Liars are everywhere. Politicians, right? Lawyers, crooks, car salesmen. They all have a bad reputation. You hear about others, but they are few and far between. However, liars don't affect the medical community, right? Oh, there are quacks, but quacks aren't the same. RIGHT?
When you catch your health-care provider in a lie, what happens?
I'm "generally" healthy, except for bad teeth, hearing loss and COPD. The latter two have qualified me for SSDI and Medicare. I was nearly out of my COPD treatment, but here they seem to require that you show every 6 months or so for them to verify that you still need the treatments and/or medicine that you have. Annoying, but "tolerable."
I needed a refill on something, and needed to go in for such a purpose. NOW, they're trying to schedule "Lab work" -- saying they need current blood specs, blah, blah, blah. Fine; How am I supposed to pay it?
But then they tried to schedule me for two "OTHER" tests... and they claimed that "Medicare Requires these tests." I had never heard of them "Requiring" anything except age or disability. However, it was indelicate to challenge on shaky information, so I went home.
I asked online search engines about Medicare test requirements. Came back negative, but I determined that it was not enough. So, utilizing my caption phone, which helps me to compensate for my hearing loss, I called Medicare to question them.
The person from Medicare had a hard time understanding what I was asking. I tried 3 times before I was able to make my question clear to the other person. They thought I was asking if the tests were covered. I was not. I was asking if they were "REQUIRED" by Medicare.
The answer? "Medicare does not require you to take any treatments; it is up to you." That bears repeating, and they repeated it for me. I have pictures of the conversation.
I was about to call the pharmacy to check on the status of the medicine when the clinic called. I again asked, to be sure I was not in error about what they said. The clinic, once again, claimed it was "REQUIRED BY MEDICARE."
I said, "You are wrong. I just called them; they said no such tests are required."
They continued to insist that I was wrong. I said, "LOOK, I just got off the phone with them. I was told NO TESTS ARE REQUIRED. YOU ARE LYING!"
Boy, that set 'em off, all right.
They started to claim they had been "audited" and if I am "not compliant" that Medicare can remove me from the rolls. They may be able to remove me from their list, but not for disobeying a doctor's opinion!
THEN, they claimed that Medicare gave me "False Information."
So, we got Medicare calling the Doctor a liar; we have the doctor calling Medicare a liar. Well, SOMEBODY is in error.
So, I checked with a lawyer. Answer not really "plain", but more of a "Do what you feel like doing," response.
So, I took one more step. I wrote to one of my Senators! I explained the problem, signed my paper, faxed it to him. NOW, when I get the response, hopefully quickly, I will take the answer in to the clinic. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong and if that is the case, I will apologize. If THEY are wrong and refuse to apologize, I will take my business elsewhere.
It's nice to be able to catch the liars...but it's frustrating to find it's someone you need to be able to trust. They, apparently have violated that trust. And they may be answering to higher-up authorities for these falsehoods.
Looks like the only Medical I'll be able to Trust is G*D....AS I SEE IT!
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Sunday, December 2, 2012
"Extreme Couponing" -- Extreme BULLSHIT!
I don't know how many of you use coupons. I don't I find that, often, they attach strings that make no sense. "Double Coupons" are crap... I find the whole thing just a load of BS.
I've watching the show... they got 889 bucks of stuff for about 10 bucks... or they get cash back... or they don't pay a thing... Yeah, RIGHT. Uh huh. That's as believable as a huge fat man squeezing himself down millions of chimineys one night a year!
I challenge ANY COUPONER... ANY ONE OF YOU... to come to my area and prove it. Of course you won't.
Cases in point: Stores don't always double, or they may double up to 50 cents. There are several stores near my area that don't accept internet coupons...and they state on the door that "If coupons result in a negative balance, we will not return extra."
