tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509026.post7042097651926985927..comments2023-06-10T04:34:56.286-05:00Comments on awkwardly: Medication RouletteRobert T. Northruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18314307636960888400noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509026.post-80321003418454977802009-02-22T10:54:00.000-05:002009-02-22T10:54:00.000-05:00Sorry, I don't mean to take it for granted, the ad...Sorry, I don't mean to take it for granted, the advantage I have with an employer paying more than half of my health "insurance" premiums. But a person who's getting less screwed than others still has reason to complain about getting screwed.<BR/><BR/>I've heard a couple of interviews with David Cay Johnston, author of "Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)." One of the talking points he has repeated in several different forums is "...why do we need to have health insurance? Do we have kindergarten insurance? Do we have police insurance? Do we have road insurance? This is a bizarre system that we have that is unlike that anywhere else in the world, gives us the highest costs in the world and does not make our health status better."<BR/><BR/>Good to hear things worked out for you. As it turns out, the medication arrived in the mail before I ran out this time. But it's still ridiculous that we need to jump through so many hoops to get basic necessities, not because there's someone who desperately needs to be repaid for the effort he put into making one bottle of pills, but because there's someone with enough leverage to squeeze more profits out of us.<BR/><BR/>On a related note, I tried to think of something nasty to write to the electric and gas utility that ate the last of my savings in January with a bill for $350. I made a small dig at them by writing my account number on the check as "victim number".Robert T. Northruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18314307636960888400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509026.post-66313062095174023762009-02-22T10:00:00.000-05:002009-02-22T10:00:00.000-05:00It's even more fun for those of us who are self-em...It's even more fun for those of us who are self-employed. I had to stop taking three types of medication when I left my insurance providing job for the ranks of pay for everything myself. The irony, my blood pressure came down after I quit that job and so didn't need the BP meds. The stress went away and so the meds I was taking to help me cope with stress weren't needed anymore. The third set were meds that were supposed help regulate the side effects of taking the stress meds and BP pills at the same time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com