Posted on 03/06/2011 8:53:44 AM PST by blam
Most of the comments addressed to me are in fact posted to the article and not to me specifically. There is on-one else to address a comment to the article except me.
For example: If an article is titled "Sarah Palin Is Stupid", someone may post this reply to me: " You're Stupid Too You SOB", and not mean that about me. LOL.
Have a nice walk.
In 2.5 hours in December I ran up a $3500 bill mainly due to an upper GI endoscopy. ER physicians bill separately which always surprises the newcomers ($450; at most five minutes consultation).
A couple of things:
1) Does Chile’s healthcare system guarantee free healthcare to millions of illegals, the cost of which then gets passed down to those who actually pay?
2) Does Chile have all of the technical know-how and wizbangs to prolong life even after the poor patient should die? For example, does someone who goes into a coma in Chile die, or is he kept alive by the latest in medical technology? Do people in Chile who have advanced cancers get treated, or do they die, whereas in the US some live due to expensive medical treatment? The point here is that some of the most expensive treatments help a relatively small number of people to live. If the US eliminated those treatments, the life expectancy would not be much affected, but the overall healthcare costs would.
Eliminate the Welfare* component of Medicare and the problem also goes away.
* Recipient of benefits who never contributed more than $1.75
I went to the ER for the first time in my life in 2004.
I was there 12 hours, but actually being attended by doctors or nurses for a total of 1 hour, including filling out forms very slowly.
Total charge?
$6000+
I imagine it's gone up since.
Last time I went to a doctor, (except for the dentist), I had an ear infection.
I knew I had an ear infection, I didn’t just fall of the turnip truck! I needed antibiotics.
Now, I know how to get antibiotics without going to the doctor, so I got that covered.
Last time I went to a doctor was about 1995...
I tend to think 90% of Americans are about 2% away from being total hypochondriacs.
Medical employees and insurance companies take too much.
This was just last week so I haven’t seen any of the bills yet. I am not looking forward to sifting through the upcoming redtape between our insurer and the hospital.
The ER is never the place to be unless one has ‘life threatening’ issues. Had I know the hospital changed their triage procedures, the ER and after hours clinic are adjacent to each other, I may have suffered for another day and tried to squeeze in to see our family physician.
While you were in the woods with the dogs we passed a new rule.
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And their lottery sweepstakes minded juries.
And the Men In Black robes who are typically failed lawyers with an overwhelming sense of "social justice" who think their mandate is to create equality of outcome via redistribution of income.
“I tend to think 90% of Americans are about 2% away from being total hypochondriacs.”
You would definitely like this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Well-Person-Despite-Health-care/dp/0773527958
regarding the comments..............
It may be that your outstandingly magnificent wisdom is very much in demand
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