Re: OT: Physicians for a National Health Program

[Jim Rojas <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

9 years ago, I took my wife to the emergency room in severe pain. It
turned out to be a kidney stone. It cost $17,000 to stick a tube in her
to drain it, The ER bill was an additional $495, her meds at our local
pharmacy were $275. Her stay at the hospital lasted 16 hours. 11 of
those hours were spent sitting on a bench waiting to be treated. Thank
goodness the emergency room was empty that night. So imagine the wait
time if it was busy that night. If she would have used a room for an
overnight stay, they would have tacked on another $4800 per day.

Yeah...I think our healthcare system is seriously broken...

Jim Rojas



Roland Moore wrote:
>> And no one should be driven into the poorhouse >because he got sick, all
> so  that some hospital and >doctors can turn a profit
>
> So it's the doctor's or hospital's fault someone gets sick? And comrade we
> can all agreed that capitalist pigs should never be allowed to make a
> profit. Let's all listen to the old Soviet National Anthem just for
> inspiration!
>
> "Nomen Nescio" <nobody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eb6c686c1a5e0879c3ef11557d63ce07@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Jim's absolutely right.  It is a national fucking disgrace that 46 million
>> citizens don't have health insurance.  Hillary's "make everybody buy
>> insurance" program is just a windfall for the insurance industry, and not
> a
>> solution to the problem.
>>
>> The people who think our present system is so great are the people with
>> good insurance and/or lots of money.  But there are lots of people out
>> there who can't get insurance at any price due to their health histories:
>> insurance companies don't want to cover sick peope.  If those people have
> a
>> life-threatening emergency, they can get care.  For less urgent medical
>> problems or chronic illnesses, they get to pay full retail price, often
> way
>> more than the rates charged patients with insurance who have the same
>> problems.
>>
>> Medical expenses are one of the leading causes of personal bankruptcy in
>> this country.  How many of you could pay a six-figure hospital bill if you
>> had no insurance?
>>
>> Maybe we can't afford unlimited care for everybody.  Heart transplants may
>> be too expensive.  But every American deserves a basic level of medical
>> care, just like the citizens of every other civilized country in the
> world.
>> And no one should be driven into the poorhouse because he got sick, all so
>> that some hospital and doctors can turn a profit.
>>
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