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Oxygen Concentrators — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:05:09 -0000

I totally have to agree with you Lee. Health is the number one always!

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Lee Robinson — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:06:14 -0000

when it comes to our health we don't compromise. So it is very much important to be more vigilant when it comes to this. Our health is the most important aspect in our life.

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Ken "Discount Dental" Kowalsky — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:45:06 -0000

have you were so right when you say if you only had proper dental insurance it would save you a lot of problems. In fact, I came across this quote from the National Institute of Health, "... for every $1 spent on preventive dentistry -that includes regular checkups and teeth cleanings- saves $4 in restorative dentistry!"

Amazing, isn't it?

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Montreal mortgage — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:56:08 -0000

as i know- the other countries has government subsidies medicine

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Pennsylvania Health Insurance — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:18:58 -0000

First of all..I'm sorry to hear about your condition. I had my first cavity last year (I'm 51) so I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.

Health care reform is coming. With mandated coverage, you'll see richer-benefit plans without the risk of being cancelled. Preventative coverage will be will be the backbone of all plans and there will be no lifetime maximums.

So far so good. But, unless your income is under $60,000...your rate will probably increase. Perhaps not substantially, but we have to pay for this somehow.

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Healthy girl — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:14:31 -0000

I have been impressed at how complex the debate about healthcare but also taxes has become. I agree that is is a simple issue and universal coverage is essential

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Best Online Casino — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:13:15 -0000

Sorry to confess, that, as in America there’s no national medical plan or universal healthcare service, targeted at low-income population (which any civilized country should have), medical Insurance comes to be sharp necessity. Once you don’t have one – don’t even hint that you have any health problems. Even in the country, where everyone pays taxes allegedly for health care (not only, but including it). Note that all the nations except the US provide health coverage to EACH and EVERY single citizen, and with higher quality (quality of health care is another “talk of the town”).

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sheenamj84 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:49:50 -0000

I understand your pain I too am dealing with extreme pain from my teeth, I went to a dentist here in Florida and he treated me terribly, he made me feel small, insignifficant, and disgusting. He asked me why were my teeth so horrible and why hadn't i seeked to get them fixed till now, he asked if i had a job. He almost made me cry, I thought to myself as if I wasn't already embarassed, he talks to me like I am dirt on top of it, what an ass!! He gave me two referrals at the time I needed three root canals and crowns to save my teeth and I needed my 4 wisdom teeth removed, but now that a year has gone by since the referral I am most certain that I am in need of another root canal. I honestly pray that Obama does pass this healthcare reform bill and that includes dental so people like you and I, can remember what its like to smile and eat again without pain.

god bless,

sheena

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wakemenow — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:01:10 -0000

Well shoot, I apparently deleted my comment accidentally. :P Ah well, it was too long and rambly anyway. ;)

To cut it short, sorry to hear you're experiencing that Holly and it's great that you did find a clinic willing to work with you. Hopefully the surgeon will deal fairly too.

Living without health insurance for 14 out of the last 15 years, I can relate. Thank god for good friends and lucky breaks in life. *knock on wood* Sick as a dog myself currently with strep, but that's nowhere near on the scale of what you're going through. Tooth pain is nothing to screw around with. Hopefully you will be fixed up soon!

But the health care reform proposals pushed by Obama and insurance lobbyists won't likely include a public option. Matt Taibbi discusses this in the September 2009 issue of Rolling Stone magazine in an article titled: "Sick And Wrong: How Washington Is Screwing Up Health Care Reform—And Why It May Take A Revolt To Fix It." There's a little more about it on my blog, but read the article for yourselves.

Here's a video of Matt Taibbi speaking with Rachel Maddow about the exclusion of the public option: http://videocafe.crooksandl...

The public option was a compromise; a single-payer system would best serve the public. What's the point in creating a health care reform bill that requires people to pay for private insurance while disallowing a public option and declaring single-payer completely off the table? It's no reform I'd want. Looks like a way to make insurance companies happy, but that's about it.

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wakemenow — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:05:55 -0000

It's not so easy to get medicaid coverage, especially if you're young and child-free. We like to think the state will step in and help during serious cases, but no, not always. Not even usually. Lots of variables play into it, namely whether you're already receiving public assistance (housing, foodstamps, disability benefits, etc.).

In other words, it's a real pain in the ass asking the state for assistance with medical costs.

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jackie sheeler — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:52:45 -0000

holly, thank you for this post. i am so sorry to hear what you are going through with these dental problems, but i applaud you for blogging about it the way you did and providing your own personal, painful, example of how our horrendous "healthcare" system degrades people's lives.

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online poker — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:04:17 -0000

Very good post. I am feeling so good to read about it. It is true that "Healthy mind lives in a Healthy Body" so Health Insurance matters. I think your post is beneficial for huge people. Thanks for posting it.

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weddingfunctionvenuesnews — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:22:59 -0000

How come there is a conspiracy that health care reform is a plot to kill old people? Just where in the bill is this section? Is this the section on living wills? Please let me know, and if you could provide a link to the bill. Thank you.

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Egg_Donor — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:10:38 -0000

I'm sorry you're going through this, and glad you found a sliding scale clinic. Health insurance should be considered a right, not a privilege.

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Pregnant — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:59:44 -0000

I hope Obama can achieve what Clinton wanted but couldn't: basic healthcare available for everybody. Healthcare IS about people not politics. Sadly I see that most people who actually have acess to it, don't care about the people who don't.

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ladies designer shoes — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:27:20 -0000

Insurance really does matter. And i'm saddened to hear that you have to endure that pain. Murphy's Law can be very painful sometimes but that gets well before it gets worst. Money and health are almost synonymous nowadays.

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kathriven — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:14:42 -0000

I understand the health care greed. My husband is on Cobra and I am on personal health insurance. My dog knocked my two front teeth loose and now I am trying to get coverage for dental implants. Not fun. So now wear a temporary device and am desperate to get my teeth back.

Pennsylvania should have coverage for tooth extraction under medicare or at a subsidized clinic.

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Holly — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:39:31 -0000

That would be a tremendous help, especially if I lived on the west coast. Unfortunately however, I live in a very tiny town in Pennsylvania. Surrounded by farms. And highways. I was really very lucky to find the sliding scale clinic that I did find around here in the first place, I just wish they had an oral surgeon on staff willing to do extractions and other dental surgery for low-income people in the area. That would probably cut down on the amount of money the dental surgeon they're affiliated with and refer people to, though. Health care has turned into such a downward spiral of greed.

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kathriven — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:01:31 -0000

The state of California offers free tooth extraction. That is the only dental benefit they offer. Have you tried that? They have a clinic. I don't have the link, but you can find it through your search engine.