Posted on 03/14/2017 11:52:10 AM PDT by Cedar
Hey! You're talking like a conservative. Are we allowed to td that anymore when healthcare's involved? /s
They might be better off at least financially without a medical bird. $25,000 plus bills for a 15 minute ride are not uncommon. For profit aeromedical services are among the biggest blood suckers around.
People working lower-wage jobs could not afford a hospital. My plan would still have no government involvement at all but provide healthcare for all at no cost to the patient. People could choose to go for medical care or not, so there is your “pro-choice” you speak of.
Totally funded by private donations, so no one needs Medicare, Medicaid, or medical insurance. And no Obamacare.
All the comments are so interesting, thanks again, everyone, for your thoughts.
I can tell you that St. Jude’s hospitals do not pass along any cost reductions to people paying cash or with insurance. In 2009 I was taken to St.Jude’s hospital ER thinking I was having a heart attack. After ten minutes with a doctor and 4 hours of monitoring my heartbeat, they told me it was just a muscle spasm/cramp in my pectorals and the bill was over $8,000.
St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Memphis does not have an ER. It functions as a hospital for children with serious diseases and specifically states in its material that it does not have an ER. All treatment for the children is provided totally free of charge, and even the parent’s travel cost and lodging is covered by the hospital.
Your experience must have been with a different hospital besides the one I referred to in my post. But thanks for your comments...it goes to show that medical charges can be outrageous. And definitely glad you were ok!
The Children’s Research Hospital is just one part of the St. Jude/St.Joseph medical organization. Based on my experience, they are soaking people who have insurance to underwrite the charity cases.
Thanks for the kind thoughts. After this one scare caused my insurance to jump from $4K/yr to $9K/yr (I turned 45) I had to drop it. I’ve been uninsured ever since 2010 and paid cash last time at my Primary Care which is also St. Jude Health where a 15 minute office visit for a chest cold was $120 cash, instead of the $190 they would have charged me when I had insurance. I guess it shows what they consider the cost is of billing insurance companies.
Yes true. And when people starting suing,and juries awarding tons of cash payouts, malpratice insurance.
Yes true. And when people starting suing,and juries awarding tons of cash payouts, malpractice insurance.
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