Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
A Luddite socialist ignoramus with no grasp of what he is saying that votes for Obama. Democracy how you have failed us.
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
sucks.
if you worked for CA, the cost would be ZERO!
http://www.westerndentalbenefits.com/stateofca/Disclosurepdf.aspx?a/kXprLs67JvSfUiX0hGSg==
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
From the same article you quoted, read the section entitled "Potential impact of increasing the availability of OTC antifungal agents" that basically outlines an unclear picture of whether or not OTC...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
I am not going to do a full literature search for you but here is something I found that is more recent (your article is 11 years old):
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3385038/
...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
And you still don't get the point. You are paying for it. It's part of your total compensation. Let's put it this way. Instead of being paid $110K, you're being paid $100K and get a bunch of...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
done.
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
Dude, buy health insurance. When you are young, it's dirt cheap for a catastrophic plan. That's really what you need. You want something in case you chop off you hand with a bandsaw or need your...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
Actually if you're paying out of pocket and have cash ready (i.e. the doctor won't have to bill you then hope that you'll actually pay) you'd be surprised to see that a lot of doctors will take...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
Nice sanity check tool for medical prices. My spot check against what I've had done seems to be in the +/- 10% range of their list.
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
Is this including what you pay in taxes in other NATO countries?
You have to compare US to another country/ entity with similar population.... say EU. DO that and tell us what you find.
...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
I'm from Soviet Union and can tell you that this is not correct.
Soviet Union had a very advanced medical system with highly qualified doctors and high end technology. Radiology, radiation cancer...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
With my $8/month plan.
D7220 Removal of Impacted Tooth: soft tissue $192
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
You have a "free" dental plan or a dental plan paid through someone else. Just because you get dental insurance through your employer doesn't mean it's free. There should be a breakout of it as...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
That's one of problems with US healthcare. It's opaque. As shown with the appendectomy study, it can cost from $1529 and $186955 for the same proceedure and outcome. If Fry's and Best Buy worked...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
Comparisons say it all really.
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
Of course. That is a result of socialized healthcare. BTW, what's you qualification to be able to judge whether these physicians are smart and talented?
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
The most first world country on this planet is arguably Japan. Japan is not a member of NATO. Sweden, another first world country, is also not a member of NATO. Albania is a member of NATO. ...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
Not according to me. According the western definition.
These terms were coined during the cold war... when the Warsaw Pact existed and Latvia did not exist as a country.
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
What is this Western Definition you are referring to? I was here in the West working for the US government during the cold war. I have no idea what you are talking about.
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
Again, is basic health care a basic human need/right or is it a privilege? Like water and food, if those basic human need is getting too expensive, the government WILL step in and take control of it...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
Hey guys,
I dont have the answers to the healthcare system in the US but I can offer another option to help save you all some money.
I assume that many people on here have insurance and you know...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
Bring competition to medicine? You mean competition makes people perform better?
Novel idea and spot on my friend.
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
that's an easy question to answer:
Because the bankruptcy of Russia and the resulting oligolopy / cronysm / misery is there for the world to see.... whereas France, England, Canada and a few...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
Healthcare includes more than doctors. If you do not include hospitals and other healthcare facilities that deal with unexpected expenses, sometimes in the tens of thousands of dollars, then no, it...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
The old "divide and conquer" mentality is working well in this thread :lol:
I'm from the UK (Scotland) and grew up with the NHS where doctors treating according to the problem and sent you on your...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
Racist but funny. check out foxworthy because you might be a redneck.
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
You're still not getting it. Someone pays for it. The electricity you use at the office isn't free. Someone pays for it. The chair you sit on isn't free. Someone paid for it. The janitor who...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
It wouldn't work mostly because he is talking about doctors and is completely leaving out hospitals and unexpected, costly procedures insurance type products are designed to protect against.
I am...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
I demanded? Someone once said.
So no "vetted literature and studies" just belief "that their experience is fact".
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
Well then it's part of that person's compensation.
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
It's a shame things have turned out like they are today. I've worked for many Insurance companies and frankly they're Executive floor shows you how well your all send in you dues to make them live...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
useful for me , thanks
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
Great read for a morning chuckle.
Grass is always greener my friends...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
As usual RACIST comments from financechick.
If you want to weed out people, put a test in place to test the minimum qualification and that would make sure that only qualified candidates would be...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
Getting on soapbox:
Wow just wow. I hope I missed sarcasm in a few of these post.
New rule, you must take econ 101 before recommending Marxist policies for price regulation in America.
Just...
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
Angie's list already provides this service (reviews on doctors/nurses/hospitals etc). But Angie's list is a paid search service though.
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
you want a fair price? destroy the "insurance" companies and let doctors compete with an actual price list.
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
The Healthcare system is broken for a number of reasons in the U.S. and it's worse than ever. They need to divorce health insurance completely from someone's job if the system is to be cleaned up.
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
Those "fair" dental prices look like they were made up by a very crafty dentist.
Medical costs comparison site (Free guide to fair healthcare pricing)
Expired
Thread created 08-13-2012 by Zemblanity
+69 Score
183 Replies
28,289 Views
I just checked my plan.
"D2931 Premade Stainless steel crown - permanent tooth $313 $125 60%"
$313 is the normal price. $125 is the price with the plan.
Page 1 of
5
1
2
3
4
5