They attach strings: You must buy 3 boxes of this at $4.00 each in order to get .50 on 6 of that, and you must consume 16 ounces of something else at 4.65 before you cand get your .50, but you must include a copy of your receipt, send certified mail to a PO Box somewhere in Timbuktu before a certain time period has passed, and then they can still reject it for any reason.... HUH?!
For instance, I saw a coupon today that gives $1.00 off on 3 boxes of a well-known maker's types of cereal. They must be at least 15 OZ or more... OK, I find 3 boxes of that runs 3.50 each. The coupon doesn't double. The product isn't on sale anywhere, I've checked.
So, three boxes of this stuff = $10.50. Your cost: 9.50.
Now, I see a Generic available. Same stuff. $2.00 a box. 3 Boxes, total 6 bucks.
So, to "SAVE" a buck, you spend 3.50 MORE? I don't think so!
They give you a coupon for a laundry soap: 2.50 off. Great. That doesn't double. Not at that price!
Size, 64 ounces. OK. On sale, too, a buck less. Nice. BUT THE "SALE PRICE" is still 12.99. So, your cost is 10.49. AH, there's a different brand, actually larger in size -- At $7.49. So, 80 oz. at 7.49 or 64 ounces at 10.49. What's the better deal?
AH, here's something that is a freebie. But the coupon has a condition: you must be 3-12 packs of something that you don't use, and they cost 6.00 a 12-pak. The item is 3.50. Do you spend 18 bucks on items you don't use and will likely toss, just to get 3.50 worth of something? Penny-wise, pound foolish!
Save .99 cents on a chocholate milk. Doubles. but the brand retails for 4.50! So, you got 2.52 to spend... but another brand runs 2.99 for the same stuff. Brand names mean nothing! Sure, you can save a little...but this store doesn't have the brand you want. Nearest store that has it is 10 miles away. So, waste 2/3 of a gallon of gas to save .40? You wind up losing 1.60, Brilliant!
Coupons are just fraudulent enticement to get you to buy...at inflated prices. Don't give me the "Free" stuff...it doesn't exist. And, you couponers...If you THINK you can do it here, in Florida, in my area... I DARE YOU TO TRY. You'll find you're definitely a loser in your thinking...and your money has gone to gas rather than groceries... in effort to save .03, you spend .50. It's THIS type of thinking that the government does. You see the results every day.
Ban coupons. Get the prices down to where we can AFFORD THEM... That's what needs to be done...AS I SEE IT!
I've watching the show... they got 889 bucks of stuff for about 10 bucks... or they get cash back... or they don't pay a thing... Yeah, RIGHT. Uh huh. That's as believable as a huge fat man squeezing himself down millions of chimineys one night a year!
I challenge ANY COUPONER... ANY ONE OF YOU... to come to my area and prove it. Of course you won't.
Cases in point: Stores don't always double, or they may double up to 50 cents. There are several stores near my area that don't accept internet coupons...and they state on the door that "If coupons result in a negative balance, we will not return extra."
They attach strings: You must buy 3 boxes of this at $4.00 each in order to get .50 on 6 of that, and you must consume 16 ounces of something else at 4.65 before you cand get your .50, but you must include a copy of your receipt, send certified mail to a PO Box somewhere in Timbuktu before a certain time period has passed, and then they can still reject it for any reason.... HUH?!
For instance, I saw a coupon today that gives $1.00 off on 3 boxes of a well-known maker's types of cereal. They must be at least 15 OZ or more... OK, I find 3 boxes of that runs 3.50 each. The coupon doesn't double. The product isn't on sale anywhere, I've checked.
So, three boxes of this stuff = $10.50. Your cost: 9.50.
Now, I see a Generic available. Same stuff. $2.00 a box. 3 Boxes, total 6 bucks.
So, to "SAVE" a buck, you spend 3.50 MORE? I don't think so!
They give you a coupon for a laundry soap: 2.50 off. Great. That doesn't double. Not at that price!
