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I am not opposed to change if it is likely to work. I don't think this bill falls in that category. More than anything I am concerned that an unintended consequence will be a serious decline in medical innovations coming out of this country. That shouldn't just concern America, but the rest of the world as well. |
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Where i work you sort of need insurance but at kings county hospital across the street you dont, the city/hhc foots the bill for all of them. |
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When I was still at ups I had passed out from heat exhaustion in the warehouse and gottaken to the hospital. The money hungry quacks let me rest, checked my blood and gave me some IV saline. All in all no biggie, apparently the work ins kinda screwed up and within a month I had a collection agency harassing me. I wound up paying out of pocket then got reimbursed. HR guy got an earful from me as well as management for that one. Tom |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Anaheim, CA
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I just got full blood tests done (I do this every 6 months) because I tell my doctor I want them. I don't need a reason. I have a PPO insurance plan with a 300 deductable per year with a 10% charge for each visit. You want good care with limited waiting? You need to pay for it. It is not very hard. The 50% of Americans that think it's shit are the same 50% that do not pay any Federal Income taxes. The other 50% (like me) think the system is great. So...why should I be for a nationalized health care plan when the same non-paying 50% will still pay nothing BUT I will end up paying more? Many of these people are illegal Mexicans or entitlement people who don't give a fuck about their health anyways.
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Fly Over State
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And if you visit an ER (with insurance or not) for something minor like an ear infection (like I did on Halloween night) they take your drivers license and information. If they take you then I assume that they will try to get money from you like any loan place would and that is to harrass you for it. If an illegal alien or uninsured person visits the ER for something non-life threatning then I'd think they'd be turned away unless the hospital is willing to take the chance of the people actually paying. If so then that should be up to the hospital to cover for taking the risk.
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![]() The Er is a double edged sword as far as making money. The Er itself usualy costs the hospital money when a lot of stuff is done and they dont get paid. But in our case we have helped build up the hospital as a whole by funneling a lot of these patients into various clinics for whatever their problems are. Also a lo tof the Er journals are talking about different ways to help quell the overcrowding and long wait times by trying to get rid of the people who are there withthe sniffles or other non emergent stuff. Big problem is the leagality of all of it and a lot of CYA if you send someone away and something goes south. Tom |
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