Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health. Show all posts

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Free Or Low Cost Dental Care

There are still a few places around that still provide free or low cost dental care. For instance in my area - Philadelphia - there is the:

Catholic Worker Clinic - free medical and dental care

1826 E Lehigh Ave

Philadelphia, PA, 19125

Phone 215-426-0364

It is best to call first to make sure that they will be able to help you.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Mesothelioma

What is mesothelioma?

According to Wikipedia mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is almost always caused by previous exposure to asbestos.

If you have seen this term mentioned before it is because the name is very popular! And it is popular becaue there are lawsuits going on where people are suing because they have contracted mesothelioma. For example the W.R. Grace company is up on criminal charges that they released dangerous asbestos fibers throughout a mining town.

The first lawsuits against asbestos manufacturers were in 1929. Since then, many lawsuits have been filed against asbestos manufacturers and employers, for neglecting to implement safety measures after the links between asbestos, asbestosis, and mesothelioma became known (some reports seem to place this as early as 1898). The liability resulting from the sheer number of lawsuits and people affected has reached billions of dollars. The amounts and method of allocating compensation have been the source of many court cases, and government attempts at resolution of existing and future cases.

There have also been instances where the cause of contracting mesothelioma was found with people who worked at shipyards or those who were in the military service.

It may be even possible that you could have a legitimate legal case against a company if you think you contracted mesothelioma. The best thing for you to do would be to either search online for lawyers or law firms that are handling similar cases or check the law firms in your own local area to see if they are handling similar cases.

Monday, June 25, 2007

Asking For Free Dental Care

Although there are a few options for getting free or low cost dental care, there aren't a lot of those options.

People need dental work that can cost as much as $2,000 and that money has to come from somewhere. Some dentists allow you to pay your dental bill on a payment plan. But not all dentists do this so you will have to check around to see which ones do.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

"No Insurance" conversation

...................but I have to pay off my hospital bill, $12k for 6 days stay in ICU. That is with a cash in 30 days discount (no insurance) with out that it would be $42K. Man, they really rake these insurance companies and people wonder why the premiums are so high! The system is so messed up I never seen a bigger bunch of crooks, no wonder all those people are smiling!

Thursday, February 1, 2007

Viagra?

Got another junk mail and this one has to do with viagra! Don't know how they got my email address but then again I don't know how any of them get my email address?

Suffice it to say that if you are in the market for viagra please try not to buy it online. I just heard on the news where someone was selling "suicide" pills online and of course someone ordered it and they died!

Buying drugs online may be cheaper but it definitely isn't healthier!