LeighaMason

Good morning everyone! Well here I am at the dealership, bored to tears. This is when I sit here thinking I need a treadmill! I got to stop being so cheap and just buy one. At least I would be accomplishing something. (Small dealerships do most of their business during the week, large ones do it on the weekend, strange huh?) Come on 2 o'clock! Maybe I can talk my son into riding bikes with me this afternoon. Anybody have any cool plans for the weekend?

I don't want to be political but as a country we established workers rights a long time ago. I know it is difficult to stand up to these "requests" to give up your rights without retaliation. Plus you have a right not to discuss your health with your employer. If you want to be as non confrontational as possible you could have your Dr just write a letter that it is "medically necessary" that you eat in a low stress environment at a specified time. If not you may need legal representation, if you have a lawyer insist on you having a lunch period it may lessen the chance of retaliation later because you have documentation. That is a really tough spot to be in, I hope it works out for you. We shouldn't be asked to give up our health to serve our job, no matter how important of a job it is.

Exactly! And then these big corporations scream like a stuck pig when they have to provide something like health care for their workers that make the profits possible.

Yeah because the Republicans are such upstanding individuals. As shown by the email I recieved this morning... Received this today. I feel better already Relax! Don't worry about your future. Quit paying your insurance premiums. Free health care is here. The doctor will see you now. doctor.bmp

I just thought of something your insurance might pay for the tests even if they don't cover the surgery. Plus be sure and submit the surgery to the insurance company for reimbursement, I did on a foot surgery and they paid even though it had been denied on a pre-certification. It will help even if they pay a part. Slim chance but worth it, I think.

This is what I struggle with. As Americans we are bombarded with commercial messages and it not just for us to buy a product anymore so much of it is for us to buy an idea. Now not only does Coke and McDonald's have huge advertising campaigns that run year round but other interests have less noticeable ones too. In 2007 I spent a year in radio advertising, it was such an eye opener. Everything is sold, from the joke that the DJ tells in the morning to casual banter between 2 DJ's, a lot of these are scripted, recorded and paid for to promote an idea. It all comes from advertising companies who are hired to promote their customers ideas. I believe this is where so much of the anti health care emails came from as well, if you look at the quality of the pictures (think Obama with joker makeup) they were obviously created by a professional graphic artist. There is an advertising campaign right now that promotes the idea that you should vote against your own interests and it is so transparent that most Americans don't even know its there.

HB--Snopes.com, factcheck.org non-partisian independant verification.

Hey Faith, Were glad your here! Congrats on your decision! I wish I were 6 feet tall, but my mom always says god made me not tall for a reason. :tt1: Oh well, keep us posted on your date and feel free to ask any questions, we are here to help you.

I was self pay and my tests were included in my total price. I had an EKG, blood tests, pregnancy test but not too much else. ( I know you hear a lot about quitting smoking so I am not trying to lecture you on that but my Dr also insists that patients stop smoking for 2 weeks before the surgery and he gives a nicotine test before he starts the surgery as well) Good luck I hope everything goes well for you.

ariscus--By the way, he (Obama) tried to give you access to the health care policy that he has (cadillac plan), the Republicans blocked that. PS Do you have a nickname we can use? I always have to cut and paste yours to make sure I spell it right.

This is who I want to get my politcial information from, some guy driving a 10 year old dented up van.

Patty "We’ll have more shortly." I hope you don't mean more posts on this 1 incident, 5 different posts from the same occurrence is enough. Especially since the disturbance was mostly concert goers (Rage against the machine) not political activists.

Your not funny at all. Your out of line and you know it.

Inminds.com Boycott Aparthied Isreael in UK not even american Boycott Israel News You should at least find Americans for your examples.

Oh god I want a pic of that! Bob in purple crocs!:eek::tt1::smile2:

Yes, in your case I have elected myself the post police, I am tired of reading your berating posts with your better than thou attitude. Not just on this thread but on others. You are mean to people and I am tired of it. Lets have a vote...who else thinks Spartan was out of line in attacking Bobbie for 4 sweettarts and a little cotton candy?

Caterpillar, for instance, said the new healthcare mandates would cost the company at least $100 million or more in the first year alone. Medtronic, a medical device maker, warned that new taxes on its products could force it to lay off a thousand workers. Verizon has joined those businesses sounding the alarm about serious adverse consequences. Americans DO NOT want ObamaCare! I think you meant to say "Big Corporations don't want Obamacare! I have decided to embrace the term Obamacare, I want to make sure that when it is universally loved nobody forgets who was responsible for it!

Git your guns! Were gonna fight!

Today my sister posted this on her facebook page, "You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them wh...at they could and should do for themselves."- Abraham Lincoln I'm sure you have seen this before and know it wasn't said by Abraham Lincoln, that isn't even the irritating part, OUR Mother has Parkinson's and is on Medicaid and SS disability. Hello? Is anybody home? Your own Mother is dependent on government programs!

Kimaly--The provision that you are talking about was removed from the bill before reconciliation. Here are 2 articles about it. Health care reform affects largest contractors Lobbying battle over contractor healthcare to come after bill passes - TheHill.com