Replies to post #380 on Geron Corp (GERN)

[hasbro123]

Nobody gets turned down in an emergency room.............so where is the problem?????
The problem is in the emergency room they will stabilize you.........after that if you can't afford the treatment,procedure or lack insurance you don't get it................do you understand that yet???
Now there is an option...............same procedure............same quality...........far more affordable.
This is not rocket science.................you could do the math on an abacus.

[esammee]

Dude, stop and think about that for a minute. >>nobody gets turned down in an emergency room<<

ERs are for ACUTE care, not for chronic care. Have you not seen the accounts of the poor and elderly who have to exchange medicine for food? Who are taking substandard doses of their medications due to cost, notwithstanding all those tv ads you see about the beneficent drug companies who will "help you out." Look at all the folks who are denied by Medi-Cal (and other state run programs, as well as insurance companies) for example for procedures that Medi-Cal, HMO, etc., deem "not standard."

My friend who stayed with friends in El Centro to get the Mexican dental care he desperately needed should show you that even broke folks can - and do - go where they have to go to get treatment they can afford. Or they are sick and dying.

You and hasbro really are talking about the same issues, it's just that you're talking past each other.