zannej
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havasu, thanks for that tip. There is no Costco in my state, but I'll see about Sam's Club. I know that the only good dentist in town doesn't take Medicare/Medicaid (I always get the two confused).
oldog, I have a policy to not devolve into ad hominem arguments, although I have been amused when I've been debating with people I don't know and they start name-calling. I recently played a little game with a troll on another forum where I countered his argument with logic and used his own words against him and he apparently had such a hissy in reply that the admins deleted his post and banned him from the forum.
Anyway, I think another problem is that we have generations of people who are being taught that they should depend on the government to take care of them. Look at what happened to the Philippines after the US let them have control back. The people were being taken care of and supported financially by the US but they wanted their independence. Once they got it, they didn't know how to take care of themselves and their economy really took a dive.
So some people are not even being taught how to provide for themselves and are not being encouraged to do so. Another thing we need to revamp is the education system. We need to make it more about being able to go out in the world and join the workforce instead of preparing for the next level of school. Children need to start learning practical things from an early age. They need basic life skills to be taught because its obvious that a lot of parents aren't doing that. But then, there is the problem of how to pay for it all and also, how to get the system revised. The government really shouldn't be having to play the part of the parents-- so I think there also needs to be more training/education for parents on how to teach their children to be self sufficient while still providing necessary support and love.
There are so many changes that need to be made in our country and I know none of them can happen overnight.
And now I'm just rambling on...
Oh, and Chris, I hope that you can find a good chiropractor that also has massage therapy as part of the treatment. That can help with the pain. Hot tubs and swimming pools will also help to take some of the pressure off.
Speaking of the penalty fee for not having insurance, my mother got something in the mail saying the government was going to bill her because my brother and I are in her household. I went on the healthcare.gov site and put in my info and it said I was not eligible for any of the government plans. Then it gave me a list of insurance companies and such that I could try to get plans with, but they all had ridiculously high premiums and deductibles. Unless something catastrophic happened, I would not be able to meet the deductibles. The only benefit I would gain would be to have the insurance company negotiate the prices down, but then the premiums would pretty much nullify any monetary savings.
oldog, I have a policy to not devolve into ad hominem arguments, although I have been amused when I've been debating with people I don't know and they start name-calling. I recently played a little game with a troll on another forum where I countered his argument with logic and used his own words against him and he apparently had such a hissy in reply that the admins deleted his post and banned him from the forum.
Anyway, I think another problem is that we have generations of people who are being taught that they should depend on the government to take care of them. Look at what happened to the Philippines after the US let them have control back. The people were being taken care of and supported financially by the US but they wanted their independence. Once they got it, they didn't know how to take care of themselves and their economy really took a dive.
So some people are not even being taught how to provide for themselves and are not being encouraged to do so. Another thing we need to revamp is the education system. We need to make it more about being able to go out in the world and join the workforce instead of preparing for the next level of school. Children need to start learning practical things from an early age. They need basic life skills to be taught because its obvious that a lot of parents aren't doing that. But then, there is the problem of how to pay for it all and also, how to get the system revised. The government really shouldn't be having to play the part of the parents-- so I think there also needs to be more training/education for parents on how to teach their children to be self sufficient while still providing necessary support and love.
There are so many changes that need to be made in our country and I know none of them can happen overnight.
And now I'm just rambling on...
Oh, and Chris, I hope that you can find a good chiropractor that also has massage therapy as part of the treatment. That can help with the pain. Hot tubs and swimming pools will also help to take some of the pressure off.
Speaking of the penalty fee for not having insurance, my mother got something in the mail saying the government was going to bill her because my brother and I are in her household. I went on the healthcare.gov site and put in my info and it said I was not eligible for any of the government plans. Then it gave me a list of insurance companies and such that I could try to get plans with, but they all had ridiculously high premiums and deductibles. Unless something catastrophic happened, I would not be able to meet the deductibles. The only benefit I would gain would be to have the insurance company negotiate the prices down, but then the premiums would pretty much nullify any monetary savings.
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