tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post940658731016185286..comments2024-03-29T05:51:00.183-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : The Smell of Legal Bullshit; Worst Aunt Lawyers in the World EditionComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-62116536234368385982015-10-19T04:07:49.908-04:002015-10-19T04:07:49.908-04:00EBM, check your health insurance contract. Somewhe...EBM, check your health insurance contract. Somewhere deep in there, you will find that if your injury was caused by some other person's malfeasance and that other person has insurance that will cover your injury, your health insurance will pay zero, nada, zilch, bupkus. The other person's insurance is supposed to pay in that case. <br /><br />Furthermore, health insurance is no guarantee of anything. In general even insured people end up paying around 33% of the costs of medical treatment out of pocket because the assholes won't pay what they're contracted to pay, instead giving you run-arounds like "out of network physician" yada yada. <br /><br />The irony is that now that a court has determined that the child was *not* responsible for her injury, she can now file a claim with her health insurer because the "other person's malfeasance" thing doesn't apply anymore. So she didn't lose, assuming she's insured. Which is a big assumption, alas, because the first thing that health insurers did in the pre-Obamacare era was figure out some excuse to cancel your coverage if you looked like you'd actually use it...<br />BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-31022621132720932402015-10-16T13:55:31.953-04:002015-10-16T13:55:31.953-04:00http://nomoremister.blogspot.com/2015/10/maybe-if-...http://nomoremister.blogspot.com/2015/10/maybe-if-we-had-single-payer-thered.htmlbearsensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000858896207125033noreply@blogger.com