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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:22 AM Original message |
A trip to the emergency room cost $3000? That's ******* obscene. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. My aunt just had a baby. While pregnant, she contracted a severe infection |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. total cost for having this baby? $260,000-- only in America |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It's twice the cost of their home. |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Where does that $260,000 go? |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. "Of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich", eh? {nt} |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
51. Well, first of all, the insurance didn't pay all that. |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. And don't forget |
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kikiek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Not too many for profits in our area. Non's still make good money. But in times like these if they |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. Michigan's state constitution says that all hospitals have to be non-profit. |
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kikiek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. And cover charity care for people who end up not paying their bill. That is the insane part. We are |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Very true. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. On the other hand $260k for your life and that of your baby seems |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. I don't know where you live, but in my neighborhood, that figure would be |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. We don't have enough nursing homes in Hawaii |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. coming up with $5000 doesn't sound very easy. did they have to take out a loan? |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. $3000 was the insurance co. price if you didn't have insurance the bill would have been higher |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yes! |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. not necessarily... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
41. No they are not, there are certain signs and symptoms of a heart attack |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
55. Insurance almost certainly pays less. |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Yes probably double the cost easy. 6K for what? nt |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. No, it would have been lower. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'm happy to read that you're fine |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
9. Your bill might have only been a 'nominal' three grand |
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CurtEastPoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
12. I went to the ER for a bat bite and my copay was $100 BUT the EOB from Cigna |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. part of the cost is the uninsured patients who come to the hospital |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
14. That fuckwad liar Bush, killed me with BP A, now for the rest of my life |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
16. My wife got s $4,400 bill for an ER visit |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
17. Rec'd. Cmon, DUers, 2 more puts this on Greatest! nt |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
18. Not to be nosy but what did you go to the emergency room for? |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. A bad belly ache, much better now thanks. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Sure glad you are feeling better |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
19. 5th K&R Hope lots of DUers read this outrage of costs. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
20. How do they make costs so fucking high? Where's the medical Walmart to roll these prices back? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
21. recommend -- i'm glad you are ok. nt |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
23. My cousin recently was stricken by a brain aneurysm. She was airlifted from her small town hospital |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
25. Yeah, my mother went for a small procedure that... |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
27. Not that I'm surprised, but.... |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
28. A friend recently went to an emergency room |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. I have a Spanish story, too |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
29. I had a sprained ankle on a Saturday ~ bill was $2000 |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
30. That's because they pad your bill to cover the uninsured people |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
31. Yep, ER visits can be expensive. Even a "drawing blood" encompases more than what people think |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
32. That was cheap - mine was $17,000 but they ran more tests. I had |
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TuxedoKat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
34. Four years ago |
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wan (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
36. A big source of the cost... |
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ehrnst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
37. When I looked at my itemized bill for a trip to the ER - I found major errors |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
38. I fractured the hell out of my leg. Total uninsured cost $50,000 and still counting |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
39. Even those of us with insurance are terrified of getting sick |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
40. This is why we need to get the profit out of healthcare |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
44. There's a teen in my area who is very sick and in the hospital. Even |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
45. My Husband's bill was $97K |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
46. Craftygal went to Emerg a couple of weeks ago |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Dang, you Canadians are merciless with your rationed health care, aren't you? |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
47. Broken record over here: The USA Has Third World Access To Health Care--Pay Or Die. |
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littlebit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
49. $16,000 |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
50. I paid $2500 to get ONE tooth repaired |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
53. And republicans want to keep it that way, fighting against a public option & supporting only the |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
54. K&R |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
56. Unless I've been shot or stabbed... I'm not going to the doctor. Period. |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
57. I did a thread awhile back on my father's $440,000 heart surgery. |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
58. $3,000 to live. Think about that. |
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