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May not be. I don't think it works for everyone, I've heard horror stories in the opposite direction, too. I think mostly the well insured and the uninsured are okay, and it's the people with crappy insurance or partial insurance who get the shaft. Plus, of course, trying to pay for insurance if you're on the edge.
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(In Texas, in most cases if you can't pay your deductible and are low-income enough or your bills are high enough, you qualify for Medicaid to pay your deductible and your insurance to pay the rest.)
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Here's what I don't understand about the whole debacle:
Did the girls actually end up leaving the cookies?
Because one of the articles mentioned Young spending the night at her sister's house, which means she would have had to leave her own house, which means (more than likely) she would have seen the cookies on the doorstep.
Did she ignore them? Think they were poisoned? If she saw them at all, I don't think there were any grounds for her to file a lawsuit. Someone must have seen the cookies at some point, right?
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If the girls didn't actually end up leaving the cookies (which none of these articles mentioned) then the good deed is null and void.
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I kinda figured she didn't leave through the front door. If she had an attached garage she wouldn't have seen them, or if her car was parked somewhere where she left through a back or side door.
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I went to the emergency room one time with a small cut on my wrist.
Above the "proscenium" that surrounded the check in station was a VERY BIG SIGN that said that just checking in, with no additional services required, would result in a charge of $950.
I've got to wonder why these girls decided to give this woman cookies in the first place. My guess is that there was this cranky old woman in their neighborhood, and they thought that giving her a gift would soften her up.
Just my guess tho'
And for the record, I don't think ignorance is rude if the intent is to do a good deed.
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The bill is the only part of the story I have no trouble with. First, as people have pointed out, it's actually normal. Second, the judge would require proof of that. Even this judge.
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Glenn, if you read the article, it explains that the girls gave cookes to many of their neighbors, in lieu of going to a party.
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I'd read the part about not going to a party. I guess I missed the part about giving them to other neighbors.
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Glenn, I didn't mean to sound like the mean teacher. "Well, if you had read the article..." Just so you know.
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If it counts for anything, Toni, I initially clicked on the thread because I thought someone was going to be talking about you.
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quote:I went to the emergency room one time with a small cut on my wrist.
Above the "proscenium" that surrounded the check in station was a VERY BIG SIGN that said that just checking in, with no additional services required, would result in a charge of $950.
Wow.
My last visit to the emergency room was in 1997, after I nearly drowned while vacationing at Cape Hatteras. IIRC the bill was less than $500. I don't think I needed any medication, though. I don't remember if they did a blood test or not. They kept checking my blood pressure, but I have no idea why.
My FIL had to pay the cost out of pocket, and we reimbursed him after our insurance reimbursed us.
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And the rumor I heard about the cookie thing was that some religious conflict was involved i.e., the paranoid lady doesn't like people of a certain religion, even if they bring cookies.
Anyone know if this is true?
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You may be onto something. Heard she freaked cuz the cookies reminded her of how she useta love to bake before a couple of kids...
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Well, I'll be a blue-nosed gopher... I completely missed that. I feel better already!
And even more off-topic: I'm strongly considering doing another MST3k Chick Tract. I just need to pick one.
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The reporting certainly makes this woman sound nuts. Though as others have hinted, maybe the woman had been stalked in the past (by a regular person making unwanted gestures of affection and not a blue muppet). Maybe she hates Valentines day because some traumatic event is tied to it or she has some other reason not to celebrate it. I mean, we've some clue about her husband, after all. Or maybe she is diabetic or something. But yeah, she should have taken the settlement. If she expects the girls to foresee the possible ramifications of doing good deeds too late at night, she herself should have foreseen the possible ramifications of making neighborly quarrels a matter of public record.
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