Posted on 02/25/2025 3:49:09 AM PST by davikkm
Do not read this article if you do not want to get angry. The “healthcare industry” in the United States has become one gigantic money making scam, and tens of millions of American families now live in great fear of illness and disease. Why are they so afraid? It is because a single trip to the hospital can ruin you financially. Even if you are covered by health insurance, medical debt can still wreck your finances. In fact, most of the people that go bankrupt due to medical bills actually have health insurance. Meanwhile, on the other side there are lots of people that are becoming fabulously wealthy from this system. Our “healthcare industry” has turned large numbers of doctors, lawyers, health insurance company executives and pharmaceutical company executives into multi-millionaires. Of course the largest shareholders in our gigantic healthcare corporations are raking in the most cash of all. The healthcare industry in the United States has become a cesspool of corruption and greed, and this has been the case for so long that we don’t even remember what a legitimate system even looks like anymore.
Many Americans truly believed that health insurance would protect them if something went terribly wrong with their health.
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My middle child’s medical bills wiped us out and kept us on the edge of bankruptcy for almost a decade.
I feel their pain.
We did have one bad experience where our daughter’s operation left us with a $66,000 bill. The bill was a nightmare, but we struggled through it.
Since then we upgraded our medical insurance to a higher standard BC & BS plan. Now with Medicare & BC&BS we pay no out of pocket expenses for doctor or hospital.
The trouble with insurance.
The consumer doesn’t control the money.
If your Dr. screws up they get paid anyway.
There is only one solution.
We must allow highly trained and completely neutral government experts to take over our health care system.
Oh, wait...
“The healthcare industry in the United States has become a cesspool of corruption and greed, and this has been the case for so long that we don’t even remember what a legitimate system even looks like anymore.”
That’s true. Patients are the NPCs in the medical industry’s quest for riches. The whole system is set to extract the most money the fastest. The patient is an after thought, nothing more.
The only way to defeat this system is to leave. Seek medical care elsewhere. All those medical ‘administrators’ can bill each other.
None of this surprises me. Well, except for the fact that so many people are covered and yet still go bankrupt.
bkmk
Go to any small rural town. The biggest, newest, shiniest buildings are the hospitals. What a cash cow.
And probably owned by Cleveland Clinic, which kills patients every day without a care in the world. Can’t sue them, they’ve tied up all local lawyers. In our area, CC bought up the local hospitals and turned them into cash machines with diminished patient care.
It’s a two way street on this crap. How can a Dr or health care facility charge me $2,000 for a procedure but accept an insurance agreed to pay out of $600.00? That’s and example, but it’s usually 50% or less and my responsibility is 0. If I don’t have insurance I’m stuck with the $2,000.00 bill. Why? I’ve argued and won a few times on dental insurance since I dropped that. I said you accept an insurance payout of “X” so that’s what I’m paying.
Next are the healthcare institutions. I just went through a detailed analysis on some lower back issues. I have free VA healthcare and community care is paid by Optum insurance through the VA. I also have federal BCBS and Medicare since I’m retired. I keep the BCBS for the wife. Medicare is primary.
After checking all the insurances I find the healthcare agency billed and was paid by all three on 6 separate occasions. VA was supposed to be it. So I did a spreadsheet, got all of the EOBs and told them they need to pay back Medicare and BCBS for double billing plus they owe me $211 in charges I paid that the VA paid.
We’re supposed to “discuss” this tomorrow at my next exam. Should be interesting... It won’t be a discussion it’ll be a “this what you’re going to do.”
Insurance is a scam no doubt but part of the cost is the scam the healthcare industry is doing as well.
3/4 of the Mayo Clinic buildings in Rochester, MN are for Bill Collection.
I think of the blue signs with the capital H to indicate the location of a hospital but believe all you really need to do is look for a crane.
“Don’t want to get angry”? Wtf? I’m already so effin’ angry I want to tar and feather all democrats, all lazy gov workers who don’t want to work in an office, big pharma who has been stuffing crap down our throats and in our veins for a long, long time. Ins. companies that have ruined our hospitals, illegal scum draining bankrupting medical care, I could go on and on. Angry? My blood is boiling.
MAHA
The fix is to remove all the artificial boundaries of state lines, make health insurance companies compete nationwide, remove health insurance from your employment and forever ban any insurance company from lobbying on a federal level.
This one really angers me. Many doctors love popping in on you, once you are admitted. Being conscious on entering a hospital, I IMMEDIATELY tell the admitting personnel: "If a doctor visits me or my room who is not on my plan, I will NOT pay him."
The healthcare industry in the United States has become a cesspool of corruption and greed
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Not just the healthcare industry, the entire country.
The article is written by somebody named Michael, no last name. As such, its credibility and numbers cited are, most likely, incorrect (as in false).
I have to add a note about another side - not a frequent one, but a very real one.
I had open heart surgery in 2009 with triple bypass and aortic valve replacement. We had no insurance. And no savings. Had just finished raising 8 kids.
The wonderful Catholic (I am Christian, but not Catholic) hospital system upon learning of our poor financial state, forgave us the $230,000 bill. The incredible heart surgeon charged us 1/5th of his normal fee, and the anesthesiologist cut his fee in half. We owned a nice home with a large mortgage, but they said they wouldn’t touch that.
I am grateful beyond words. The staff and management at this system are wonderful people all and I can’t even count the procedures I’ve had there. We go no where else if possible. Bon Secours.
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