Oh and I’m still paying for the one night stay back in “06” and Hunterdon Medical Center for 1/2 of my thyroid being removed...the bill was $13,000....my balance $1,000......Unbelieveable....
“That actually seems to be a fair deal. 1/13th of the total bill and 12/13 covered by some one else. I wish I could only pay 1/13 of my electric bill or mortgage.”
You could, if you paid for electric bill or mortgage insurance. That’s who the “some one else” is that pays 12/13 of the medical bill...it ain’t free.
Welcome to FR.
No, we don't expect socialism in healthcare. In fact, we just DEMAND that doctors and insurance quit playing fraudulent games with the public.
We PAY for health insurance. It is not "socialism" to expect to get what we have contracted for.
It is this insurance/doctor gamesmanship, along with ridiculous malpractice awards, that has driven the costs of healthcare through the roof.
Took my neighbor to the ER with what turned out to be a kidney stone, he waited for two hours for the staff to find special filters for him to take home and strain his urine to verify the passage of the stone; when they handed him a small packet of them he laughed out loud, they were the identical filters he used at work every day - you see, he is a bodyshop mechanic/painter.
I’m not looking for a handout in medical care.....if was a hefty balance for me and I’m still paying my $25.00 a month.....