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Social Security & Medicare

marble falls

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13. My folks went to Mexico and Thailand for teatment before my mom passed for specific Dental and ...

Reply to redstatebluegirl (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 11:44 AM

Dec 2019

medical treatment. She got to her early nineties.

He still drives down from Phoenix to Nogales for his dental treatment and prescriptions and he actually has a pretty Cadillac-ish HMO.

Meanwhile I am VERY happy with the VA. It seems a good good system that could be ramped up for everyone else, too.

Of course we vets are constantly having to keep watch for privatization.

We need to get private companies out of areas they obviously have not managed very well for the public: health care being a most obvious one.

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I take pain medication now and then for extreme back pain. [View all] redstatebluegirl Dec 2019 OP

What a twisted mess capitalism has made of medical care. marble falls Dec 2019 #1

Yes it has! redstatebluegirl Dec 2019 #12

My folks went to Mexico and Thailand for teatment before my mom passed for specific Dental and ... marble falls Dec 2019 #13

Vets should have cadillac care all the time at no cost. redstatebluegirl Dec 2019 #15

I was given Tussinex for whooping cough lynintenn Dec 2019 #2

Are they going to make alcohol illegal because some people get addicted to it? redstatebluegirl Dec 2019 #4

I know they cover oxycodone. lark Dec 2019 #5

My mom did the same for me when I had Whooping cough as a child. redstatebluegirl Dec 2019 #10

They create the crap and make us pay for their drug dealing abuses. marble falls Dec 2019 #14

So sorry you are having to deal with this crap. lark Dec 2019 #3

Have You Talked To Your Doctor About This Me. Dec 2019 #6

They do cover cancer, I have been treated for bladder cancer for 10 years and still go for checkups katmondoo Dec 2019 #7

Check again. I think Part D plans do cover Hydrocodone and muscle relaxants similar to metaxalone. Hoyt Dec 2019 #8

I'm on medicare WhiteTara Dec 2019 #9

You may need someone to look at your particular situation and help you figure it out--at no cost Lulu KC Dec 2019 #11