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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
I thought the point was obvious. There are a group of people........between the wetbacks without W2 income.........and folks with health insurance........that can have their lives set to financial ruin due to the practices of the hospitals with regard to charges.
The hospital is legally bound to charge all comers the same rate. They should be legally bound to accept the same payment from Mr. Lim as thay do from Aetna.
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Hi Brian,
If hospitals charged a fairer price to all, they would have a better chance of collecting.
Who would think that a couple of days in the hospital (without a big operation) could cost
a year's pay for someone at the poverty line?
Of course, the intent is to cause fear so that more people will get insurance, so the hospitals must be under the influence of the insurance companies in some way.
The medical system sure is geared to keeping the poor and part time workers dependant on the SS system Healthcare savings accounts might be a sensible solution to this..
If I was poor I would dread any illness unless SS was looking after the bill.
In Kanada, we may complain about the high taxes, but at least we don't go broke after a
broken leg or a case of pneumonia.
If an American tourist was hit by a car, they would be looked after at little or no cost, I believe.
(I don't know any injured American tourists )
The system is abused here in many ways, by those who go to the emergency room and wait for
hours to see a doc because they have a bad cold or a migraine.
That is a very expensive way to get a few tylenol pills (without the chicken soup)
Ron (Kanada)