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What is the cost of Thomas Duncan's medical treatment and who is paying for it?
one man's opinion...

Posted on 10/06/2014 12:19:07 PM PDT by ken5050

Ebola is in the news everywhere. We're learning a lot. One question that has yet to be asked, let alone answered, is who is paying for the cost of Thomas Duncan's medical treatment, and how just big is the bill?


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KEYWORDS: ebola; pricetag; thomasduncan
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Duncan is the Liberian citizen who, according to most accounts, knew that he had Ebola before deciding to hop on a plane and fly to Dallas. Aside from the crass, selfish decision to knowingly expose others to the disease, it's most likely that his trip was motivated by a desire to get the best possible medical care, regardless of who got harmed in the process.

We have yet to be told what is the cost of Duncan's care to date, nor who is paying for it?

But that question can't be ignored, especially when the Obama administration still refuses to ban flights to the US from West Africa. Obama thinks nothing of dumping thousands of illegal kids all over the country, causing severe financial strain to local governments and school districts.

The cost of this medical crisis could well turn out to be much worse.

Another question worth exploring is how did he pay for the ticket? The per capita annual income of Liberia is about $800. A last minute ticket to the US is probably about $2000. What were the source of the funds? Did his family here in the US pay for the ticket? Did they do so knowing that he was sick, and needing treatment? That would make them complicit.

Lots of questions, worth digging into...

1 posted on 10/06/2014 12:19:07 PM PDT by ken5050
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To: ken5050

What about that plane that keeps bringing people in my health care plan does not include private jet tansport


2 posted on 10/06/2014 12:21:02 PM PDT by al baby (Hi MomÂ…)
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To: ken5050

Obamacare!

YOU are paying for it!


3 posted on 10/06/2014 12:21:38 PM PDT by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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To: ken5050

Taxpayers paying for it I assume.

Like everything else.


4 posted on 10/06/2014 12:21:42 PM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: ken5050

He’s dead, Jim...

First US Ebola Patient Dies
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/305795#.VDGE—cXyBS


5 posted on 10/06/2014 12:22:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: ken5050

Sue the airlines. Wasn’t it Delta?

Anyway, they knew he was high risk as his Liberian passport indicated. They are negligent.


6 posted on 10/06/2014 12:22:12 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: ken5050

It’s free! The gubmint is payin fo it.


7 posted on 10/06/2014 12:22:42 PM PDT by forgotten man
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To: al baby

Those individuals are US citizens..sent there by companies/organizations..like NBC news, or a charity..and they are paying the cost of the private jets.


8 posted on 10/06/2014 12:22:48 PM PDT by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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What is the cost of Thomas Duncan's medical treatment and who is paying for it? Right now, the tax payers of Texas, and soon the rest of us are paying for this fly in Ebola Patient. The cost isn't just at the hospital level for patient zero. The cleaning costs, environmental costs and monitoring costs of the exposed people have to be very expensive.
9 posted on 10/06/2014 12:22:50 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (I Barrack E Obolabama support the left wing war on Ebola. Fox News and Republicans will fight me.)
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To: ken5050

And liberals get angry if we ask these questions. I was flamed repeatedly on a general news site when asking about this. I was told I was cruel and lacking compassion to ask who is paying his hospital bill. And how we treat everyone regardless of ability to pay, etc.


10 posted on 10/06/2014 12:23:15 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nope-not dead.

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11 posted on 10/06/2014 12:24:01 PM PDT by Mears
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First US Ebola Patient Dies

That isn’t what your link says.


12 posted on 10/06/2014 12:24:14 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: ken5050

I was just wondering that myself after I watched a news clip of that NBC guy who flew into Nebraska with Ebola. He needed a pretty big entourage of police and medical vehicles to show him the way to the hospital. I mean, it was “Looks like we got us a convoy.” stuff.


13 posted on 10/06/2014 12:25:03 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Got Ebola? Come to America!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He is gonna rise. Soon.


14 posted on 10/06/2014 12:25:09 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Dilbert San Diego

And liberals get angry if we ask these questions. I was flamed repeatedly on a general news site when asking about this. I was told I was cruel and lacking compassion to ask who is paying his hospital bill. And how we treat everyone regardless of ability to pay, etc.

Try asking if all his relatives in the USA are here legally.

15 posted on 10/06/2014 12:27:07 PM PDT by jim-x (9/11/2001 - Never forget, Never forgive.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

That was a greeat movie !!! Convoy !!!!!


16 posted on 10/06/2014 12:27:20 PM PDT by al baby (Hi MomÂ…)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

After reading how the Dallas hospital mishandled the case when he first went to the R, you know there are lawyers lining up to file wrongful death suits..


17 posted on 10/06/2014 12:28:58 PM PDT by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It appears he was dead, but the great doctors in Dallas must have brought him back to life.


18 posted on 10/06/2014 12:29:19 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: FlingWingFlyer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwaygKjs2fI


19 posted on 10/06/2014 12:29:38 PM PDT by al baby (Hi MomÂ…)
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To: thackney

First US Ebola Patient Dies
Israel National News ^

Posted on Sunday, October 5, 2014 12:51:11 PM by TigerClaws

Thomas A. Duncan, who became ill with Ebola after arriving from West Africa in Dallas two weeks ago, succumbed to the virus today (Sunday), reports Reuters. Duncan was fighting for his life at a Dallas hospital on today after his condition worsened to critical, according to the director of the US Centers for Disease Control.

The Dallas hospital that admitted him did not recognize the deadly disease at first and sent him home, only for him to return two days later by ambulance.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3211623/posts


20 posted on 10/06/2014 12:30:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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