Socialists On Parade

[Ayatollahgondola]

While doing a little scouting for our upcoming events downtown, I came across this event at the state capitol. It was a march for single payer healthcare. There were hundreds of them, divided up in bunches, and each group had a bullhorn as they marched
Hey hey
ho ho
healthcare greed has got to go..

Noticed that the vast majority of them were college age kids. Not much else.

[Twoller]

Looks like parochial school had to let out early for this one.

[Jeanfromfillmore]

Shades of a "Community Organizer" here. It's very easy to organize when you're looking for people who just want to be part of a group, what group doesn't matter to them, they just want to 'belong'. Most of who you see in these pictures have never had to pay for health insurance or have had any reason themselves to need medical care or insurance. It's just wanting to be part of the 'cool' group.

[ilbegone]

Those kids may be too young and inexperienced to know exactly what they are talking about, but I wholeheartedly agree with this:

healthcare greed has got to go..

I had a blood workup done some years ago. The lab outfit billed me almost $500.00, then settled for my insurance company for $60.00.

Stretching a little farther back, I underwent an MRI procedure which at that time was billable for $1200.00, but the ultimate agreed payout was $250.00.

Often it may take months to see a specialist. One of those which treated me for a workers comp injury had the gall to charge a "new patient fee" for a subsequent non industrial injury, then expected me to make a more than 100 mile round trip the day before the surgery to pay a $300.00 co-payment in cash only - same day prior to surgery just wouldn't do.

Or consider "milking". Say you have a condition which requires minor in office surgery. First appointment, even though both you and the practitioner knows what's up, the doctor takes a biopsy when he could just as easily remove the whole thing. At the appointment two weeks later the doctor shares the biopsy results, then schedules another appointment for removal. At the third appointment, removal from injecting local anesthetic to cauterizing and stitching takes 15 minutes at the most. Then he wants to schedule bi weekly "assessment" appointments FOR THE REST OF YOUR FRIGGIN' LIFE.

Then there's refilling prescriptions. The doctor's office didn't want to make an in office appointment to renew my prescription, they persuaded me to have the pharmacy fax a request. Then the doctor charged a full office fee for returning a fax confirming the refill. How many faxes can a doctor send in an hour as opposed to processing patients in the same time period?

Of course the vendors and doctor owned surgical facilities take their ever increasing pound of flesh.

Coming full circle - it seems that by the time inflationary insurance premiums have been paid over the years it may be a wash to just pay the full inflationary uninsured fee schedule.

The dirty bastards have rigged the game from one end of the industry to the other.

It really does need to end.

[Rim05]

What you posted is why I will not go to a doctor unless I really know I need to go.

In my opinion the very worst thing we have to deal with today are banks and second is the insurance industry.

I have one prescription but if I don't go to the doctor at least once a year, she will not refill the prescription after 3 refills.
Stay healthy and if that fails, die fast.

[REWHBLCAIN]

And each student had great imagination while making his and her signs.