Comments on: Healthcare is Hot, But is it Consumer- Driven? http://www.diabetesmine.com/2006/09/healthcare_is_h.html A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:05:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: JasonJayhawk http://www.diabetesmine.com/2006/09/healthcare_is_h.html/comment-page-1#comment-36042 JasonJayhawk Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:40:46 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2006/09/18/healthcare-is-hot-but-is-it-consumer-driven/#comment-36042 My doctor won't fax my subscriptions to any pharmacy, either. :-D Okay, the peanut gallery will refrain from making any more jokes for today. My doctor won’t fax my subscriptions to any pharmacy, either. :-D

Okay, the peanut gallery will refrain from making any more jokes for today.

]]> By: Scott K. Johnson http://www.diabetesmine.com/2006/09/healthcare_is_h.html/comment-page-1#comment-36041 Scott K. Johnson Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:34:02 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2006/09/18/healthcare-is-hot-but-is-it-consumer-driven/#comment-36041 Great articles - both here and at dlife. It's a scary time for us - with many companies making the HSA plans the only option. That type of plan might work fine for a relatively "healthy" person, but for people like me, who is a "heavy user" of my insurance plan, I could not survive on such a plan. Having to foot the bill on so many up front costs for at least part of the year would drive me straight into bankruptcy and the homeless shelter. And it's scary because the employers are selling it as putting the consumer in charge of using their benefits wisely. Are they implying that I'm using the benefits unwisely? I'm a bit offended at that! It's a scary time, and I think things will get worse before they get better. I just hope we can make it through the hard times! Great articles – both here and at dlife.

It’s a scary time for us – with many companies making the HSA plans the only option.

That type of plan might work fine for a relatively “healthy” person, but for people like me, who is a “heavy user” of my insurance plan, I could not survive on such a plan. Having to foot the bill on so many up front costs for at least part of the year would drive me straight into bankruptcy and the homeless shelter.

And it’s scary because the employers are selling it as putting the consumer in charge of using their benefits wisely. Are they implying that I’m using the benefits unwisely? I’m a bit offended at that!

It’s a scary time, and I think things will get worse before they get better. I just hope we can make it through the hard times!

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