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From: zwright on 16 Jan 2006 17:19 The UNINSURED "I've had MS for ten years. And my kind is like progressive. So I just get worse. I really can't do anything. I don't leave my house. You know, it's hard for me to get out. There's steps in the back. My kids, they're young and they really help me. But it's hard for them. Noelle, she turned two when they said I had MS."- Alicia Facchino Alicia suffers from Multiple Sclerosis and is uninsured. She has two children (ages 10 & 12) who take care of her at home. She is confined to a wheelchair and can't afford home care. 44 million Americans are uninsured, and eight out of ten of these are workers or their dependents. Why is being uninsured a problem? About 44 million people in this country have no health insurance, and another 38 million have inadequate health insurance. This means that nearly one-third of Americans face each day without the security of knowing that, if and when they need it, medical care is available to them and their families. Having no health insurance also often means that people will postpone necessary care and forego preventive care - such as childhood immunizations and routine check-ups-completely. Because the uninsured usually have no regular doctor and limited access to prescription medications, they are more likely to be hospitalized for health conditions that could have been avoided. Delaying care for fear of medical bills is a downward spiral that leads to ultimately higher health care costs for all of us. More than one third of uninsured adults reported they have problems paying their bills, which helps explain why many of the uninsured don't seek out the care they need until the last minute. But when an uninsured person is in crisis and cannot pay, that burden falls upon the insured population, the hospitals, the doctors and the government. And these billions of dollars of "uncompensated care" drive up health insurance premiums for everyone. [www.ameriplan-healthcare.com] "The people who are most at risk today are those who have no health insurance at all. They're at risk of not getting regular care when they need it. They're at risk of not catching real problems before they get serious enough to not be treatable. They're at risk of not getting the best treatment when they actually do get sick. And they're at tremendous financial risk. They could lose everything that they've saved in their lives because of some even fairly minor health problem." There are alternatives and the new direction in healthcare is "Consumer Driven Health-Care". One of the leaders in this field is AMERICAREusa. AmeriPlan? Corporation [www.ameriplan-healthcare.com] under the capable guidance of the Bloom Brothers and the staff of professionals that they have assembled is now positioned as the nations' largest discounted fee-for-services, supplemental health, dental, vision, chiropractic and prescription benefits provider. AmeriPlan? will provide a stable platform from which to grow and serve an ever growing segment of the population with even more benefits and services. It is anticipated that the next few years will show AmeriPlan? continuing benefits and programs that have a foundation in the past and through the implementation of new benefits and programs designed to take the organization into the next millennium. Other companies will no doubt enter into this area in the next few years as consumers depart the failing healthcare insurance industry and in search of other options. Americans are looking for Options. Editorial provided by Zane Evan Wright [Multiple-Sclerosis and Uninsured] www.ameriplan-healthcare.com
From: Nico Kadel-Garcia on 16 Jan 2006 21:20 <zwright(a)ameriplan-healthcare.com> wrote in message news:1137449977890(a)anon... > The UNINSURED [ sob story deleted ] The obvious blatant sob story has a vague relevance to the newgroup: Multiple Sclerosis can cause diabetes. But it is, of course, a bulk form letter and thus constitutes spam, unwelcome and unsolicited to this newsgroup. Worse, it's advertising spam. And even worse, Ameriplan is a pure pyramid scheme: it bilks money from its new "dealers" to pay off at least 5 levels of direct supervisors, and over 99% of its "dealers" actually lose money from paying for the dealership and sales materials, without ever earning it back in commissions fees. Their existence is only to sell dealerships to new suckers, not actual insurance. Check it out at http://www.mlm-thetruth.com/ameriplan_usa.htm.
From: oldal4865 on 16 Jan 2006 22:25 zwright(a)ameriplan-healthcare.com wrote in message <1137449977890(a)anon>... >The UNINSURED .. . .(snip). . .> >There are alternatives and the new direction in healthcare is "Consumer Driven Health-Care". One of the leaders in this field is SENDMEMONEYusa SendMoneyQuick? Corporation [www.sendmemoney.com] under the capable guidance of the Bloom Brothers and the staff of professionals that they have assembled is now positioned as the nations' largest discounted fee-for-services, supplemental health, dental, vision, chiropractic and prescription benefits provider. . . .(snip). . . For a more complete explanation, see http://www.psychopath-research.com/whatis_psycho_1.html Disgusting.
From: Nan on 18 Jan 2006 18:26 I hope they have a version in Spanish. I had a trip to the ER (kidney stone) where I spent over 12 hours because of the back up of uninsured. I spent 60 years earning my Medicare and I still work to pay for my Blue Cross. Between the two of them my $4500 bill for the ER was paid. Of course, my income taxes, both Federal and California, are paying for the uninsured, undocumented, illegal people who kept me in pain for over 5 hours. (The rest of the time was waiting for CAT scan and blood tests, but by then I was floating happily on morphine.) Bit of a rant here - but it was a painful and irritating experience. Nan, Type 2 since 1990
From: willbill on 18 Jan 2006 20:38 zwright(a)ameriplan-healthcare.com wrote: > The UNINSURED <snip> (cross posted to a.s.d. by me) > 44 million Americans are uninsured, and eight out > of ten of these are workers or their dependents. > Why is being uninsured a problem? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <SNIP!> as far as i can tell, it's not a problem, unless of course, you need Emergency medical care i mean, as far as i can tell, we all die. get used to it i mean, those who pay out of pocket are the ones who make the best (most sensible AND lowest cost) choices on their non emergency medical care the driver that i see in this is that since Emergency medical care is a BIG BIG money loser (for hospitals), even those people who have decent medical insurance are now more likely to not have access to it (Emergency care), when needed, due to the ever increasing volume of the uninsured in our USA imho, this is what will finally drive our USA to finally make some change(s) to medical care in our USA (hopefully for the better but i'm NOT(!) holding my breath) bill t1 since '57
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