Emergency Without Insurance

[pitipur]

300 pesos for the visit to the emergency room and doctor visit? not bad at all. in the US, even with my insurance (I think I personally pay US$150-$200 or so a month for the insurance, and my employer pays the rest), it's still US$250 co-pay just to go to the emergency room, plus whatever else you'll owe on whatever tests or treatment they give you. It's really scary that you can be involved in one accident and will be financially screwed for the rest of your life because of it. I guess that's just the price we pay for "freedom"... :mellow:

 

[Alicia karr]

300 pesos for the visit to the emergency room and doctor visit? not bad at all. in the US, even with my insurance (I think I personally pay US$150-$200 or so a month for the insurance, and my employer pays the rest), it's still US$250 co-pay just to go to the emergency room, plus whatever else you'll owe on whatever tests or treatment they give you. It's really scary that you can be involved in one accident and will be financially screwed for the rest of your life because of it. I guess that's just the price we pay for "freedom"... :mellow:

I disagree that it's the price we pay for freedom. It's the price we pay because certain pharmacy/medical lobbies do their work too well and allow the medical industry to charge outrageous prices/fees in comparison to the actual costs...

 

[Ceviche]

uS medical industry sucks big time...

 

[pitipur]

I disagree that it's the price we pay for freedom. It's the price we pay because certain pharmacy/medical lobbies do their work too well and allow the medical industry to charge outrageous prices/fees in comparison to the actual costs...

Haha, yes...I was being extremely sarcastic -- and it's another example of how I don't think the US is the "greatest country in the world" these days (even though I have a pretty good life there). There was a really great article in Time magazine this past spring called "A Bitter Pill" ...it was a longform piece about how most health care costs are totally arbitrary, how medicare is so much more efficient, etc. and I highly recommend it if you really want to get your blood boiling. It actually outlines several reasons why the system is totally messed up.

 

[nikad]

I just read a post on my FB from my MIL - in the US - " Your health doesn't depend on your doctor's care. It depends on his paycheck. If you can't pay, he doesn't care. " To which I reply " Health Care in the US is a form of business, don´t blame the player, blame the game... " I could have said a few more things, but I don´t want to start trouble with my MIL. It is beyond me why the richest country in the world neglects its own citizen´s healthcare and spends billions fighting somebody else´s wars. This money come from taxes, etc and when you are sick, they look the other way. Why going after somebody else´s oil, etc is more important than your own people? and i also wonder, why the people keep putting up with this? I am all for capitalism and liberals, but a pinch of socialism would come very handy there! Instead they leave the " good acts " to the thousands of churches out there ( too many for being a non religious country )
With this, I am not saying that things are lovely down here, and before you mention it, I am not pro K.
There, I said it. Let the games begin

 

[pitipur]

I just read a post on my FB from my MIL - in the US - " Your health doesn't depend on your doctor's care. It depends on his paycheck. If you can't pay, he doesn't care. " To which I reply " Health Care in the US is a form of business, don´t blame the player, blame the game... " I could have said a few more things, but I don´t want to start trouble with my MIL. It is beyond me why the richest country in the world neglects its own citizen´s healthcare and spends billions fighting somebody else´s wars. This money come from taxes, etc and when you are sick, they look the other way. Why going after somebody else´s oil, etc is more important than your own people? and i also wonder, why the people keep putting up with this? I am all for capitalism and liberals, but a pinch of socialism would come very handy there! Instead they leave the " good acts " to the thousands of churches out there ( too many for being a non religious country )
With this, I am not saying that things are lovely down here, and before you mention it, I am not pro K.
There, I said it. Let the games begin

Many of us have the same questions This little video has been popping up around facebook the past few days and it sums it up the US health care problems pretty well in just a few minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSjGouBmo0M