random brain dribblage

[kippurbird]

Weird dream last night.

Part of it involved sitting next to Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel on a train, trying to get our lunch that we ordered. He had that really creepy "I'm going to eat you" smile on his face the entire time, but was very friendly. There were some fans of his on the train and I kept on trying to find them but I couldn't.

Other side of things, I'm really glad I have insurance. My mom and I went to fill the Licoderm patch prescription yesterday. I'd been using samples until then. The cost was a little over a hundred for three boxes (or one box apparently o_O). When we asked how much was it without our insurance it was seven hundred dollars. So, yeah.

Came up with a LOLcat macro idea when looking at Chaucer this morning with my mind drifting back to TVtropes epileptic trees. A serious looking cat with the caption of "Why so Serious Serious Cat?"

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[faded-enmity.livejournal.com]

There was a painkiller I picked up for my brother awhile back that cost $30, which is more than my usual payment for meds. So, I asked how much it was without insurance, since I figured the higher cost reflected a much higher cost than average in the noninsured price. For the one bottle (20 pills or so) it was going to be $1200.

I really need to make sure I still have insurance in December.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

o_O Oi That's a lot of money there. I sometimes wonder why the medicines cost so much money.

[x-trickster-x.livejournal.com]

And this is why I couldn't live in America. We may be full of chavs and drunk morons, but at least we get free healthcare in the UK. I always take it for granted.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

It bothers me that people are so afraid of this "socialized" medicine when you would think they would want free health care. I don't see how it would take away our freedom or anything like that.

I was listening to NPR today and apparently they got pissy about medicare and medicade when they were trying to pass it. They were saying the same exact things too.