9 Responses:

1. Whoever Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 10:04 am

   OK, average $149,000 per year? Is that too much? Well they are making about the same as the Senate in government? A medical doctor making $149,000 per ywear is not that much, especially running a company. Oh yeah, Dr.'s that I know give medecine away at appointments for those that cannot afford drugs, oh yeah and so do drug companies. The fix for health care is not more government, but the Dr.'s actually fcharging you and I and not a ambigious insurance company. If they have to look me in the face they will not charge $25 for asprin.

2. QG Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 10:14 am

   Ahhhhh I think you missed the point Whoevah. Read it again.

3. chicher Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 11:30 am

   ...That's Dr. Whoevah to you

4. Sonya Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 11:30 am

   But what can you do? We can complain about the salaries. We can vote with our feet and not support companies with outrageous salary discrepancies. We can whine. But nothing seems to change. For some reason nobody seems to want to hear that $124.8 million per year is outrageous compensation when people are losing their homes over a $30,000 hospital bill.

   We had a conversation in our home recently about a test I needed to have. Just taking the test is a budget buster as our huge deductible means we pay it all out of pocket. If the test comes back positive, we may have to do nothing about it anyway as there is no money to pay for the care I'd need.

   It is criminal that someone can be making over $100million a year on my outrageous premiums, make you jump through hoops for every procedure, require huge copays and ultimately attempt to deny care at every turn. (I've been told more than once that policy is to automatically deny coverage on the first request by several people in the customer service department. Nice!)

   It's even worse that a middle class family has to choose between losing their home, savings and retirement accounts or getting the medical care they need to survive. I've been screaming from the rooftops about this subject for the last decade and nobody seems to hear.

5. Buck Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 11:42 am

   Sonya, I know exactly where you're coming from.

   And why so many people don't give a damn says a lot about this "great" country. They care about your plight and your pain only when is happens to them too.

   Sonya, I wish the best for you and your family.

6. QuestionGirl Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 11:45 am

   Sonya, I believe we need to whine to the 9 Democrats who aren't on board for the reform we need. I'll post about that later tonight. I hope things work out ok for you. Our congress people aren't hearing you because all they can hear is the sound of the money they receive from big pharma and the insurance industry. Campaign finance reform would change much of the way things are done in D.C. But that ain't gonna happen, either. At any rate....best wishes to you. Let me know if you'd be interested in writing a post about your experience. Would be a good read and get one person's story out there!

7. chicher Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 11:58 am

   Sonya, I hope that you and yours weather this storm safely. The sad part is that there will be others down the line. It's also sad that when a discussion like this comes around there is always someone that turns it into "I know a doctor who gave somebody some free pills". This is not about some Marcus Welby doctors story. It's about real families in peril because of yet another corrupt American system.

8. Michael Says:
   June 26th, 2009 at 12:04 am

   Hey, have you seen this news article?
   New details about Michael Jackson's Death Emerge
   I was wondering if you were going to blog about this...

9. QG Says:
   June 26th, 2009 at 8:16 am

   Link is no good.

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