Too broke for the ER, patients flee

[natty bumppo 297]

claim illegal status ... and get the free ER care.

naw ... never mind ... that would never work.

[Nagishkaw 510]

[scandal 951]

still nothing beats this die hard

When a 40-year old man arrived at a hospital asking to see a doctor specializing in "men's troubles", he was shown to a cubicle. There, he gingerly unwrapped three yards of foul smelling, stained gauze from around his #######, which had swollen to twice the size of a grapefruit.

On further inspection, it was discovered that his left testicle was missing completely and, embedded within the swollen, tender and weeping wound, were a number of dark objects which the patient confessed were one inch staple nails from an industrial staple gun.

It transpired that the man spent lunchtimes alone in the workshop, where he regularly enjoyed the sexual thrill of placing his ####### on the moving canvas fan belt of a piece of machinery. One day, the excitement had caused him to lose his concentration and the fan-belt had snatched his ####### into the fly-wheel, throwing him several feet across the floor and removing his left testicle. Rather than go to hospital, he self-administered first aid using a staple gun and then continued work when his colleagues returned. It was two weeks before he got around to visiting the hospital.

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[Ban Hammer 13,360]

still nothing beats this die hard

When a 40-year old man arrived at a hospital asking to see a doctor specializing in "men's troubles", he was shown to a cubicle. There, he gingerly unwrapped three yards of foul smelling, stained gauze from around his #######, which had swollen to twice the size of a grapefruit.

On further inspection, it was discovered that his left testicle was missing completely and, embedded within the swollen, tender and weeping wound, were a number of dark objects which the patient confessed were one inch staple nails from an industrial staple gun.

It transpired that the man spent lunchtimes alone in the workshop, where he regularly enjoyed the sexual thrill of placing his ####### on the moving canvas fan belt of a piece of machinery. One day, the excitement had caused him to lose his concentration and the fan-belt had snatched his ####### into the fly-wheel, throwing him several feet across the floor and removing his left testicle. Rather than go to hospital, he self-administered first aid using a staple gun and then continued work when his colleagues returned. It was two weeks before he got around to visiting the hospital.

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Gawd

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OMFFFG

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i guess he subscribed to the "if you can't lick em, join em" school of thought.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Nope - not a dead beat dad - kind of the opposite. He was a great father and loved his kids. His ex had an affair and left the marriage so he got the divorce. She abandoned her two sons to run off with the other guy so he was mother and father for the boys for two years until she showed up back in the picture. The divorce gave them joint custody but she didn't see the kids for 2 years since no one knew where she was. When that relationship broke up she showed back up and wanted to see the kids so they negotiated alternating weeks with each parent. She then decided that she wanted full custody - there was a heck of an expensive court case and her lawyers fees were paid by her well-heeled parents - he had to pay his own lawyers' costs. She didn't get full custody - the judge re-set the joint custody but because she wasn't working he also gave a small child support payment to her. So, he was still doing the 50% joint custody, paying for the kids well-being when they were with him and paying her money to help support the time when they were with her plus doing all the driving to drop them off and pick them up on the alternating weeks. I dated the guy for a while and was interviewed by the Friends of the Court when they were trying to decide how best to go with the custody arrangement. When the kids were old enough to decide for themselves they both moved back in with their Dad full time and the child support arrangement stopped. His ex, however, never paid any child support payments to him even though the boys lived with him full time by their own choice.

I have been in this guys shoes! But mercifully never had to splint my own broken leg, nor sewn my own face shut before. But the deadbeat mom thing for sure!

Medical insurance most definitely sucks! Assuming dad is the deadbeat... priceless!

[Jokris27 0]

No doubt that Health Care is excellent. But, Health Insurance is not.

For real? Like a third world scenario ha

[jundp 191]

I have been in this guys shoes! But mercifully never had to splint my own broken leg, nor sewn my own face shut before. But the deadbeat mom thing for sure!

Medical insurance most definitely sucks! Assuming dad is the deadbeat... priceless!

I can remember for a few years when I was a single mom with no health insurance having to choose what was "bad enough" to go to a doctor for. My son had a severe ear infection that sent him to the emergency room and it took me 3 years to pay off the bill!

Now I feel absolutely blessed that my husband has company paid health insurance for our whole family, but I am well aware that could end. My school just instituted a salary freeze, but the insurance is going up...in some cases 21%! Even then, when it comes to dental, we have to choose because it's not full coverage.

[justashooter 430]

True story - a friend of mine in Michigan about 10 years ago fell through some rotten steps on a friend's back porch.

he couldn't have been too smart of a guy.

incidents like this are covered under the "friend's" homeowner's insurance.

He could have had free medical care, and compensation for his time off work during recovery.

could also have sued for "pain and suffering", which is usually 3X the medical bill.

the lawyer usually gets 1/3 of that.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

No doubt that Health Care is excellent. But, Health Insurance is not.

What good is "excellent" health care that an ever growing part of the population cannot access?

[Niels Bohr 72]

No doubt that Health Care is excellent. But, Health Insurance is not.

What good is "excellent" health care that an ever growing part of the population cannot access?

True.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

A friend of mine in his early 50s walked out of hospital hours after he had minor stroke.

Doctors wanted him in for observation over the weekend and to give him an MRI. Luckily he didn't have any further complications, but its appalling to me that people will take these crazy risks with their health to avoid being saddled with a bill.

The worse thing is I've actually started doing it myself - saw an ent specialist a few weeks ago to cauterise a blood vessel in my nose to stop an persistent nosebleed I've been getting.

$40 co pay and a bill later on for $300. Worse thing is the procedure hasn't fixed the problem, but I'm not wanting to go back cause they'll bill me a second time and I don't even want to pay the co pay again.

What a rip.

[BaWa 0]

could also have sued for "pain and suffering", which is usually 3X the medical bill.

the lawyer usually gets 1/3 of that.

That's not really 'friend' like, suing your friend...

OT : The Health Insurance is what concerns me too. Gonna do my best to find a job that has that as a benefit when I move.

--BaWa

Edited May 12, 2009 by BaWa

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

could also have sued for "pain and suffering", which is usually 3X the medical bill.

the lawyer usually gets 1/3 of that.

That's not really 'friend' like, suing your friend...

Not too familiar with justashooter, are you

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

As it stands even with a job the insurance plans are pot luck - as you don't have a great deal of flexibility in choice, and even then you have to do a hell of a lot of research to figure out if you'll be covered for "Condition 1" in "Hypothetical Situations A-Z".

It really is a minefield. You have to have insurance - but having insurance is no guarantee of being covered.

People in this country literally do end up being bankrupted by healthcare bills.

[BaWa 0]

could also have sued for "pain and suffering", which is usually 3X the medical bill.

the lawyer usually gets 1/3 of that.

That's not really 'friend' like, suing your friend...

Not too familiar with justashooter, are you

hmm, does it show I'm new here then?

*frantically runs off to scour the forum for background info on justashooter*

--BaWa

Edited May 12, 2009 by BaWa