Thanks, Ringo. I saw my broker Friday, and she also told me she thought the Pierrepont wreck was too small. I haven’t had a chance to check out the Mews house yet — last I checked, there were no pics or floorplan. My broker’s concern was that the private garden space had been lost to the common garden.
regarding the vet bills,
you are right,
I was sending away to Australia for Legiondog’s
Ivermectin because my vet was unreasonably high
priced with the meds.
Then he must have noticed that if he lowered his
price, we would buy it there. So now I buy the HeartGard
from the vet’s office.
Free market solutions,
without the IRS stepping in as enforcer.
CGar, I went to look at the Pierrepont wreck for you. I’m not sold on it. Rooms too small which would be okay if you weren’t a nearly million into it before all was said and done. And maintenance too high.
I like the mews house for you. No rental, but who needs that!
Benson —
If you remember, the healthcare reforms were wildly reduced. What we got in the end was a baby step. A significant one because it initiated the path in the right direction. BUT there is still A LOT of work to be done. The current legislation needs to be worked on and its implementation is only just begun. Your comments would be interesting IF the healthcare reforms could have taken the shape that were initially intended AND your experience still took place. BUT the Right side of the aisle made sure that didn’t happen… and your experience is not surprising.
Don’t badmouth what DID get signed into law by using an example that speaks to what DID NOT get signed into law. Again, this is a Tea Bagger leap of rhetoric.
That being said, I agree with you and Legion with regard to individual responsibility. The separation and hiding of the real *costs* of X, Y and Z makes it very difficult to contain spending. If doing X has the same impact as doing Y, but costs 3 times as much… which should you choose? In our current system, you choose the one the doctor says. He or she really doesn’t think about cost either. So the choice being made is based on what is convenient, which procedure the doctor is more accustomed to, etc. If you said to me, both procedures are medically acceptable but you will only be covered for the cost of the cheaper one… which would I choose?
A great example of this is dental insurance. My insurance (yes, I am lucky to have dental insurance) covers old fashioned silver fillings. If I want fancy white fillings (which I do), I have to pay the difference. This makes me weigh my options as a consumer. Of course, a lot of medical decisions are hardly as clear cut as a filling.
JB, really? remotely recall my cousin going back to classrooms in between his residence stuff. regardless, have to assume, Med school cost more than 155k cause my aunt & uncle promptly took early retirement when my cousin got full scholarship.
Benson, that is indeed great news! Seems like companies are hiring again. Mine is at it as well – looking for Mechanical Engineers with costing experience.
Ringo, although I havent met you but the “No rental, but who needs that!” comment is something I cant forget nor forgive.
Thanks, Ringo. I saw my broker Friday, and she also told me she thought the Pierrepont wreck was too small. I haven’t had a chance to check out the Mews house yet — last I checked, there were no pics or floorplan. My broker’s concern was that the private garden space had been lost to the common garden.
benson,
regarding the vet bills,
you are right,
I was sending away to Australia for Legiondog’s
Ivermectin because my vet was unreasonably high
priced with the meds.
Then he must have noticed that if he lowered his
price, we would buy it there. So now I buy the HeartGard
from the vet’s office.
Free market solutions,
without the IRS stepping in as enforcer.
CGar,
A bacon, egg and cheese on a roll
can cure a world of ill. 😉
CGar, I went to look at the Pierrepont wreck for you. I’m not sold on it. Rooms too small which would be okay if you weren’t a nearly million into it before all was said and done. And maintenance too high.
I like the mews house for you. No rental, but who needs that!
Benson —
If you remember, the healthcare reforms were wildly reduced. What we got in the end was a baby step. A significant one because it initiated the path in the right direction. BUT there is still A LOT of work to be done. The current legislation needs to be worked on and its implementation is only just begun. Your comments would be interesting IF the healthcare reforms could have taken the shape that were initially intended AND your experience still took place. BUT the Right side of the aisle made sure that didn’t happen… and your experience is not surprising.
Don’t badmouth what DID get signed into law by using an example that speaks to what DID NOT get signed into law. Again, this is a Tea Bagger leap of rhetoric.
That being said, I agree with you and Legion with regard to individual responsibility. The separation and hiding of the real *costs* of X, Y and Z makes it very difficult to contain spending. If doing X has the same impact as doing Y, but costs 3 times as much… which should you choose? In our current system, you choose the one the doctor says. He or she really doesn’t think about cost either. So the choice being made is based on what is convenient, which procedure the doctor is more accustomed to, etc. If you said to me, both procedures are medically acceptable but you will only be covered for the cost of the cheaper one… which would I choose?
A great example of this is dental insurance. My insurance (yes, I am lucky to have dental insurance) covers old fashioned silver fillings. If I want fancy white fillings (which I do), I have to pay the difference. This makes me weigh my options as a consumer. Of course, a lot of medical decisions are hardly as clear cut as a filling.
JB, really? remotely recall my cousin going back to classrooms in between his residence stuff. regardless, have to assume, Med school cost more than 155k cause my aunt & uncle promptly took early retirement when my cousin got full scholarship.
***Red Alert***
Brown will step Down!
Pound and Euro in freefall!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end..
Benson, that is indeed great news! Seems like companies are hiring again. Mine is at it as well – looking for Mechanical Engineers with costing experience.