Thursday, September 29, 2011

Public Health Messaging that I LOVE



This picture is part of the Stop Chidhood Obesity Campaign in Georgia.  What is blacked out for whatever reason is the messaging that states 'Chubby is not Cute if it leds to Type 2 Diabetes'  This is so true.  I just love that this campaign for targeting the issues.  Here are some more of their ads with the messaing on them.



Georgia stop child obesity campaign Momformation BabyCenter Dadler Are Georgias fat kid billboards wrong?

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Friday, September 09, 2011

Georgia Mutual Insurance Company Review #2

Well this story is continuing to unfold.  Let's see on Tuesday I called and spoke with the adjuster of my case and she pitifully offered me laughable about for my pain and suffering.  And I immediately declined that offer and explained to her why, seeing that the offer barely covered my medical bills and  the pain I wake up with ever morning and toss and turn in bed whenever I lay on my left side to long was worth a little more than the  tip she was offering for my pain and the suffering they are having me to continually endure from them.  I then respectcully asked if her supervisor could call me.  She surprizing informed me that he probably would not be calling me.  I responded to that by saying well if he does not call me I will go the VP and then to the president of your company however I do hope he calls me.  So I called her back today and asked had she given him my message, she stated yes.  I asked for his name and she shared that and his phone number.  While I was calling him he was calling me.  How about that. 

He proceded to stick with the offer and suggested I take up anything further with the courts.  I had spoken to a number of lawyers and they informed me that it is reasonable to expect 3 to 4 times your medical bills for your pain and suffering.  To that he said he has never paid out such and I thought oh and then he rattled off a list of no name insurance companies that he has worked for and from what I can gather Georgia Mutual Insurance Company is probably the lowest of the grades of his list of employers.  I proceded to ask to speak with his supervisor and he stated he did not have one and that he is on the board of directors and blah blah blah.  I then asked who signs your checks, can I speak with him/her. (FYI I asked the adjuster the same question and she was like I do not know, oh my goodness, know who signs your check or who is accountable for your check)  He says he signs his own check and I am thinking oh my goodness.  If this  isn't  more evident of how crappy this company, it keeps adding up.  In theory, signing ones own check is really cool.  However please know that Steve Jobs and Bill Gates never signed their own checks when they were with their respective companies ( Apple and Microsoft) and all the money was theirs.  There is a little thing called accountability.   More proof (if he was telling the truth) of how crappy this company is..

List of how crappy this compnay is;

1.  I had to pick up the police report from when their client hit me for the claim to be initiated
2.  It took them 8 weeks to settle my payment for my bike and other incidentals
3.  Their staff person comes to my house unannounced to pick up said bike and incidentals without any identification associating him with the insurance besides the check
4.  The check they sent could not be cashed until my bank had contacted them by phone to authorize cashing the check ( I had never heard of this before)
5.  They have consistently disrespected me thru this entire process, I am the victim
6.  more I cannot think of but as I do I will update the list

The money is little consulatioin for the pain I lay down with and experience off and on as I walk and the pain that comes when I run for an extended period of time.  This accident has changed my life in a lot of ways that I will not take the time to explain here, but imagine being physically hit by a car driving 40 miles an hour and knocking you into the fence of a cemetary.  That is what I wake up with everyday. 

If I am able to make one person think twice about being insured by this crappy company and so many others just like it, then my job is done.  Don't worry I will definitely file a complaint with the Georgia Insurance Commision, I already have  the paperwork and if you have had a negative experience with them or a similar company file a complaint.  Know for every complaint that is filed their are usually hundreds of others that have experienced the same thing but did have the time or take the time to complete the complaint.  Do it for them,  as I do!