She ain't the only one Boo!!!

and yet, even after all this quick and shocking news about how the individual states are "handling" medical care and insurance, and these prime examples of why insurance companies (and in some cases doctors themselves) have to be put in check, people are still complaining and b!tch!ng about President Obama trying to make a country wide plan that would effectively stop all of this widespread abuse.

The ONLY way this is going to end is if there is a country wide plan, that makes it impossible for the insurance agencies to have any kind of authority like this.

I will be 35 in February, and if it wasn't for medicaid, state paid insurance which I contributed to while working, I would ever be able to afford it either. And don't get me wrong, I do not begrudge the pediatrician or the meds; the pediatrician knows what she is doing and is willing to do what needs to be done, even if it isn't the "normal" routine. She believes in treating the patients no matter what. And my son does so much better when he is on them it is amazing. But hte cost is outrageously ridiculous.

here is the most likeyl scenario for the news being brought in.

The parents found the child missing with the balloon gone, big brother says he watched little brother climb in so panic ensues.
Parents call 911, and dispatcher calls police on road to respond. This is done over a radio of some kind, which the media have complete access to. And for those who say that's just Hollywood nonsense, I have news for you; a ten year old boy can tap into radio transmissions if he cared to do so.
The media heard what is going to be an instant news story and rush to the scene.

Let me make one thing very clear to everybody who wants to claim it was anything other than a very sad accident, without having any facts. It is physically impossible to keep an eye on a 6 year old child every last second of the day, non-stop. I canthink of any number of ways the child could have done this without it being a case of negligence on the parents part.

One example only. Mom is cooking dinner int he kitchen, unable to see the backyard (or wherever the balloon is). dad was with kid working on balloon but took kid in the house while he ran to use the bathroom. While dad is in bathroom and mom cooking dinner, 6 year old sneaks back outside to play with the BALLOON. Something that big would only need seconds, less than a minute to be out of reach of anyone on the ground.

Some people need to grow up and realize that there is such a thing as an accident, no matter how sad or terrible it is, and not try to automatically blame somebody for what is an accident.

Let me make one thing very clear to everybody who wants to claim it was anything other than a very sad accident, without having any facts. It is physically impossible to keep an eye on a 6 year old child every last second of the day, non-stop. I canthink of any number of ways the child could have done this without it being a case of negligence on the parents part.

One example only. Mom is cooking dinner int he kitchen, unable to see the backyard (or wherever the balloon is). dad was with kid working on balloon but took kid in the house while he ran to use the bathroom. While dad is in bathroom and mom cooking dinner, 6 year old sneaks back outside to play with the BALLOON. Something that big would only need seconds, less than a minute to be out of reach of anyone on the ground.

Some people need to grow up and realize that there is such a thing as an accident, no matter how sad or terrible it is, and not try to automatically blame somebody for what is an accident.

That's a very good question. The link I poste in current events specificallyt staes the part the bo y would have been in was only made of real thin wood, and would not hold up to a crash. If thats the case, it woudl not hold an average 6 year old boy for very long either without the kid falling through.

Exactly! The link I posted stated something to the effect that the child may have fallen out!!! So where the hell is he?

And I also agree it is a very sad accident, not a case of abuse or neglect, though I have to admit that initially my first reaction was how the hell can yuo elave your child unsupervised, etc etc etc. Thats why I couldnt comment at first without coming off jdgemental.

Let's see, this is a true story from last month. My insurance got screwed up, and thus denied initially (thank god it has been fixed since and everything back paid by the insurance).

went in for monthly doctor visit for my sons medication. He is on medicine that has to be prescribed every month, it can not be renewable.

15 minutes in the pediatricians office, letting her know the medicine was working properly and get the new scripts written: $130.00

script A: $160.00 (30 day supply)
script B: $160.00 (30 day supply)
script C: $17.00 (30 day supply and renewable three times)

Grand total per month is 467.00 plus tax and service fees

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/15/colorado.boy.balloon/


I can't say anything right now about this without coming off extremely judgemental.

How about Nana?

you have no worries in that department hun, you are THE sexy grandma of them all

I hate to say it hun, but the phrase, children force you to grow up, just is not true.

well last I knew it was not federally mandated, and never has been federally mandated that children are required to say it. I specifically remember a big stink over schools mandating it several years ago, and getting sued for it over the words "under god". One of the biggest rivals to it at the time was the same lady who tried to get shows like "touched by an angel" taken off public television, claiming it infringed her rights to watch non-religious tv". In the end however, the courts overhearing the case about the pledge of allegiance dictated that it can not be held mandatory for a child to say it, or even stand up and put their hand over their chest if they do not wish to do so.

So, in regards to schools trying to"punish or discipline" students for not saying it, I say have the parents stand up to the school board and take it to court if necessary. The issue has laready been won in court, and like when schools were forced to desegregate, you will find some that still try to follow "the old ways". So the parents of students in these schools need to step forward and take LEGAL action in order to enforce the freedom tha has laready been granted.

That's it in a nutshell, and I am glad to see so many people DO agree with me, Fran this includes you too .

What I was trying to point out though is the fact that so many people do NOT take into acount that people have the right to do just that, just as they have a right to not paricipate.

I don't know about the people on here, but where I live, my church is two lots down from my house, and I have stopped to pray right on the side of the road with my pastor hanging out his van door before, and people have both stopped and bowed their heads respectfully, and kept moving on as they saw fit. My Pastor had pulled over off the road so people could get through with no problems, and nobody else had a problem whatsoever.

The sad thing is, that people keep shouting that they want their rights and freedoms, but dont realize on the flipside of that same coin, the ones they want their rights and freedom from, have the exact same rights and freedoms that are being demanded in the first place.

note: sorry if there are too many rights and freedoms in that last part lol

well put

i am not telling, ordering, dictating, suggesting or anything to anyone. I am saying that you already have the option. If you and a buddy are on the street and me and a buddy are on the same street, all four of us have as much right to be there as the next person; and thanks to the fact that this is a religiously free country, that means my buddy and I can stop and pray at the corner if we wish to do so. It also means that you have the opotion to stand there and participate, stand there and watch with disbelief, OR MOVE ON WITH YOUR BUSINESS AND JUST KEEP GOING.

It is YOUR CHOICE in how to react and what to do if you see people praying in public, just as it is their choice to pray in public in the first place.

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