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I don't know. When I used a nurse-midwife, there was not doctor there either, but they did have a supervising doctor who came in to do circumcisions once a month. You would also see that doctor if there was a medical emergency during delivery. I never saw him while pregnant.There are no doctors at these mini-clinics? How come they get to prescribe antibiotics?
Maybe there is a supervising doctor at a different location.
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I stopped playing with barbies around 12. That was when I noticed boys:-)
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Has anyone heard of this?
I was with Christian Medi-share. They were doing a pilot program allowing their customers to use it for free. I never tried to use it, but it is ...... ummm.....interesting. I would rather go to a clinic than call and video conference a doctor.
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True. But our town has been hit hard- many people are working - making too much to get medicaid but not enough to afford to visit a doctor. These are the people I was talking about. They're caught- they make both too much AND too little. I'm not convinced ACA will fix that because high deductibles will not help when they need to visit a clinic.
I hadn't actually considered the savings to the government. I was thinking about the hospital who writes off bad debt when they know people cannot pay. I'm sure some is subsidized but much is not. But yeah, I'm sure the government would save a lot if people used the clinics instead of the ER. In our town, a clinic visit is well under $100.
But if a family is low income, but not low enough to qualify for Medicaid, they would qualify for the 60/40 Bronze Plan (which would possibly be free if their income is low enough). 40% of the $90 clinics fee is $36. I would find a way to borrow money to pay the clinic rather than have the ER hounding me for $$$$.
Maybe most people don't feel this way, I don't know.
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Do you have a hospital in your town? Our town is pretty small- well under 20,000 people, but we have a hospital. When our doc-in-a-box opened, the newspaper did a pretty big article about how the clinic was going to help those who were using the ER for minor illnesses- and that would save the hospital a lot of money because they wouldn't be writing off as many charges for people who couldn't pay. But the people who couldn't afford to pay at the ER can't pay at the doc-in-a-box and they require payment before you see the doctor. So...I think we have the clinic because the hospital pulled strings and helped it get started.
I cannot imagine driving 65 miles over a mountain pass to a clinic! And to have it close at 5 pm? Yeah, not convenient.
But Medicaid patients don't pay anyway. So if the Medicaid patents went to the clinics instead of the ER, it would save the gov. $$$,
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Mon – Fri 8:30am to 7:30pm
Sat 9am to 5:30pm
Sun 10am to 5:30pm
I pasted this from my local CVS clinic hours, so they are not just after hour clinics.
I have had 10k deductible for the past several years. I do not have a primary doctor because I don't go unless it is an emergency. This causes me to end up at Fast-Med which cost about $250 a visit. Being able to walk in and be seen for $90 makes me very happy. I really don't care who I see as long as I can get the proper meds for my sickness. This will be a very good option for young adults and people, who in general, have been skipping seeing the doctor when sick because of the cost.
I think it is a good option.
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I posted this in the other post, but I thought it might deserve a post of it's own.
Has anyone noticed the minute clinics that Walgreens, CVS, Wal-mart, Target, Kroger+ more are setting up? Google it, it is quite interesting how many big box store are going to provide walk clinics.
I think this is what the ACA is wanting to take over regular 'sick' doctor visits. Then you would only see a doctor for speciality care. The minute clinics charge about $90 a vist and you are seen by a Physicians assistant or a nurse practitioner. I'm in NC and these clinics are popping up.
Here is an article about SC Medicaid being accepted at the clinics:
http://www.postandco...ssues-out-of-er
Here is a list of what you can be seen for at the CVS minute clinic:
http://www.minutecli...s/minorillness/
Honestly, I think, after people discover these clinics, they aren't going to go to a doctor unless it is a true ER emergence or they have a special need.
This type of care will prevent people from using the ER for minor sickness. It will be convenient for people to get to the nearest CVS or Wal-mart or where ever. It will be a one-stop-shop for your sick-visit and your meds. It is a win win situation for these big box stores. All they have to do is hire a PA or a NP. They will be no doctor trying to pay rent, the store is guaranteed that the patient buys thier med form them and probably the patient will buy something while waiting on their meds to be filled. How convenient!
I may be a tin foil hat wearer, but I truly believe this is what the government is wanting to see happen. I don't think the government wants to tell people this is what they want, but they want people to discover the clinics themselves and think it was their idea for them to go there for care! If it is the people's idea, they will be happy. Problem solved!
This would make regular sick care affordable. Unfortunatly, this is bad news for general practitioners.... maybe.......or maybe people who have good insurance will keep seeing their regular doctor and low income people will have care too.
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Has anyone noticed the minute clinics that Walgreens, CVS, Wal-mart, Target, Kroger+ more are setting up? Google it, it is quite interesting how many big box store are going to provide walk clinics.
I think this is what the ACA is wanting to take over regular 'sick' doctor visits. Then you would only see a doctor for speciality care. The minute clinics charge about $90 a vist and you are seen by a Doctors assistant or a nurse practitioner. I'm in NC and these clinics are popping up.
Here is an article about SC Medicaid being accepted at the clinics:
Here is a list of what you can be seen for at the CVS minute clinic:
http://www.minuteclinic.com/services/minorillness/
Honestly, I think, after people discover these clinics, they aren't going to go to a doctor unless it is a true ER emergence or they have a special need.
This type of care will prevent people from using the ER for minor sickness. It will be convenient for people to get to the nearest CVS or Wal-mart or where ever. It will be a one-stop-shop for your sick-visit and your meds. It is a win win situation for these big box stores. All they have to do is hire a DA or a NP. They will be no doctor trying to pay rent, the store is guaranteed that the patient buys thier med form them and probably the patient will buy something while waiting on their meds to be filled. How convenient!