Size, 64 ounces. OK. On sale, too, a buck less. Nice. BUT THE "SALE PRICE" is still 12.99. So, your cost is 10.49. AH, there's a different brand, actually larger in size -- At $7.49. So, 80 oz. at 7.49 or 64 ounces at 10.49. What's the better deal?
AH, here's something that is a freebie. But the coupon has a condition: you must be 3-12 packs of something that you don't use, and they cost 6.00 a 12-pak. The item is 3.50. Do you spend 18 bucks on items you don't use and will likely toss, just to get 3.50 worth of something? Penny-wise, pound foolish!
Save .99 cents on a chocholate milk. Doubles. but the brand retails for 4.50! So, you got 2.52 to spend... but another brand runs 2.99 for the same stuff. Brand names mean nothing! Sure, you can save a little...but this store doesn't have the brand you want. Nearest store that has it is 10 miles away. So, waste 2/3 of a gallon of gas to save .40? You wind up losing 1.60, Brilliant!
Coupons are just fraudulent enticement to get you to buy...at inflated prices. Don't give me the "Free" stuff...it doesn't exist. And, you couponers...If you THINK you can do it here, in Florida, in my area... I DARE YOU TO TRY. You'll find you're definitely a loser in your thinking...and your money has gone to gas rather than groceries... in effort to save .03, you spend .50. It's THIS type of thinking that the government does. You see the results every day.
Ban coupons. Get the prices down to where we can AFFORD THEM... That's what needs to be done...AS I SEE IT!
Monday, November 12, 2012
Election review -- Belly-aching Bastards!
The Election, Thankfully, is over. I'm not pleased with the results, but such is life.
But I am ANNOYED. I am a GOP member, and I am annoyed at my own party! WHY?
Because, they are proving themselves poor sports, sore losers! I'm tired of the stupidity they are spouting, despite how much they are doing.
They're claiming "voter fraud." -- that Romney actually won the race. While there were a lot of close states, NOT A SINGLE one was close enough to be decided by "fraud." Sure, there were some questionable tactics in Florida, especially St. Lucie county. Some people stood in line for HOURS on Election day. WHY couldn't they have gone earlier? I did.
But the GOP, sore losers, are crying "Fraud!" More than 3 MILLION votes separated Obama and Romney. That comes to more than 60,000 votes "Fraud" per state. OH, GIMME A BREAK, BABIES!
Florida is a prime example of their stupidity! They're claiming that "141%" turnout occurred in St. Lucie County, and some precincts had more than 150%. But when you look at the figures, that is an outright lie. They're claiming "turnout" in St. Lucie was 249K voters. But if you look at the total votes cast, it was only 125K voting out of 175K registered voters. That's actually 70%, give or take .7 percent. The problem occurred because of TWO PAGE BALLOT. Each page counted as one "CARD", and the assholes are staring at that figure, figuring "FRAUD."
They're claiming over 100% in some Colorado counties. I do not know if Colorado has Election-day registration like MN does. But if they do, that could explain small discrepancies. But I'm guessing that None of these places had over 100% turnout.
ONE PERSON in FL, claims she lives in a county that went "100% Obama," while she herself voted for Romney. My own examination of that is proved 100% BULLSHIT! There were only a half dozen counties that voted Obama.and NONE of those were 100%. So, she's spreading shit, in hopes that something nice will grow.
They've ignored the real issues on the DFL side, screaming "RACIST" whenever someone disagrees. But the poor sportsmanship of the People of the GOP is not even laughable: It's PATHETIC.
The GOP must now dedicate themselves to the task at hand -- stopping the growing debt, protecting people from increasing taxes, stopping Obamacare, stopping the global gun ban, stopping Sharia law, eliminating our dependence on foreign oil. They must stop the left from taking over the Court.
GOP--As a member of your party, I'm disgusted with your members. But I'm not turning my back on 'em. I'm telling you, you've got to GROW UP! GET WITH THE PROGRAM.
