[yldstrk]

Uh makes sense to me

and stop acting like an robot when the dr orders a million tests

say “I’ll be back in 12 months or so, that will eliminate a bunch of them. You can do the ones that are left then.”

[EGPWS]

"Economic studies and common sense confirm that people are less likely to be prudent, careful shoppers if someone else is picking up the tab."

Huh, well I'll be...

[Jim Robinson]

"Patients Should Pay Their Own Bills"

Amen. Insurance should be used to cover catastrophic & major hospital expenses. Everyday office visits, checkups and minor illnesses should be paid out of pocket.

[Graybeard58]

My wife was in the hospital recently for neck surgery. We got the insurance statement and the bill for "room and board" only, was $85,000. That's an awful lot of money for an uncomfortable bed and Jello and broth.

More recently she was in for 6 days for back surgery. Don't have the insurance statement on that one yet.

She has yet another neck surgery scheduled and then a shoulder surgery (possible shoulder replacement).

God bless her, she's only 57 years old.

Could I pay for all this plus test fees, surgeons fees etc without insurance?

No.

[Pining_4_TX]

Somebody needs to start screaming about the mandates that state legislations force on insurance companies. Everybody and his brother lobbies their state reps about some test or treatment that they want covered, so that we end up paying for things we do not want.

If somebody wants coverage for a particular treatment, then they should pay the cost of it themselves. What we have now might be called socialized health insurance.

[narses]

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