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Stan Rogers
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Ask your employer for a list of your payroll deductions. It'll have your medical insurance deductions listed on it. Your income tax return will also list this deduction. If you work for a small school or shady employer you shouldn't just assume you have insurance.
But if you do have it, then just your ARC is necessary. |
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Overture1928
Joined: 12 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 5:01 am Post subject: |
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| Stan Rogers wrote: |
Ask your employer for a list of your payroll deductions. It'll have your medical insurance deductions listed on it. Your income tax return will also list this deduction. If you work for a small school or shady employer you shouldn't just assume you have insurance.
But if you do have it, then just your ARC is necessary. |
I know you are trying to help but that isn't actually a sound plan. Lots of people get deducted for things they assume are pension/medical but it just goes to the owner. I just started working at this place a couple weeks ago but again, since my friend who got me this job works for the front desk and does the registering of people with pension/health care I am quite certain I have it. It just is a matter of has it kicked in yet because I haven't made any contributions yet. I will as of the 10th of this month. |
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Stan Rogers
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 5:28 am Post subject: |
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[quote="Overture1928"]
Lots of people get deducted for things they assume are pension/medical but it just goes to the owner. [quote]
Well if someone never recieved their insurance booklet and suspects that something fishy is going on they should call medical insurance and ask them if they are covered. |
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Feebie
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:59 am Post subject: |
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| You can have the treatment before your insurance kicks in, pay the full amount, and then go back to the docs with proof when you are covered. They will give you the difference back. I had to do that when I first arrived. |
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EZE
Joined: 05 May 2012
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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I recommend Joyfull Hospital for anything dealing with the digestive tract, especially from the intestines down. I had an appendectomy there last May and a colonoscopy last July and it's by far the best medical facility I've ever been to in any country. They're so nice, so professional, so competent, and it's so fast and relatively cheap. You pay a lot less, get a lot more, and get it a lot faster there. They're the best.
They say they have the newest, most advanced camera equipment on their scopes that most hospitals in Korea don't yet have and I believe it since they found and removed a polyp that was missed during a colonoscopy four or five months earlier.
Definitely choose sodium picolate as the clean out laxative. The others are nasty and you have to drink so much. With the sodium picolate, it is like drinking a glass of lemonade, you're not camped out in the bathroom as long, and you get a cleaner colon.
www.joyfullhospital.com |
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tob55
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| Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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There are local health clinics that can provide this kind of service to you without going to a major university hospital. I go once every two years and have the colonoscopy done. My parents both died from colon cancer, so I have no choice. The cost at a public health clinic is greatly reduced from the costs in a hospital. The procedure takes between 20 - 30 minutes, usually under sedation, and the doctors can let you know right away if there is a problem. There is a one night prep period when you drink the koolaid from hell barrium cleanse, but once you have been cleaned out from that then it is just not eating for about 16 - 24 hours that will be the biggest problem leading up to the exam.
Not all clinics are good, but for the past 6 years the public health clinic I go to has been spectacular, and I am happy to say I have no problems 
Good luck, and by all means if you feel there is a problem then get it checked out ASAP.  |
Is your clinic in Seoul? Mind telling me the name? |
My clinic is not in Seoul, BUT it is a government agency with clinics in most major cities throughout the country. I will check out the name and get back to you through this thread. It is quite affordable, and the physicians are nice. However, I am not sure about the number of English speaking staff in other places. I had to communicate in Korean when I went to my local clinic. |
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Overture1928
Joined: 12 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 5:04 am Post subject: |
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| EZE wrote: |
I recommend Joyfull Hospital for anything dealing with the digestive tract, especially from the intestines down. I had an appendectomy there last May and a colonoscopy last July and it's by far the best medical facility I've ever been to in any country. They're so nice, so professional, so competent, and it's so fast and relatively cheap. You pay a lot less, get a lot more, and get it a lot faster there. They're the best.
They say they have the newest, most advanced camera equipment on their scopes that most hospitals in Korea don't yet have and I believe it since they found and removed a polyp that was missed during a colonoscopy four or five months earlier.
Definitely choose sodium picolate as the clean out laxative. The others are nasty and you have to drink so much. With the sodium picolate, it is like drinking a glass of lemonade, you're not camped out in the bathroom as long, and you get a cleaner colon.
www.joyfullhospital.com |
Thanks a lot for the info! |
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Overture1928
Joined: 12 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:12 am Post subject: |
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| EZE wrote: |
I recommend Joyfull Hospital for anything dealing with the digestive tract, especially from the intestines down. I had an appendectomy there last May and a colonoscopy last July and it's by far the best medical facility I've ever been to in any country. They're so nice, so professional, so competent, and it's so fast and relatively cheap. You pay a lot less, get a lot more, and get it a lot faster there. They're the best.
