tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596260.post7799003106686608631..comments2023-10-23T12:25:03.006-04:00Comments on Ramblin' with Roger: LINKORAMA: Insurance BluesRoger Owen Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596260.post-53290804454448620382008-10-16T14:03:00.000-04:002008-10-16T14:03:00.000-04:00Well written article.Well written article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596260.post-44000795317274078842007-09-16T21:23:00.000-04:002007-09-16T21:23:00.000-04:00Hmmm...I had one incident with an insurance compan...Hmmm...I had one incident with an insurance company that I always suspected was intentional malfeasance. My COBRA insurance was set to run out at the end of October. So I scheduled as many appointments as I could for that month before it ran out: physical, gyno, allergist, whatever. What I failed to notice, however, was that the last bill never arrived in the mail. I paid all my bills that came in as they arrived, but didn't write a check for the one that didn't. All of those October appointments were denied because the last month of my insurance was deemed to be cancelled for lack of payment. I always wondered how many other final bills somehow got lost in the mail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596260.post-42967667342775087932007-09-14T16:30:00.000-04:002007-09-14T16:30:00.000-04:00The US health care system is so broken it's not ev...The US health care system is so broken it's not even funny. Like everyone I have my share of horror stories (such as insurance denying the use of an ambulance for my emergency appendectomy several years back). Since we've been in NZ almost a year we've paid maybe $50 on medical stuff – and that's been for five or six doctors visits for Toddler Peter and a few prescriptions (who's been sick a lot since starting day care). And NO paperwork, NO denials of care, very little hassle. It isn't perfect - taxes are higher to compensate - but I'd gladly pay more to avoid the sheer lunatic uncertainty inherent in the corrupt US system. End of rant!Nikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817525516356141103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596260.post-23501226690352177102007-09-14T16:05:00.000-04:002007-09-14T16:05:00.000-04:00Library school sounds a lot more serene. I can't ...Library school sounds a lot more serene. <BR/><BR/>I can't believe the state of health care in this nation.GayProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289510184782252498noreply@blogger.com