Re: ot Canadian Health care better and cheaper than US
- From: "robert" <rjcubednospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:56:15 -0500
"DGDevin" <dgdevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "TD Madden" <tdmadden48-no@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > I don't go to the doctor unless I'm so sick I can't work, or something
> > else is a problem, like a possible broken bone. In either of those
cases,
> > the emergency room would treat me, and if I could pay would STILL treat
> > me. In the meantime, locally a LOT of people use ithe ER as their
> > personal physician...and THAT is what drives-up costs.....taxes (and
> > increased premiums for health-insurance) pay that cost.
>
> Absolutely, but what is the alternative, "You don't have insurance, you're
> just going to have to bleed outside someplace"?
>
> > As an adjunct, the local hospital has a brand-new "birthing
> > center"....mostly serving uninsured families, particularly folks new to
> > this area. Who do you think is paying for that?
>
> Oh I'd say anyone who pays taxes. But again, what else is to be done,
turn
> away a woman in labor?
>
> If anything the points you raise suggest that some form of insurance for
> poor folks has *got* to be better than the current situation.
>
>
Hi! .....19 years ago my wife was pregnant with our second child.
During the pregnancy she became ill with viral meningitis. We had no
insurance. (the pregnancy with our first-born was) It was pretty costly, we
were bounced from specialist to specialist throughout the pregnancy. I had
to negotiate a payment plan for all who cared for her, fortunately, all the
high-ticket doctors accepted a long term monthly pittance($25 ea.) as
payment.
The hospital bill for the delivery/recovery room and approx. 18hrs.
of time at their facility came to just under $6k, add to that all the
doctors charges, it hit us hard. It took us 17 years of payments to pay just
for her birth. All debts were paid in full except for the ob/gyn who moved
to Louisiana and vanished around the 10 year mark.
Most were patient and considerate of our plight, the hospital was the
worst. They tried every trick to void our payment contract which they agreed
to. Ultimately, they "sold" the debt/contract to a collection agency that
was really aggressive. I had to get legal help to threaten "breech of
contract" to force them to abide to the terms of payment within the
agreement they "bought".(I never missed a payment)......As of two years ago,
she's finally paid off 8>) My home was paid off before my daughter was!
Cheers,
robert
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