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ICU
Millie finally got to see her Ophthalmologist. She looked blurry – everything did, but the doctor said that removing some cataracts would improve her sight.
On the back of her follow-up appointment card, it said, “How did we do today? Go to our web-site and complete the survey. You could win a free liposuction.”
Health Care System?? Sure! It works great if you’re a guy. Need hair replacement? Need penis enlargement? That we can do immediately. Does your wife need new eyes? That could take a while.
She figured they’d patent a cure for death about a week after her funeral.
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Archon's Den 
The satire is brilliant with this one.
ICU…nice word play. Hope she saw better after her cataract surgery. It works!
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I know! I had my right eye done last year. I just took the wife in for her first assessment appointment – which is what sparked this FF. And surveys….?? I got an order of French fries at A & W, and had to push one of three buttons on the way out. Everybody wants my opinion – unless they don’t like it. Did you ever try to leave a 1-star review on Amazon?? 😳
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I had both eyes done in 2018. I still have nightmares about reverting vision. I understand the survey questions, and I don’t answer them.
I hope your wife has a good outcome after her surgery.
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😀 😀
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You know what always gets me about health care coverage? No dental. Are teeth not a part of our bodies.
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I feel sorry for you Americans, and your health coverage – or lack thereof. I believe that every Canadian province has socialized dental coverage. I know that Ontario does.
My employer shut down my plant, and put me out of work at 63. I had to take an outdoor job till I got pension at 65, but I took a GREAT medical plan with me. (Here) What the government doesn’t cover, it will.
They don’t remove cataracts, they remove the lens, and give you a new, plastic one. The wife has astigmatism in one eye, because of a deformed retina, and needs glasses. If/when they replace her lenses, she can have a custom-made lens inserted. It’s $100. extra. We’re waiting to here if the insurance will cover it, or pay $275 every two years for new glasses. 🙂
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Thankfully my husband and I have great coverage due to his retiring from the military. My full abdominal hysterectomy cost us $12. But even we don’t have dental or eye plans. It’s crazy.
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I’m looking for a survey button on your site, – I can’t see one so perhaps I need my eyes seeing to as well
!Here’s mine!
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I don’t care what people think. I’m the one doling out the opinions. 😉 🙂
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Dear Arcon,
I’ll have a hot apple pie with that.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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They’re $1.49/each, or 2 for $1.99. It’s a conspiracy I tell you. My doctor wants me to lose weight, but every drug he prescribes says, “Take With Food.” 🙄
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Bernie Sanders has been pushing for Medicare for All for a long time. Insurance companies and Big Pharma have been dictating healthcare for too long. #Bernie2020, #FeelTheBern
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An author from 15 miles north of here, invented the concept/term “tipping point” a few years ago. You may hear “Let them eat cake” and ‘peasants’ rebellion’ sometime soon. 🙂
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🙂
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Don’t get me started on American healthcare. My husband’s bills for his emergency appendectomy are just coming in – thank heavens he has good insurance through his employer, so we’ll only be on the hook for $1500. The hospital alone was over $22,000, and we haven’t received any of the bills from the doctors yet.
As for cataracts, my eye doctor tells me mine aren’t “ripe” yet, so surgery can be avoided for awhile. I hope they never ripen. I hate surgery of any kind and the idea of someone working on my eyes scares the heck out of me.
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Cataract surgery is quick and easy, once you’ve steeled yourself to it – 10-15 minutes. I don’t know what to suggest if it becomes inevitable. Like British sex – lie back and think of England. 😆
A woman goes into her dentist’s office, and complains, “I don’t know which is worse – having a tooth pulled, or delivering a baby.” The dentist replies, “Make up your mind! I have to know how to recline the chair.” 😳
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Well, darn, now it’s going to be really difficult to interact with my dentist next month.
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And so it goes…
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So, I’ve ignited another lively discussion. Nobody wants to be the first to complain, but let someone else start the complaints and it becomes a contest. 😳
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Oh. I complain alright…
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Health care,it’s the death of us all.
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Live fast – Die young – Leave a beautiful corpse? Nah, I’m goin’ out kickin’ and complaining. 😯
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Told as it is, the lack of health provision for so many individuals is evil
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From a Canadian point of view, I don’t quite understand it. Someone above blamed insurance companies and Big Pharma, but I wonder if there’s even more to it. 😕
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