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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
The hospital should be required to accept the same fee as they offer to their most preferred clients..........the insurance companies. That fee, BTW, is still way above what most clients will be able to pay. But, at least it's fair and reasonable. The client elected to go "naked". He lost. Provide him with a reasonable chance of getting out of the debt in his lifetime..............  |
You in the Ferry business or something? Not sure but that is what I thought. Anyways, if I want a ticket, it is say $5. however, if I am going to charter your boat for say 100 people, you might give me a ticket at $4. HMOs send customers to the institute. Joe Blow might never walk in to that place again. Who should get a better rate? Should I sell you product at the prefered price if you are buying a small quantity?
Further to that. If I have to make $100 and I have 10 clients, I make a $10 a client profit. However, if I have 10 clients, 5 of whom don't pay, I guess I will now have to make a $20 profit per client. We do have a lot of people who tap the ER because they have to see the patients and it costs much, much more to see a patient in an ER as opposed to a clinic. So, who makes up the difference? The paying client be it insurance or private pay. Since the insurance is bigger and can demand better rates, well, it falls down to the single private pay.
Since when should hospitals, doctors, etc, etc be running at a loss? It is a business, just like a computer business, export business, etc, etc. It exists to make money, plain and simple. If it doesn't, it should close up. You have the right to life, liberty and the PERSUIT of happiness. Go persue your happiness. It should not be a right. It should be a privillage. I have seen socialized medicine. When I went back there, I stockpiled all my drugs so that I can self medicate with advice from my wife.