Guest guest Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Sepracor Customer Service 1- 84 Waterford Drive Marlborough, MA 01752 Sepracor Corporate Headquarters 84 Waterford Drive Marlborough, MA 01752 > > > > > > Tony (and others interested in costs of meds and treatment), > > > > > > Three years ago, I gave up on the US ever doing anything about the > > health care crisis and moved overseas. I now pay about $25 for > Advair, > > $5 for Ventolin, and my last trip to the emergency room and an > overnight > > stay in a private, VIP room (including all my meds and xrays) cost > me > > about $200. (And those are actual costs, NOT co-pays!) > > > > > > While the cost of living here is VERY cheap and I am extremely > > embarassed that RNs get paid about $200 a month, I know it's not > > possible for my former " homeland " to make health care that cheap. > Still, > > in the States, we waste so much money on health care paperwork > > (insurance mainly) and promotion of prescriptions and other similar > > wastes. For more than a decade, I have told everyone I know that > it's > > time for a NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE program in the US. Yes, Canada > and > > England and Germany have some problems with their systems, but they > > don't waste the billions of dollars we do while so many people > (like us, > > my fellow asthmatics) suffer and often die from inadequate " access " > to > > health care. > > > > > > It's time for those of us with chronic health problems to wise up > and > > band together. Don't believe the BS that we'll turn communist or > even > > socialist just because we find a better way to make sure every > citizen > > is able to see a doctor or go to a hospital without having a wallet > > biopsy. > > > > > > For now, I'm pretty happy where I am. Y'all come visit sometime... > > > > > > Tim > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call > rates. > > > > > > > > > > > > God bless you! > --------------------------------- > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. > > > > " I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. " > > > > > > > > > God bless you! > > --------------------------------- > Check out the New Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Thanks Matt. Since I don't use that medicine, I didn't know the address and stuff. "Matt Anders, RRT, AE-C" wrote: Sepracor Customer Service 1- 84 Waterford Drive Marlborough, MA 01752 Sepracor Corporate Headquarters 84 Waterford Drive Marlborough, MA 01752 > > >> > > Tony (and others interested in costs of meds and treatment),> > >> > > Three years ago, I gave up on the US ever doing anything about the> > health care crisis and moved overseas. I now pay about $25 for > Advair,> > $5 for Ventolin, and my last trip to the emergency room and an > overnight> > stay in a private, VIP room (including all my meds and xrays) cost > me> > about $200. (And those are actual costs, NOT co-pays!)> > >> > > While the cost of living here is VERY cheap and I am extremely> > embarassed that RNs get paid about $200 a month, I know it's not> > possible for my former "homeland" to make health care that cheap. > Still,> > in the States, we waste so much money on health care paperwork> > (insurance mainly) and promotion of prescriptions and other similar> > wastes. For more than a decade, I have told everyone I know that > it's> > time for a NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE program in the US. Yes, Canada > and> > England and Germany have some problems with their systems, but they> > don't waste the billions of dollars we do while so many people > (like us,> > my fellow asthmatics) suffer and often die from inadequate "access" > to> > health care.> > >> > > It's time for those of us with chronic health problems to wise up > and> > band together. Don't believe the BS that we'll turn communist or > even> > socialist just because we find a better way to make sure every > citizen> > is able to see a doctor or go to a hospital without having a wallet> > biopsy.> > >> > > For now, I'm pretty happy where I am. Y'all come visit sometime...> > >> > > Tim> > >> > >> > > ---------------------------------> > > Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call > rates.> > >> >> > > > > > > God bless you! > ---------------------------------> Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. > > > > "I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow."> > > > > > > > > God bless you!> > ---------------------------------> Check out the New Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.>God bless you! Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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