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This is a discussion on health care reform within the Health Insurance forums, part of the Insurance and Travel Forums category; hello, Thought I would just pass this on. My husband referred me to the site, www.reddit.com this week. It was ...

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    hello,

    Thought I would just pass this on. My husband referred me to the site, www.reddit.com this week.
    It was a blog/comment about Blue Cross and it wasn't too nice of one, to put it gently. this was specifically about this but there were other health care topics, too.
    If you guys want to see a lot about health care reform talk, this is a good site. There were also a lot of Canadians and English people on there who would not trade their systems for ours, btw. Ain't that a surprise?
    This isn't just a health care blog site as there is talk that covers just about everything.

    Warning: It can get addictive.
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    I really like Reddit! Thanks for sharing the link with the community runagain!

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    Thanks,

    But, boy, you can get lost in it. There is no way to read all of it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by runagain View Post
    There were also a lot of Canadians and English people on there who would not trade their systems for ours, btw.
    I wouldn't trade our system for theirs either. I like my taxes the way they are, way cheaper than in these other countries. Even with the cost of self-employed insurance (the most expensive kind) and all my out of pocket, I end up with $33,000+ leftover a year, based on their taxes vs. ours. Americans also have better cancer survival rates across the board. And I definitely don't want some bureaucrat deciding if my care is worth the amount of life I have left.
    31 years old- 1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler at 25 years old; 6/06- Head on collision on Interstate, both wrecks other drivers fault. Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, acupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc at 29 years old. Pain and medication free as of October 2010!Mommy to Emma- 8 years, Ava- 6 years & had baby Eli after ADR, via c-section on March 25, 2011 , completely pain free still!

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    Well said Kathy.
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