Jennifer Morcone, a spokeswoman with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said, "If you travel outside this nation, the same protections that are built into the health-care delivery system here may not apply."
Many people have told Staab he was irresponsible not to have had health insurance in the first place, Grace said. Now, he can't get coverage for his pre-existing condition. But other than wishing that he didn't have heart problems, "he does not have any regrets," she said.
Let's start by putting a cap on monetary awards and damages for malpractice suits, and ESPECIALLY caps on how attorneys may profit from malpractice suits, so that doctors can actually afford malpractice insurance again - that might bring down the costs to within reason.
Just wondering where many Indian heart surgeons get their training?
And where the son of "Grace" is getting the funds for medical school at Stanford?
Try as I may- I just cannot join these people in their anger against US capitalism.
People act like health insurance pays for everything. HA! We pay monthly premiums. We also put money aside in a tax free account for medical/dental expenses. We also pay $20 when we go to the doctor. We pay about 1/2 of our prescription expense. We pay most of it when we get a crown. I got one recently and it was $750 and insurance didn't pay half. When my kids have surgery I have to pay up front for a lot of it and wait for insurance to repay. And insurance pays less and less all the time. I don't go whining to the US Gov to pay our med. expenses. We just budget and pay it ourselves.
Go study abroad, young man. Much cheaper and possibly better.
Jennifer Morcone, a spokeswoman with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said, "If you travel outside this nation, the same protections that are built into the health-care delivery system here may not apply."
Good joke, using health-care abroad is better than no care at all and India has some real centers of excellence. BTW, other developed nations have longer life expectancy than USA, despite lower prices.
Bangkok hospitals get pretty decent ratings from the U.S. Embassy Thailand. Had a wisdom tooth pulled there for $25.00 by an excellent dentist, in the chair for less than 5 minutes, in and out of the office in 15 minutes. Antibiotics and codeine OTC at the nearby pharmacy for a few bucks.
Yeah, John Edwards isn't standing by, watching over the doctor's shoulder and waiting to file suit on your behalf. ;)
Hmmm.... I wouldn't need catastrophic health insurance if I just paid out-of-pocket for care from India...
Nothing new - Europeans are doing this all the time - one of their favorite vacation/surgery destinations is Thailand; next you will see China become a favorite for blood analysis, radiologist readings, - the whole nine yards.
Can't afford $50 a month? Health insurance is not expensive, free healthcare plans are though.
"I've always thought that theINSURANCE COMPANIES are the real terrorists of our country," Staab said in an interview to a local paper later. "They put TERROR in everyone's mind. You don't have insurance? You could have a CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT OR ILLNESS catastrophic accident or illness."
Well DUH!!!
That's WHY you get insurance,Homer.
I don't feel sorry for this guy's plight. If he worked hard as he claims, then he should have been able to buy a miminium insurance plan and not GAMBLE that some where down the line his health would fail or he, as a carpenter, would cut off a finger or two.
Bet this North Carolina whiner has two vehicles, one a big ole gas guzzling truck to pull his bass boat on his vacations. Not to mention a couple of color TVs, cable (or satellite).
He had the income. He just rather the other guy (or duh guvmint) to take care of the "boring" stuff.
Irresponsible.
Brilliant!