[Hodar]

The reason it costs $180,000 was likely due to the fact that there are several million illegal aliens who use the Emergency Room as their Primary Care Provider. They show up, demand service, then leave - and it’s all free.

So, if you are giving away care to illegals; you have to charge the people who CAN pay, out the nose. I’d suggest that if we didn’t have illegals parasiting on the system, that the costs of this stay would be far closer to $5,000 instead of $180,000

[End Times Sentinel]

My son spent two days in the hospital several years ago (Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia) and the bill came to something in the vicinity of $80,000, of which I was responsible for about $1,200.

What galled me was the several children the hospital had flown in for cosmetic surgeries (given, these kids had serious cleft pallets, etc.) from other countries as part of their charity outreach program.

If you have to charge me (and my insurance company) $80,000 or whatever it was finally settled for, plus $1,200 out of pocket, I'd say you don't have enough money to pay for your charity outreach program.

Perhaps they should try raising money independently, instead of sticking people who play by the rules for exhorbant amounts of money to cover it.

[justsaynomore]

The reason it costs $180,000 was likely due to the fact that there are several million illegal aliens who use the Emergency Room as their Primary Care Provider. They show up, demand service, then leave - and it’s all free.

YES - paying for those who don't pay, paying for what Medicaid doesn't pay, and paying for outrageous insurance are what drives medical costs up.