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berkeley1 year, 6 months ago

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my dentist told me about three/fourths of her patients are taking prescription drugs.
this is largely a scam between the insurance foks and big pharm.

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  DropkickaLib1 year, 6 months ago
  
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  I've got a chronic condition related to Crone's Disease and believe me, I need to take my pills everyday. The alternative is to literally feel like my guts are falling out.
  
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    bluetexasvalley1 year, 6 months ago
    
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    Drop, don't walk, run, to your local grocery store and find, in the dairy case, a yogurt called "Activia". Eat one of the small containers every day. You won't believe how much it will help.
    
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      DropkickaLib1 year, 6 months ago
      
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      Really, it will help Ulcerative Colitis?
      
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      rekia1 year, 6 months ago
      
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      money is made on TREATMENT.
      
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    Will13131 year, 6 months ago
    
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    take care of that I have a friend who died from what you describe.. took him over a year.. he went from 250 to 89 when he passed..
    
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      DropkickaLib1 year, 6 months ago
      
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      Colitis isn't as bad as Crone's and my case is under control with maintainence medication. Crone's can't be surgically cured and the lesions can eat through the intestine into surrounding organs. Aggressive steriod treatment can help but some people do die from Crone's.
      
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    Goppy1 year, 6 months ago
    
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    Oh Droppy!
    Now I see why you post such bile.
    Im so sorry.
    However, I think its important to realize that words have meaning and power and you shouldnt just use the internet as your own personal linquistic toilet bowl.
    Know what I mean?
    
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  mjw20251 year, 6 months ago
  
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  Why would it be a scam? Insurance companies have to pay when one fills a prescription. They'd rather you have insurance but not have have claims.
  
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    berkeley1 year, 6 months ago
    
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    state laws connect the amount insurance companies can charge their customers to how much they have to pay out on claims.
    zero claims means zero income. mass claims equals mass income.
    
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      IanFraigun1 year, 6 months ago
      
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      Not the way the insurance industry works. I should know I have worked in that industry for over 10 years. You set rates based on expected losses not on past losses. Your goal then is to pay out less than you take in using the delay in payments to invest the premiums so you even make money when you have a bad year.
      Only some states and only some coverages like automobiles are restricted by the state and the state may prevent increases, but unless there is a change in the law will not demand decreases.
      
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