Stop spinning the lies...or if you can't, you must learn to make them more believable than the DFL's lies. BOTH SIDES are guilty of lying to the people. When you stand before the Great Judge, will you be able to say, as if you are under oath, "We did nothing wrong"?
GROW UP, FOR GOD'S SAKE! ALL of you! You're supposed to be serving the people. Instead, like Emperor Palpatine of Star Wars, you've been corrupted by Power.
I want to put a name in for you for 2016 -- but it's a bit early, and I want to discuss the specifics with the man, first. He's a dedicated public servant. And believe me, THAT is what we need -- Not a narcissistic ass with an eye to his own power and golf game!
THAT is what we need -- the end of the belly-aching, and behaving like true sportsmen. If you can't do that, you're as bad as the politicians! And THAT IS THE FACT....AS I SEE IT!
But I am ANNOYED. I am a GOP member, and I am annoyed at my own party! WHY?
Because, they are proving themselves poor sports, sore losers! I'm tired of the stupidity they are spouting, despite how much they are doing.
They're claiming "voter fraud." -- that Romney actually won the race. While there were a lot of close states, NOT A SINGLE one was close enough to be decided by "fraud." Sure, there were some questionable tactics in Florida, especially St. Lucie county. Some people stood in line for HOURS on Election day. WHY couldn't they have gone earlier? I did.
But the GOP, sore losers, are crying "Fraud!" More than 3 MILLION votes separated Obama and Romney. That comes to more than 60,000 votes "Fraud" per state. OH, GIMME A BREAK, BABIES!
Florida is a prime example of their stupidity! They're claiming that "141%" turnout occurred in St. Lucie County, and some precincts had more than 150%. But when you look at the figures, that is an outright lie. They're claiming "turnout" in St. Lucie was 249K voters. But if you look at the total votes cast, it was only 125K voting out of 175K registered voters. That's actually 70%, give or take .7 percent. The problem occurred because of TWO PAGE BALLOT. Each page counted as one "CARD", and the assholes are staring at that figure, figuring "FRAUD."
They're claiming over 100% in some Colorado counties. I do not know if Colorado has Election-day registration like MN does. But if they do, that could explain small discrepancies. But I'm guessing that None of these places had over 100% turnout.
ONE PERSON in FL, claims she lives in a county that went "100% Obama," while she herself voted for Romney. My own examination of that is proved 100% BULLSHIT! There were only a half dozen counties that voted Obama.and NONE of those were 100%. So, she's spreading shit, in hopes that something nice will grow.
They've ignored the real issues on the DFL side, screaming "RACIST" whenever someone disagrees. But the poor sportsmanship of the People of the GOP is not even laughable: It's PATHETIC.
The GOP must now dedicate themselves to the task at hand -- stopping the growing debt, protecting people from increasing taxes, stopping Obamacare, stopping the global gun ban, stopping Sharia law, eliminating our dependence on foreign oil. They must stop the left from taking over the Court.
GOP--As a member of your party, I'm disgusted with your members. But I'm not turning my back on 'em. I'm telling you, you've got to GROW UP! GET WITH THE PROGRAM.
Stop spinning the lies...or if you can't, you must learn to make them more believable than the DFL's lies. BOTH SIDES are guilty of lying to the people. When you stand before the Great Judge, will you be able to say, as if you are under oath, "We did nothing wrong"?
GROW UP, FOR GOD'S SAKE! ALL of you! You're supposed to be serving the people. Instead, like Emperor Palpatine of Star Wars, you've been corrupted by Power.
I want to put a name in for you for 2016 -- but it's a bit early, and I want to discuss the specifics with the man, first. He's a dedicated public servant. And believe me, THAT is what we need -- Not a narcissistic ass with an eye to his own power and golf game!
THAT is what we need -- the end of the belly-aching, and behaving like true sportsmen. If you can't do that, you're as bad as the politicians! And THAT IS THE FACT....AS I SEE IT!
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