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Originally Posted by Adder
This comment applies universally to all health care discussions.
I had the same thought about 14 miles, but she's from Manhattan, no? Stamford may actually be an unreasonable distance away, especially if she does not have a car.
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Yes, Stamford may be highly inconvenient. And I am completely shocked - Shocked I tell you! - that Obamacare has not eliminated bureaucracy in health insurance companies.
There were amble horror stories before ACA as well as after. About a year ago, I was lying in a hospital totally out of it while my wife argued against an insurance company denial of a drug that would likely save my life. The appeals process was longer (3-4 day minimum) than my anticipated life without the drug (hours). I am sure there is a way to blame that process on ACA - I am sure I could figure out two or three ways to spin it -- but, guess what, to the extent ACA had anything to do with it increased the chance of me getting the drug (because it eliminated lifetime caps).
But let's not make system-wide health care decisions based on convenience or inconvenience. Let's make it based on life and death needs.
