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

• 再贴：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。这是个生命啊，而且不是没有希望。 -地主老头儿- ♂ (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，什么年龄的人值得花这个钱呢？ -地主老头儿- ♂ (322 bytes) () 10/23/2012 postreply 06:02:45

• 保险公司盈利不超过15%。诉讼费民主党不让减。 -茶园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

• 这在德国,英国都不会发生,整体医疗费用低, 浪费少, 还全民医保, 美国浪费太多所以太贵. -小糊涂仙儿- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/22/2012 postreply 20:53:36

• 去那里试试看就知道了：全世界医疗，美国第一！！！ -Pink侠- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/22/2012 postreply 21:30:31

• 试过, 才有了这种结论. :) -小糊涂仙儿- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/22/2012 postreply 22:33:44

• O8 care 应该没有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

• 地主们，我们还是说说买房，韬奋吧 -地主老头儿- ♂ (128 bytes) () 10/23/2012 postreply 06:06:57

• 有时候放手也是一种解脱，不仅仅是家长，还有孩子。社会需要有底线，人也要如此。叹息一声。 -贾庆皋- ♂ (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. -破烂熊- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/23/2012 postreply 09:06:51