Comments on: Headaches http://loteriachicana.net/2009/01/27/headaches Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:22:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: chuy http://loteriachicana.net/2009/01/27/headaches/comment-page-1#comment-50000 chuy Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:29:59 +0000 http://loteriachicana.net/2009/01/27/headaches/#comment-50000 Great topic! It's sad that while (some) people south of the border come to the U.S. for free medical care, U.S. citizens have to go South of the border for affordable medical care. (Something is definitely wrong with this picture!) Great topic! It’s sad that while (some) people south of the border come to the U.S. for free medical care, U.S. citizens have to go South of the border for affordable medical care. (Something is definitely wrong with this picture!)

]]> By: beatriz http://loteriachicana.net/2009/01/27/headaches/comment-page-1#comment-49974 beatriz Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:51:23 +0000 http://loteriachicana.net/2009/01/27/headaches/#comment-49974 Did they exhaust her COBRA option? If she aged out of her parent's health insurance - they should have offered her COBRA coverage - which is the same coverage as she had. It can be expensive but they can pay it every month until she really needs it for up to 18 months. Let me know if I can help... Did they exhaust her COBRA option? If she aged out of her parent’s health insurance – they should have offered her COBRA coverage – which is the same coverage as she had. It can be expensive but they can pay it every month until she really needs it for up to 18 months. Let me know if I can help…

]]> By: HispanicPundit http://loteriachicana.net/2009/01/27/headaches/comment-page-1#comment-49945 HispanicPundit Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:10:38 +0000 http://loteriachicana.net/2009/01/27/headaches/#comment-49945 If you think insurance companies are headaches, try dealing with government provided healthcare, like medicaid. Might as well not have insurance. I second (or is it fourth?)what everybody else says, go to Mexico. I know people who go there even though they have great health insurance in the US. (I look forward to the day when most healthcare is outsourced. I would definitely consider getting quality healthcare in India, for example). If you think insurance companies are headaches, try dealing with government provided healthcare, like medicaid. Might as well not have insurance.

I second (or is it fourth?)what everybody else says, go to Mexico. I know people who go there even though they have great health insurance in the US. (I look forward to the day when most healthcare is outsourced. I would definitely consider getting quality healthcare in India, for example).

]]> By: EL CHAVO! http://loteriachicana.net/2009/01/27/headaches/comment-page-1#comment-49939 EL CHAVO! Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:59:18 +0000 http://loteriachicana.net/2009/01/27/headaches/#comment-49939 Going to Tijuana takes time, money, and a car. It's only in recent years that I've had health insurance, most of my life it was all about crossing fingers or waiting in the County line. She should go to County hospital, they have to help you even if you can't afford it. Going to Tijuana takes time, money, and a car. It’s only in recent years that I’ve had health insurance, most of my life it was all about crossing fingers or waiting in the County line. She should go to County hospital, they have to help you even if you can’t afford it.

]]> By: Gustavo Arellano http://loteriachicana.net/2009/01/27/headaches/comment-page-1#comment-49930 Gustavo Arellano Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:32:23 +0000 http://loteriachicana.net/2009/01/27/headaches/#comment-49930 My family has gone to Tijuana for all our medical needs for over 15 years. It ain't rocket science. My family has gone to Tijuana for all our medical needs for over 15 years. It ain’t rocket science.

]]> By: Mariam http://loteriachicana.net/2009/01/27/headaches/comment-page-1#comment-49922 Mariam Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:31:09 +0000 http://loteriachicana.net/2009/01/27/headaches/#comment-49922 After finishing grad school, I went about six months without health or dental insurance. I was lucky, because the worst that happened during that time is that I sprained my ankle pretty badly, but I just dealt with it without going to the doctor. It was almost two years before I was able to get dental insurance though, and that all came to bite me in the ass this year. As a result of not having gone to the dentist in '06 and '07, I ended up with six fillings and two bone graft surgeries in '08, costing me thousands out of pocket, even with insurance. Bleh. I don't have any suggestions for your cousin, but I hope she's okay. Perhaps she can get care outside the U.S. (Even with insurance here, it's often cheaper to get things taken care of abroad. I've had emergency health care in Iran for cheap, and I received treatment at the emergency room in England for free.) After finishing grad school, I went about six months without health or dental insurance. I was lucky, because the worst that happened during that time is that I sprained my ankle pretty badly, but I just dealt with it without going to the doctor.

It was almost two years before I was able to get dental insurance though, and that all came to bite me in the ass this year. As a result of not having gone to the dentist in ’06 and ’07, I ended up with six fillings and two bone graft surgeries in ’08, costing me thousands out of pocket, even with insurance. Bleh.

I don’t have any suggestions for your cousin, but I hope she’s okay. Perhaps she can get care outside the U.S. (Even with insurance here, it’s often cheaper to get things taken care of abroad. I’ve had emergency health care in Iran for cheap, and I received treatment at the emergency room in England for free.)

]]> By: Edraid http://loteriachicana.net/2009/01/27/headaches/comment-page-1#comment-49917 Edraid Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:17:54 +0000 http://loteriachicana.net/2009/01/27/headaches/#comment-49917 I was having this very same conversation with an indian (slurpee not casino) friend of mine. She tells me that her mom considers health insurance to be the single marker of 'making it'. Of course there's the south of the border option. Some of the people in my family are currently in the process of getting dental care in Mexicali. Obviously not the most savory route, but if the health issue is not too invasive, maybe this could help? I was having this very same conversation with an indian (slurpee not casino) friend of mine. She tells me that her mom considers health insurance to be the single marker of ‘making it’.

Of course there’s the south of the border option. Some of the people in my family are currently in the process of getting dental care in Mexicali. Obviously not the most savory route, but if the health issue is not too invasive, maybe this could help?

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