They say they have the newest, most advanced camera equipment on their scopes that most hospitals in Korea don't yet have and I believe it since they found and removed a polyp that was missed during a colonoscopy four or five months earlier.
Definitely choose sodium picolate as the clean out laxative. The others are nasty and you have to drink so much. With the sodium picolate, it is like drinking a glass of lemonade, you're not camped out in the bathroom as long, and you get a cleaner colon.
www.joyfullhospital.com |
Can I ask another question? Lets say I go in for the colonoscopy at 9 or 10 in the morning, should be finished within an hour, will it be O.K to head to work for 2:00pm? Or will I want to take the rest of the day off....? Or is it better to take the day before off to deal the purging? |
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cabeza
Joined: 29 Sep 2012
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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I know you didn't ask me but...
If you are doing the sedation, once it's over they put you in a recovery room, you usually wake up after 20 minutes and then you might need another 20-30 minutes to feel right again.
So yes, in terms of time, you would be able to make it to work if the hospital isnt too far from your school. I felt fine within half an hour and went out and had a huge lunch, which they say you shouldn't becuase you are all empty down there, but i was starving.
Everyone reacts differently to sedation, some people feel woozier for longer, some people also feel a little pain after the colonoscopy (i didn't), so to play it safe you may want to take the day off just to recover at your own speed.
Some hospitals also require you to have an escort after the procedure, though i've noticed that's less common in Korea. |
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EZE
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Overture1928 wrote: |
| Can I ask another question? Lets say I go in for the colonoscopy at 9 or 10 in the morning, should be finished within an hour, will it be O.K to head to work for 2:00pm? Or will I want to take the rest of the day off....? Or is it better to take the day before off to deal the purging? |
You'll be fine. That's around the time I had mine and around the time I started work, and I was fine. Although some hospitals require you to have someone to drive you from the hospital, Joyfull Hospital doesn't require that you have someone with you. I went there alone. I took the bus and subway. You certainly wouldn't want to drive after sedation, but if you take public transportation, it really doesn't matter. |
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Ballerina2012
Joined: 17 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 12:33 am Post subject: Young? |
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Just a question..
Why are you YOUNG people get getting colonoscopies? I thought they were recommended after a certain age, which I thought was 50 years old. I understand the person who lost their parents to cancer, but what about the rest? Just curious? No judgement...... |
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Overture1928
Joined: 12 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 2:32 am Post subject: Re: Young? |
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Just a question..
Why are you YOUNG people get getting colonoscopies? I thought they were recommended after a certain age, which I thought was 50 years old. I understand the person who lost their parents to cancer, but what about the rest? Just curious? No judgement...... |
How do you know if I am young? What would you do if your bleeding out your ass? |
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Ballerina2012
Joined: 17 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 2:34 am Post subject: |
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| It's YOU'RE!!! English teacher! wow.. no judgement.. |
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 3:30 am Post subject: Re: Young? |
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Just a question..
Why are you YOUNG people get getting colonoscopies? I thought they were recommended after a certain age, which I thought was 50 years old. I understand the person who lost their parents to cancer, but what about the rest? Just curious? No judgement...... |
I've had a couple done back in Canada. History of bowel cancer in my family. Plus, I do have some issues with IBS. Procedure is a breeze because I was sound asleep. My old man had it done without any anesthetic because he has a heart condition. He said it was the worst pain of his life. |
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cabeza
Joined: 29 Sep 2012
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 7:49 am Post subject: Re: Young? |
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| Ballerina2012 wrote: |
Just a question..
Why are you YOUNG people get getting colonoscopies? I thought they were recommended after a certain age, which I thought was 50 years old. I understand the person who lost their parents to cancer, but what about the rest? Just curious? No judgement...... |
The rates of young people getting colo-rectal cancer have shot up in the last ten years. It used to be an old person disease and in many ways it still is, but that doesnt mean people younger than 50 are immune. As others have said, bleeding out the bum, change in toilet habits often get people worried. Especially since the early stages are often have very mild symptoms or none at all. Its the number 2 cancer killer in many western countries. |
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