Hospitals - Biggest crooks in America

[Ron Jeremy]

Tore my medial head on my left tricep 10 years ago. Insurance company wouldn't approve emergency room visit . Wouldn't approve me seeing a surgeon . Had to go to general practitioner who referred me to a surgeon (earliest I could get it was 2 months) . Surgeon stated I should of had the surgery 6 weeks ago. Stuck with a tore tricep. Our Capitalist health care system.

[AbrahamG]

No joke, some hospitals charge $250.00 for ONE Tylenol. You can buy a box of Tylenol (25) for like $11.99 

I've bought them from the dollar tree before.  A box of 50 at 500mg's for a dollar.  Worked as good as actual tylenol.

[Coffeed]

There's a new 24 hour emergency center going up every week it seems.

[Yamcha]

There's a new 24 hour emergency center going up every week it seems.

no joke. I've seen 5 of those things go up since November '15 in my city of roughly 100,000 people.

all at once it seemed like.

[Ropo]

The story goes like this.  About a month ago I had the worst stomach pain.  Enough that I was curled up in a ball on the floor and agonizing.  I went to emergency around 1 am.  The doctor checks me out and keeps saying it might be my appendix.  I point out that the pain is in my lower abdomen away from my side where appendix pain would be but he insists on me getting an MRI.  Of course the MRI comes back negative.  They give me morphine then explain that a bunch of people have been in already with similar symptoms and they think it's a virus.  So basically they knew this but insisted on the MRI anyways.

Yesterday I get a bill in the mail.  The hospital charged over $10K to insurance, $7K of which was for the MRI.  My insurance covers 90% and the bill to me was $1200.  Fuck that.  I call the hospital and complain and tell them I can't pay the bill.  They then offer me a payment plan of $100 a month.  I tell them I still can't pay that.  They put me on hold come back and say they will settle for $175 if I can pay right now while on the phone.  So I agree and pay with my credit card.  Motherfuckers.  They already made their money from Insurance and now anything from me is just pure profit for them.  Biggest bunch of crooks in history.

There was this movie "Sicko" by Michael Moore few years back and you guys call Moore liar and an asshole, because according to you guys, whole movie was complete bullshit. Now, when you guys had an opportunity to taste that system which you were so eagerly praising about, it seem to me that Moore was right all the time

[YngiweRhoads]

your employers experience rating went up after your claim, and also the premiums your employer pays went up. also the out of pocket they paid. 

It did indeed but it doesn't address the shortfall in socialist medicine systems.

[Donny]

after reading some stories on this thread about the Health care in the US..i think i am doing good in Germany If i go for an MRI or whatever i get no Bill. Still people complain here if you have to wait more than 3 weeks for an appointment with a specialist. I could have had an expensive op done for my neck but i wanted to avoid it. Funny thing was my Health insurance was willing to pay for expensive surgery but not for more conservative methods...go figure 

[El Diablo Blanco]

Lol you are more of an idiot than I suspected. People in Canada wait months for surgery if they are even eligible. Socialized medicine may be nice in theory but when 50% of the population does not even contribute to the system how is it going to work. Get a job, pay some taxes, and then we will see about your socialized medicine.

No difference here in America.  I need to see a spine specialist.  My Doctor recommended one back in march.  I called them and their earliest apt was in August.  WTF!  I called a couple others and they were available in June.  I kept calling the original one and they found a June slot.  Fucking ridiculous.

[Ron Jeremy]

No difference here in America.  I need to see a spine specialist.  My Doctor recommended one back in march.  I called them and their earliest apt was in August.  WTF!  I called a couple others and they were available in June.  I kept calling the original one and they found a June slot.  Fucking ridiculous.

That's called Freedom Buddy!!!!!!!