Comments on: Rants Blog Carnival — July 15, 2009 http://www.rantsnreviews.com/2307/rants-blog-carnival-july-15-2009/ Observations from a real conservative OR Rubbing slightly more salt into the wound Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:31:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.rantsnreviews.com/2307/rants-blog-carnival-july-15-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-346 admin Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:55:48 +0000 http://www.rantsnreviews.com/?p=2307#comment-346 YES. It's the <em>medical costs</em>, not the medical <em>insurance </em>costs that are killing us. Sure, they build on each other but there's no accountability. I don't know any other "business" that works this way: I want to "buy" something but they don't tell me how much it costs and yet I buy it anyway. All because I AM NOT PAYING FOR IT ANYWAY. It's really easy to spend "other people's money" even though, at the end of it all, it really is our money! Perverse. YES. It’s the medical costs, not the medical insurance costs that are killing us. Sure, they build on each other but there’s no accountability. I don’t know any other “business” that works this way: I want to “buy” something but they don’t tell me how much it costs and yet I buy it anyway. All because I AM NOT PAYING FOR IT ANYWAY.

It’s really easy to spend “other people’s money” even though, at the end of it all, it really is our money! Perverse.

]]> By: Brent Diggs http://www.rantsnreviews.com/2307/rants-blog-carnival-july-15-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-341 Brent Diggs Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:14:38 +0000 http://www.rantsnreviews.com/?p=2307#comment-341 Thanks for having me. Thanks for having me.

]]> By: Wenchypoo http://www.rantsnreviews.com/2307/rants-blog-carnival-july-15-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Wenchypoo Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:35:37 +0000 http://www.rantsnreviews.com/?p=2307#comment-328 <i>it’s the $10 Tylenol tablet at the root of this one</i> I agree--one time Hubby was in the hospital, they charged him $8 for a free sample package of Mycitracin, and we could've bought 3 full-size tubes of the stuff at Wally World for that much! The package they used on him was a free sample foil pouch given away by the drug companies, or even the kind we all used to get in junk mail or in magazine ads...but oh no, they had the nerve to CHARGE us for this free sample! They also charged for some bandages and some sort of treatment he never received--I sat there with him the whole time. You're right--THIS is the crap they need to knock off. it’s the $10 Tylenol tablet at the root of this one

I agree–one time Hubby was in the hospital, they charged him $8 for a free sample package of Mycitracin, and we could’ve bought 3 full-size tubes of the stuff at Wally World for that much! The package they used on him was a free sample foil pouch given away by the drug companies, or even the kind we all used to get in junk mail or in magazine ads…but oh no, they had the nerve to CHARGE us for this free sample!

They also charged for some bandages and some sort of treatment he never received–I sat there with him the whole time. You’re right–THIS is the crap they need to knock off.

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