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From: Gabe.Grall@f18.n382.z1.fidonet.org (Gabe Grall)
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Subject: Money vs Pain
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Date: 9 Aug 90 19:50:36 GMT
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[This is from the Chronic Pain Conference on Fidonet]

Please don't dump on me for this post. I have been reading your
notes about settling your case and how the Insurance company and
your lawyer are not treating you fairly.
I work for an Insurance company, settling auto insurance claims.
I have been doing this work for some time. One thing that has
amazed me is the way that some people believe that money can relieve
pain. It can't.
I have been in pain myself, and when I have pain, I want drugs not
cash. The amount of pain a person is having/has had/will have will
not be effected one whit by a large amount of money. If you had a
compound fracture of your leg, and were taken to an emergency room,
suppose your choices at the moment were Demerol or Cash. Which one will
releive the pain? I don't know about you, but the majority of injured
folks in ERs want the dope.
It saddens me to see cases with serious injury, death, paralysis, head
injury with brain damage, amputation etc. Those cases invariably take
more money than is available. The sheer medical costs of some injuries
is astronomical. If all the policy provided for was $100,000 and that
won't cover the costs, what is the person to do?
In other cases, people have minor injuries (compared to the above) and
they usually settle for an amount that will pay their bills, give the
attorney a stack of cash, and leave a little left over for them. And a
year later, the money is gone and they are still in pain, the light
bills still have to be paid and nothing is different. Don't you realize
that money is not the answer to your problems? There are rich people who
have pain, you know. Sure, you should be compensated, I am not arguing
that. I just want to make the point that the money won't solve your
problems. I don't intend to defend every insurance company in the world,
I just wanted to put my two cents in .
 

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