Wouldn't it be cheaper for me to hire my own nurse and rent my own equipment, as needed, than to go to a hospital? Full-time care from a RN doesn't even come close to $1,000 a day.
Maybe that's what I should do next time I get sick.
I mean, to be honest with you, I'm pretty angry about this. I think I'd rather die than pay the charges hospitals are presently making. I don't mind giving doctors a lot of money because they're highly skilled, but this is ridiculous, and I don't think the doctors are getting most of the money.
After all, I'd rather get room service from the Four Seasons than eat at a hospital cafeteria! It boggles the mind that the cafeteria's more expensive.
D
Sure, a "Nurse @ the "Four Seasons" does "Wonders" for a Cold, or Sprained Ankle, but THAT SCENARIO falls FAR SHORT of required care for Sepsis, a Cardiac Infarct, a Pulmonary Embolus, Most Cancers, Appendicitis with Peritonitis, an Aortic Aneurism, etc., etc., etc...
"Hospitals" exist to care for the "Deathly Ill."
A Hospital is NOT a Hotel, & Nurses are NOT Doctors----NOT EVEN CLOSE!!
My Post was Partly an Objection to the 100-500% "Cost Overruns" created by the Amoral Intervention of "Liability Lawyers" into the Practice of Medicine in America.
Doc