true story today..

I ran into a guy used to work for me, good carpenter, he quit me about 4 years ago, and went for a insurance agency as their maintenance person, because he can buy in their group insurance, which that I can't offer to match.

its been about 3 years since I last seen him, and I know last year he had a baby boy.

so today I congratulate him on the baby, but sad to learn the baby has been on kidney dialysis since 5 weeks old.

so I said, "well, at least you have insurance to cover that now.." then he said, "the medical last year alone was 1.4 million for the baby, and the insurance cap at 1 million coverage....................................,"..

he is ready to file bankruptcy. he owns about 11 houses to rent..

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• really sad story -planotx- ♂ (73 bytes) () 10/22/2012 postreply 18:01:20

• This story highlights the key dilemma of US medical insurance sy -Pinerock- ♂ (133 bytes) () 10/22/2012 postreply 18:03:06

• 再貼：This story highlights the key dilemma of US medical insurance -PineRock- ♂ (248 bytes) () 10/22/2012 postreply 18:09:48

• 如果能transplant，他就能治好。這是個生命啊，而且不是沒有希望。 -地主老頭兒- ♂ (64 bytes) () 10/22/2012 postreply 19:07:22

• I am not saying the US medicare system is bad, On the contrary, -Pinerock- ♂ (289 bytes) () 10/22/2012 postreply 21:23:31

• 如果不是 a baby，什麽年齡的人值得花這個錢呢？ -地主老頭兒- ♂ (322 bytes) () 10/23/2012 postreply 06:02:45

• 保險公司盈利不超過15%。訴訟費民主黨不讓減。 -茶園15- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/23/2012 postreply 08:57:34

• be careful what you are suggesting here; Republican has been acu -gqc- ♀ (122 bytes) () 10/22/2012 postreply 21:20:43

• 這在德國,英國都不會發生,整體醫療費用低, 浪費少, 還全民醫保, 美國浪費太多所以太貴. -小糊塗仙兒- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/22/2012 postreply 20:53:36

• 去那裏試試看就知道了：全世界醫療，美國第一！！！ -Pink俠- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/22/2012 postreply 21:30:31

• 試過, 才有了這種結論. :) -小糊塗仙兒- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/22/2012 postreply 22:33:44

• O8 care 應該沒有max benefit -sneezy888- ♂ (1228 bytes) () 10/22/2012 postreply 22:47:13

• Who pays for it? Not insurance company I know. -soundofsilence- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/23/2012 postreply 14:44:33

• Let the baby die and have another one. Sounds cruel, but that's -borisg- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/23/2012 postreply 04:21:56

• 地主們，我們還是說說買房，韜奮吧 -地主老頭兒- ♂ (128 bytes) () 10/23/2012 postreply 06:06:57

• 有時候放手也是一種解脫，不僅僅是家長，還有孩子。社會需要有底線，人也要如此。歎息一聲。 -賈慶皋- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/23/2012 postreply 06:09:06

• This is a heavy topic. -WQPY- ♂ (482 bytes) () 10/23/2012 postreply 08:14:59

• CO: we only have limited resource. -SunshineInCA- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/23/2012 postreply 08:52:41

• every healthcare reform is ok to accept EXCEPT Death panel. -破爛熊- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/23/2012 postreply 09:06:51