that you were the direct opposite... :biglaugh:

what if you aquire..... say.... hmm........ Elephantitis?

you gonna go crash your shit and say your balls got so huge from crashing into a telephone pole? mwahaha... youll probably get your elephantitas taken care of at your local county jail after your car insurance company presses charges against you for fraud.....and if you think THAT is far fetched, think again.... TONS of people commit crimes in order to get medical attention from the prison system.....

funny shit my negro

I have known people to claim all kinds of bullshit ailments from car wrecks. I am prety certain that I could get a kiropraktor to claim that I got elephantitis, whip lash and gonorrhea from a car wreck.
 

LiLWaynE

I Feel Good
ICMag Donor
Veteran
preventative measures are great but in the end something is going to fuck you over whether it is accidental, someone else's fault, or you get a disease or some other uncontrollable medical event


thanks for that 1 Captain Obvious :)


.... just fuxxin whichhya


but seriously though, preventative measures are better then no measures.... when you take preventatative (damn that word fuckin sucks to type) measures you are cutting out a large number of negative probabilities (or is it liabilities?) hmmm :bashhead:.....
 

LiLWaynE

I Feel Good
ICMag Donor
Veteran
I have known people to claim all kinds of bullshit ailments from car wrecks. I am prety certain that I could get a kiropraktor to claim that I got elephantitis, whip lash and gonorrhea from a car wreck.


im not as think as you dumb i am!.....

......now say it with me....
 
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guest121295

I recently became a victim of "Romney Care". One of the most embarrassing things I've ever had to do.I have to have health insurance and since the family is self employed I'm forced to join the welfare insurance provided by the state because private insurance is like 2k a month, if I don't have insurance in Mass, I recieve a fine, something like 2,000 dollars.It took 4 months for the state to do the paperwork and for 4 months I was uninsured so come tax time I will be fined for not having insur for 4 months.I've never been on welfare for anything, never had a foodstamp, always paid my own way and now I'm forced to join the minions at the quack Dr's offices that accept state care.Honestly I'd rather go die in a ditch than be on welfare.....Dental, forget it, I just pay cash, same with the Dr, unless I'm t-boned in a vehicle, I'll never use the state insurance.You should see the Dr's offices that accept welfare insurance, I'd be the only american in there....it's a nightmare come true being on the same program with all the dirtbags.Hell I hardly know what I'm saying, it's too distressing...
 

conehead

Active member
I live in Australia here every body has free medical service & if you have any chronic illness the government hands out $4250 every two years to help out with dental, chiro, or even massage. pretty cool ah. Not to mention $1000 bux every two weeks 2 get by on. Livin large in the lucky country. hehehehe.:moon::gday::moon:
 

Dislexus

the shit spoon
Veteran
Why is it every time I go to the Dr. they act like they only half-ass believe what I'm telling them.
 

Dislexus

the shit spoon
Veteran
I dress like Barrington Levy doing a cameo on The Sopranos.

Some doctors are such assholes, and I guess its related to how my brain emanations always clash with arrogant types or something. Brainwaves man totally. But actually there are a several I can think of that were friendly and genuinely listened to me and quickly addressed the real problem, so it just depends.

I used to go to this big private healthcare/clinic network that will remain unnamed. I made an appointment for a physical and was thinkin hey a male doc will probably know more male shit cuz he's focused on his own health/physiology, just like a female doc would know more female shit. So I asked the phone rep for a male doc. I guess she flagged my account as "does not like female docs" or something because anytime after that I had an appointment with a female doc they were total fucking bitches to me, forgot to run the blood test I requested, forgot to do the x-ray I request, they were just like fuck this guy. I had to just stop using the network.

Hey does growing count as work?! If so leave h^2o alone, he wants to work!
 

Quiet_Riot

Active member
Veteran
Live in a country where we freely can go to the doctor and hospital. Not dentist though, and my teeth are effd up, and it's way expencive...
 

Puffaluffagus

Member
Veteran
^^


you guys pay 2000$+ for dentist work ?
I paid 23K last year for a full restoration, all porcelain crowns top and bottom, front to back.
Quality work costs big money, and I'm not going to skimp on my teeth.

Dental insurance is a joke, a full years benefits would have only paid for 1/20th of the work I had done.
 

Puffaluffagus

Member
Veteran
Live in a country where we freely can go to the doctor and hospital. Not dentist though, and my teeth are effd up, and it's way expencive...
That's the bummer part of teeth, the longer you wait to get the work done, the more expensive it will be.
My teeth were messed up too, I think I had a filling in every tooth but the ones in front, and about 50 new cavities since I had not been to the dentist in well over 10 years.
I only had a couple spots where I could chew without pain, it was bad.
Since the restoration, not only do my teeth look better then they ever did in my whole life, they feel incredible, I can chew anything anywhere now.
23K was big money, but well worth it IMO, I don't regret having the work done for a second
 
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In~Plain~Site

And people want to continually point to the 'rich' and the banks for all the ills of this world?

The content of a man's character hasn't meant shit for a very long time in this country.

Can't wait to shut that broken faucet off, sadly, it's cockroaches of his ilk that will just find another way to cheat the system, while folks who are truly deserving will end up getting completely screwed.

Pat yourself on the back,Harvard Grad.

Fact: the system is corrupt, destroyed, manipulated and the current organization of our country will eventually collapse if if is not fixed.
I'm a veteran.
I say, what the fuck - if people are coming in from other countries and having "anchor babies" and getting housing, money and food benefits, why shouldn't I, a citizen be entitled to the same benefits?
Yes, I am disabled. And check this out - I get $900 a month. Plus $200 for food. That's $1,100 a month. I can also earn up to $1,200 a month. If I work for $300 a week part-time, I'd have hardly any taxes taken out and I'd be getting roughly $2,300 in my hands every month. Now, if I worked some office job and got paid $35,000 a year, I'd be taking in about $670 a week. After taxes probably like $525. Now go back to the $2,300 a month number I'd be working with if I worked just to earn $300 a week...I'd be getting about $575 a week. It PAYS to NOT get a job.
I will continue to not get a real job until I can either make money selling my own work or getting a job that pays considerably more than $35,000 a year. Plus I have property coming into my name, so I can just really chill.
I'm also on a list for a "renter's choice" housing voucher from a Section 8 program - I get a voucher to move anywhere in the US. I would have to pay 30% no more no less towards housing - and that includes heat,electricity, phone. I'm thinking of Northern California or Hawaii. I'd get a place that was rent to own by the owner, make it so the checks from the government go to him or her, and it pays off the property until I own it. Could find something for like $50,000 easily...a trailer on 10+ acres or a small house.
 

macamus33

Member
I do not have either health or dental and cannot afford it. Would cost as much as I make in a month and my emploter does not provide it. Thank God I have VA benefits. I'm still paying out of pocket for an emergency room visit over 2 years ago. Oh well!
 

PorkSword

Member
I make too much as a household for state insurance and too little to afford it on my own.
I could get it from work but then I would have to give up luxuries like a house and food to be able to afford it.
Its a fucked cycle.
 

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