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Manbird
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Apr 23, 2010 - 3:06pm |
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OCDHG wrote:Great plan... see how far you get without an insurance card. You won't get within 3 rooms of a doctor, and unless you hang out by the back door at closing time, you certainly won't get a chance to talk to one... So how, exactly, would this bartering (or bargaining, whatever) work? She specifically says in the clip something to like: "yea just tell them you don't have insurance but you want to talk to the doctor." Clearly, this lady has never been without insurance, nor has she ever had to go thru the waiting room to sign in at a doctor's office.
You hide inside a cake and have it delivered to the physician's lounge at the ER, doi.
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DownHomeGirl
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Apr 23, 2010 - 3:04pm |
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Great plan... see how far you get without an insurance card. You won't get within 3 rooms of a doctor, and unless you hang out by the back door at closing time, you certainly won't get a chance to talk to one... So how, exactly, would this bartering (or bargaining, whatever) work? She specifically says in the clip something to like: "yea just tell them you don't have insurance but you want to talk to the doctor." Clearly, this lady has never been without insurance, nor has she ever had to go thru the waiting room to sign in at a doctor's office.
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HoneyBearKelly
Location: Brooklyn
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Apr 23, 2010 - 2:59pm |
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JrzyTmata wrote:I stand corrected. you're right, barter does mean exchange of goods, not money. I did said she didn't present it well and that she used the wrong word. She was asked if she meant bargain and not barter and she said no. She meant barter. Watch the clip. Whatever. I think she's going to win anyway.
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HoneyBearKelly
Location: Brooklyn
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Apr 23, 2010 - 2:57pm |
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Monkeysdad wrote:Heyyyyy, don't you owe me a bottle of Single Malt?! Send me a link. All the sites I tried were either too expensive or didn't do mail orders. I just forgot to ask before.
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JrzyTmata
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Apr 23, 2010 - 1:17pm |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote: Yes it does. She probably meant that people should "bargain with" their doctor, not "barter with."
I stand corrected. you're right, barter does mean exchange of goods, not money. I did said she didn't present it well and that she used the wrong word.
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Apr 23, 2010 - 1:09pm |
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JrzyTmata wrote:bartering doesn't mean pay with chickens.
Yes it does. She probably meant that people should "bargain with" their doctor, not "barter with."
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sirdroseph
Location: Not here, I tell you wat Gender:
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Apr 23, 2010 - 1:06pm |
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Monkeysdad wrote: Somehow the froth spilled over to RP though, and even though my politics are different than most here, I was surprised that any RPeep(Ok, maybe one!) would take that clip at face value.
Well you know, people from both sides is gonna do what they do!
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Monkeysdad
Location: Simi Valley, CA Gender:
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Apr 23, 2010 - 12:39pm |
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sirdroseph wrote:
Yea and unfortunately frothy means ratings so that is what they are after.
Somehow the froth spilled over to RP though, and even though my politics are different than most here, I was surprised that any RPeep(Ok, maybe one!) would take that clip at face value.
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sirdroseph
Location: Not here, I tell you wat Gender:
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Apr 23, 2010 - 12:36pm |
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JrzyTmata wrote: it sure gets the audience frothy over a non-issue.
Yea and unfortunately frothy means ratings so that is what they are after.
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Monkeysdad
Location: Simi Valley, CA Gender:
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Apr 23, 2010 - 12:35pm |
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JrzyTmata wrote: it sure gets the audience frothy over a non-issue.
exactly.
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JrzyTmata
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Apr 23, 2010 - 12:33pm |
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sirdroseph wrote:Because the media are nothing but entertainment networks; almost all of them! They just pick an audience whether it be conservative or progressive and let the ratings begin. The days of legitimate news outlets are long gone! it sure gets the audience frothy over a non-issue.
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sirdroseph
Location: Not here, I tell you wat Gender:
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Apr 23, 2010 - 12:28pm |
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JrzyTmata wrote: that's a valid point. why didn't the media address that instead of taking a sound clip out of context and ridiculing it?
Because the media are nothing but entertainment networks; almost all of them! They just pick an audience whether it be conservative or progressive and let the ratings begin. The days of legitimate news outlets are long gone!
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oldviolin
Location: esse quam videri Gender:
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Apr 23, 2010 - 12:18pm |
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JrzyTmata wrote: well, hardly ever.
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JrzyTmata
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Apr 23, 2010 - 12:17pm |
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oldviolin wrote:
Well I never...
well, hardly ever.
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oldviolin
Location: esse quam videri Gender:
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Apr 23, 2010 - 12:13pm |
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JrzyTmata wrote: I have never been denied a discount when paying with cash.
it's illegal for hospitals to turn you away.
she wasn't presenting her case well, but the shit was the media taking it out of context and presenting it as fact.
Well I never...
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JrzyTmata
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Apr 23, 2010 - 12:10pm |
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sirdroseph wrote:
I actually don't think it is verbatim what she said that upsets a lot of people, it is the callous; oh in the old days, why don't you just pay cash attitude instead of actually trying to provide some type of universal health care for the less priviledged. I liken it to her not likely knowing how much a loaf a bread cost, capice?
that's a valid point. why didn't the media address that instead of taking a sound clip out of context and ridiculing it?
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Coaxial
Location: Comfortably numb in So Texas Gender:
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Apr 23, 2010 - 12:10pm |
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triskele wrote:in the past, i have bartered therapeutic massage for chiropractic care...that was SWEET!
That's a win win for sure.
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sirdroseph
Location: Not here, I tell you wat Gender:
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Apr 23, 2010 - 12:09pm |
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Monkeysdad wrote:
Sounds like you have a large chip on your shoulder there, mate!
One thing for sure,...you're taking her a lot more seriously than anyone else I know. You don't let hair-brained sh*t like that roll off of your back?! I mean, who would take her comments as something even remotely viable?
I actually don't think it is verbatim what she said that upsets a lot of people, it is the callous; oh in the old days, why don't you just pay cash attitude instead of actually trying to provide some type of universal health care for the less priviledged. I liken it to her not likely knowing how much a loaf a bread cost, capice?
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JrzyTmata
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Apr 23, 2010 - 12:09pm |
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HoneyBearKelly wrote: Most doctors aren't even going to hear that.
Most hospitals won't even admit you if you don't have insurance.
This lady was talking shit and you know it.
I have never been denied a discount when paying with cash. it's illegal for hospitals to turn you away. she wasn't presenting her case well, but the shit was the media taking it out of context and presenting it as fact.
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Monkeysdad
Location: Simi Valley, CA Gender:
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Apr 23, 2010 - 12:08pm |
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HoneyBearKelly wrote: Most doctors aren't even going to hear that.
Most hospitals won't even admit you if you don't have insurance.
This lady was talking shit and you know it.
Heyyyyy, don't you owe me a bottle of Single Malt?!
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