defrocked warped primitive hasn't had health insurance since 1987

[NHSparky]

The defrocked warped primitive's a she.

A former registered nurse in Massachusetts, now banned from practicing in that profession for life.

She now lives in New Mexico; about 62 years old, give or take a year either way.

She has a face like Hindenburg's and a body like Mussolini's.

One of the most enthusiastic fans of abortion on Skins's island.

I was wondering where she lived--for a while I thought that she lived in Oregon, where Hantavirus is comparatively rare next to, say, the Four Corners region where I grew up.  Same with bubonic plague--outside certain areas, it's unheard of, but for some strange reason, in the Southwest it's far more common.

I nadined the CDC website and found a breakdown by state, and a breakdown by year, but even CDC doesn't list cases until 1993, so the 1991 claim she makes is dubious, at best, and it certainly doesn't list exposure by year AND by state, so finding how many cases were diagnosed in NM in 1991 would be a bit, uh, impossible.

http://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/surveillance/state-of-exposure.html

It's still a (relatively) rare disease, with only about 600 cases give or take in the last 20 years, but if one catches it, it's a very nasty thing, to be sure.  I know when I was working out in remote areas in substations while working for SCE we definitely took precautions if we noticed dead rodents about (which was pretty often.)

[franksolich]

The ugly old slattern does in fact live near the Four Corners, somewhere near, in New Mexico.

[RobJohnson]

I've been to the hospital five times so far this year.

I racked up some bills. I have insurance. I have co pays.

I plan ahead. I put money in an HSA. I also have a savings account because I don't blow every penny I make on smoking weed, organic gardens or solar panels for my iPad.

 I don't make the money I made ten years ago, about 1/3 less, that is the way things work out.

I had a 28k helicopter ride to a hospital in Las Vegas for a stroke, and two ambulance rides, all three "out of network"

**** off DUmmies....

You can also get a pneumonia shot for around $40 at Walgreens, if you have insurance it's usually free. It's called preventative care. Try it sometime DUmmies...

[AllosaursRus]

Last time I had a stay in one of those hotels with an adjustable bed, I had pancreatitus. Hell I just thought it was indigestion for the first day. Damn near went to see my maker before I was ready, so you can indeed die within 24 hours.

However, even as much as I don't go to doctors unless absolutely necessary, doesn't take a rocket scientist to know when ya need to go.

Oh, and medical bills don't usually affect your credit. All ya have to do is throw 'em a few bucks a month. Besides, if ya don't have insurance, there are untold organizations willing to help out.

DUmmies lie, they lie all the time!

[I_B_Perky]

fearnobush (3,465 posts)  Thu Oct 11, 2012, 07:48 PM

I knew a 24 year old who died of acute pneumonia because he had no Heath insurance.

He was my niece's boyfriend. He had a cold, at least that is what he thought he had. After the second day, his cold became worse. He lived at home in an upper middle class neighborhood and was in between jobs. He had no Heath insurance. Later that night when his father noticed he'd become progressively sicker he offers to take him to the hospital. The young man said he could not afford it, that it would ruin his credit. He was too old to be covered by his father's insurance back in 2009. He had no idea how sick he was. By this point, the infection had spread deep into his lungs but he had no idea.

He told his father if he did not feel ant better in the morning he would go to the emergency room. His father stayed with him in his room that night. His son's coughing grew worse. At three am his father called for the paramedics. By the time they arrived, he was dead. If this happened to this young man today. And I'm almost in tears writing this, he would still be alive because of one man. President Obama. So Mr. Romney, you can go **** YOUR MORMON ASS TO HELL!

Well Dummie being someone that doesn't go to the doc for every sniffle, I can relate. Now when you be 24 yrs old, death is something that happens to someone else. Sounds to me like the boy wanted to tough it out and it cost him. Guys are like that... especially young ones. Sorry for your loss but health insurance wouldn't have saved this boy. It was his decision not to go to the doc. I bet the boy had the best cell phone and a good ride. Choices have consequences and sounds like he made the wrong one.

Life is like that. Life is cruel. Life sucks. Dog eat dog and all that. Maybe if you libs hadn't infiltrated the k-12 education system and made sure no kid has to worry about his/her stupid decisions, or their parents, then things would be different.

I see it everyday. Cell phone or health insurance. Nice ride or health insurance. Steak or health insurance. Most kids nowadays, who had everything handed to them, want it all and want it now.  They see no consequences because of welfare. Some of them pay the ultimate price. That's real life.  No big loss in my opinion.

[franksolich]

That's real life.  No big loss in my opinion.

Nor are these lachrymoral glands getting damp either.

[AllosaursRus]

lachrymoral what?

[franksolich]

lachrymoral what?

tear ducts

[AllosaursRus]

tear ducts

Yeah, I looked it up. One can always count on you to increase our vocabulary, Coach, heh, heh.

[I_B_Perky]

Yeah, I looked it up. One can always count on you to increase our vocabulary, Coach, heh, heh.

Well I admit I had no clue either. Glad I ain't the only one!   

[Undies]

lachryanatidae what?

Tear Ducks

( quack quack :sniff sniff: )

[Wineslob]

I got sick about 7:30 in the evening and was in the ER by 11 the next morning. In an induced coma in the ICU by 2. I died several times. Woke up 8 days later in a different hospital than I went out in.

Sounds like a good premise for a Showtime series.