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	<title>Comments on: A Rant About Health Care - 2</title>
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		<title>By: Jay Koster</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You have my sympathies, Bob.

I am currently waiting to have my wisdom teeth extracted, but the oral surgeon I was referred to (also not going to name names) requires an up-front payment of half the surgery cost, to be reimbursed *if* my insurance pays anything.

I wonder, in times like this, just why we pay for the insurance. This is my rant, because I don't feel very insured. I feel like I'm not trusted because that plastic card in my wallet might not be good.

I am not very pleased with the state of healthcare, of late...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have my sympathies, Bob.</p>
<p>I am currently waiting to have my wisdom teeth extracted, but the oral surgeon I was referred to (also not going to name names) requires an up-front payment of half the surgery cost, to be reimbursed *if* my insurance pays anything.</p>
<p>I wonder, in times like this, just why we pay for the insurance. This is my rant, because I don&#8217;t feel very insured. I feel like I&#8217;m not trusted because that plastic card in my wallet might not be good.</p>
<p>I am not very pleased with the state of healthcare, of late&#8230;</p>
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