Yeah....except nothing is free. I pay taxes just like you do. Part of my job benefits is the heathcare and pension, otherwise good luck satisfying that Constitutional requirement. Besides..I've earned every penny. When I retire I'll pay just like everybody else..smaller maybe but just the same. I think we''ve had the same friggen waste of time thread on the politics board a million times...oddly you started this here instead. I'm not willing to be taxed at 37%...the average in Europe according to a Forbes article. I'm not willing give a single cent to anybody who sits on their ass and doesn't work. I'm not willing to put any faith in a government that can't manage the medical system it has now. You buy into this shit...u actually though Obama knew what he was doing, any argument on any subject after that fact is ridiculous.
The hospital added: "Our costs for providing uncompensated care are partially covered by higher bills for other patients
Translated: Illegal immigrants are sucking us dry.
so the message here is that life's not fair, things cost too much, and eventually we all die from something...interesting. ..who would've guessed.
Haha, yes, I could not have said it better myself. There are a few things that go into the cost of that snake bite anti-venom. R&D, administrative costs, overhead at the hospital, and all of the write offs from people who can't pay their bill. It's a microcosm of our tax payer system. There are some folks who work, and there are some that don't. So rates for certain things go up (i.e. taxes) to pay the differences. Do I think it is fair? Hell no, but some CEO of Anthem isn't going to give up his quarterly bonuses before some welfare shit bag gets a job. It's a stalemate between two groups, and the shitty thing is, most of the population gets stuck with the bill. Everyday life is filled with compromise, except when the government gets involved.
STFU , that bill can't be justified.
......medicare and medicaid ... are heavily responsible for driving the costs up for everyone.
Single payer for 360 million people...run by this government? That shit works to a degree in very small countries. We're not Norway. You fix out of control law suits...guys like that assbag Edwards (lib dem) and a few other things and our system would work for us. Obamacare has made things worse and it hasn't all hit yet.
"Because the hospital has a contract with Ferguson's insurer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, it reduced the total bill to $20,227. According to the Observer, the couple paid $5,400 out of pocket to cover their deductible and co-pay."
Not really.... they pay into social services without being able to use them. We're pimping them pretty good. Also lol at people trying to rationalize that bill
Schnauzer, are you really trying to say they got a good deal because it only cost 20,000 dollars for some 750 dollar Anti-Venom?
Nope, just posting the outcome of the story. The guy had to pay $5,400 instead of $89,000.