I may be a tin foil hat wearer, but I truly believe this is what the government is wanting to see happen. I don't think the government wants to tell people this is what they want, but they want people to discover the clinics themselves and think it was their idea for them to go there for care! If it is the people's idea, they will be happy. Problem solved!
This would make regular sick care affordable. Unfortunatly, this is bad news for general practitioners.... maybe.......or maybe people who have good insurance will keep seeing their regular doctor and low income people will have care too.
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So, I'm looking at the Bronze Plan and it says that is covers 60% of your health care cost. Does that mean if I got cancer and had a $500,000 bill I would owe $200,000? Is there no point ($$) at which the Bronze plan picks up the rest of the bill? Say like a $10,000 out of pocket max per family or something?
I can't find any info on how the 60% works and that is scary!
Is there a website that tells the detail of each level not just a %?
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I think I might have been misunderstood. It doesn't have to teach LA through literature, but rather use real books for the reading/literature study portion of the LA program.
I thought Spalding was a phonics program. What spin-off programs are you talking about.
My biggest problem with using individual curriculums for each skill is that each curriculum thinks their skill is the most important and wants to schedule a full lesson every day 5 days a week. This creates a LA mammoth that takes over your homeschool! LOL!
I need balance in my LA program and I feel like an all-in-one program might be better at achieving this.
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~other than LLATL?
LLALT is the only all in one LA curriculum that I can find that uses real books and not basal readers.
Surely there are more. Please!
I feel so disjointed using a separate program for:
spelling
writing
literature
poetry
vocabulary
grammar
Christian or Secular doesn't matter to me. Just all-in-one with real classic literature!
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My dd was required to by a $100 graphing calculator for Algebra 1 in 9th grade (public school). It had to be a specific name brand and model. That was 6 years ago. It was expensive, but she has used it all the way through her last math class in college, so it did get a lot of use (5 years of classes).
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My kids are loving VP Self Paced History.
I love that it has constant review, learning games, people talking in costumes and multiple choice quizzes.
Are there any other online/computer based curricula for any other subjects similar to VP's Self Paces? Mostly looking for science.
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Well, actually, I sat throught their presentation at a homeschool convention, so it does have to do with a homeschooling convention. Wasn't trying to fool anyone. I think it was the GHC in Greenville, SC two years ago.
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I went too a convention several years ago and there was a health related vendor that was selling a book about how to make wheat bread that had less gluten. I think the grains were soaked or sprouted.
Anybody know what the name of the company or book?
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Not!
Sweet cornbread would taste horrible in my buttermilk!
Hot, crumbled cornbread in an icy cold glass of buttermilk..mmmm.mmmm!
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Nope! No pictures in my head, just see black when I close my eyes. I do dream vividly in color and I played pretend as a child.
But I am very musical and aural. I have relative pitch. Anything out of tune drives me nuts. When I read, I hear the book in my head with voices and music. Kind of like radio theater.
I always have a running dialogue in my head. I don't like extremely descriptive book. I read Farmer Boy to my kids last year and it about KILLED me. I don't care how each piece of wood fits together to make a sled. You made a sled, great! Now do something with it.
It drives me crazy when spelling programs tell a child to close their eyes and see the word. I have never seen a spelling word. I hear spelling words.
I love listening to podcasts, while doing work.
I love lecture classes and remember most of what people say.
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Have you received anything from DNPE about your intent to maintain your homeschool?
I haven't received anything and don't know what to do.
Am I to get an email or a card in the mail?
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No, I never threaten them with PS school for two reasons.
1. They would want to go.
2. I would end up sitting with them after school doing worksheets they didn't do in school. Been there done that.
I have to sit beside my 1st and 3rd grader for almost everything. My 4th grader is finally starting to gain SOME independence, but not fully.
As irritating as it might be, your dc's behavior is normal.
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I have a 1st grade son. I'm changing up what I am doing with him. I think we are going to do reading eggs, but there is no writing (unless I want to buy their expensive stuff). I was thinking about using GD Ilatic B. It only has 59 pages of writing practice. I was thinking of doing half a page 4x's a week. But I am not sure this is enough.
How much writing should a 1st grader do a day?
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I am not dyslexic and I can't see words or pictures. I do not have any vision problems nor have I ever had any reading problems. I hear how a word is spelled in my head. I hear music when I read and I hear it narrated in my head with different voices for different people.
Have you looked into Phonetic Zoo by IEW? It is a self paced, aural spelling program. There are 3 levels. At the IEW website, there is a placement test.
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I talked to a sales associate at Staples about the Better Binders going on sale. She said that they don't go on sale until after school starts. At least that is when they went on sale last year. The sale was buy 2 get 1 free.
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My children and I feel just like the kids in the commerical. I thought the commercial was very cute with a normal family.
I believe it is the organizations that are supposed to promote equality that are actually promoting racism.
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I couldn't understand what they were saying. Sounded gibberish.
Need 4th grade reading list/curriculum w/comp questions.
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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I really need help finding a 4th grade reading list/curriculum. I want to buy a years worth of 4th grade, whole books with comprehension questions for each chapter, reading schedule and vocabulary (if possible). Sonlight would be great, but I don't want to buy the Core IG just to get comp questions. Heart of Dakota book lists are great, but do not include comprehension questions.
I Do Not want integrated LA, lap books, writing projects, notebooking pages, etc.... Just comprehension questions for each chapter I can ask my child to make sure they are understanding what they are reading so I don't have to pre-read the books! I have no interest in buying a lit guide for each book, that cost too much $$.
It really doesn't matter if the book are secular, Christian, combination or what time period the books cover.
Does anybody sell this product?