Comments on: Money, it’s a gas http://www.verticalbones.com/2007/07/money-its-a-gas/ Innovation By Design - Justin Knecht Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:58:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: verticalbones http://www.verticalbones.com/2007/07/money-its-a-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-124 verticalbones Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:18:00 +0000 http://verticalbones.perfectcompany.ie/2007/07/money-its-a-gas/#comment-124 Well, four days in the hospital cost a total of €60 to us ... but as far as the Western medical system goes, we still left without an official diagnosis. So, you do get socialised medicine, but the real breakthrough will occur when we get treated with Chinese herbs at the hospital, as opposed to, "Oh, that isn't working? We can remove that."<br/><br/>Michael Moore can be a bit over-the-top, but all my run-ins with the American medical system and insurers have been pretty pathetic. I won't go into any public disclosures on the blog. Well, four days in the hospital cost a total of €60 to us … but as far as the Western medical system goes, we still left without an official diagnosis. So, you do get socialised medicine, but the real breakthrough will occur when we get treated with Chinese herbs at the hospital, as opposed to, “Oh, that isn’t working? We can remove that.”

Michael Moore can be a bit over-the-top, but all my run-ins with the American medical system and insurers have been pretty pathetic. I won’t go into any public disclosures on the blog.

]]> By: MEECH! http://www.verticalbones.com/2007/07/money-its-a-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-123 MEECH! Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:27:00 +0000 http://verticalbones.perfectcompany.ie/2007/07/money-its-a-gas/#comment-123 Yikes!!! That's nuts!<br/><br/>I just saw Michael Moore's* "Sicko", so I am further interested in hearing about your medical insurance coverage in Ireland. What's your 1-10 rating, compared to your US experiences? I'm looking for any "ah-HA, you LIAR!" moment after being beaten and broken-hearted by this movie. Can it really be that terrible?<br/><br/>* M.M. is a biased, alarmist loudmouth, but I'm still curious. Yikes!!! That’s nuts!

I just saw Michael Moore’s* “Sicko”, so I am further interested in hearing about your medical insurance coverage in Ireland. What’s your 1-10 rating, compared to your US experiences? I’m looking for any “ah-HA, you LIAR!” moment after being beaten and broken-hearted by this movie. Can it really be that terrible?

* M.M. is a biased, alarmist loudmouth, but I’m still curious.

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