I can share another story. My wife and I decided it was time to start having children. She got pregnant, we paid a $20 co-pay on her first visit to OB/GYN. We paid nothing for each subsequent visit. My wife went into labor and after quite a few hours of labor, the Dr. decided that she needed a c-section. Fast forward 24 hours and my son was diagnosed with a stroke. He was moved to another hospital and spent 15 days in the Neonatal ICU before being discharged. How much extra did the unexpected c-section and stay in NICU cost us? Nothing.
So, for $20 we got 9 months of doctors visits, including ultrasounds, blook work, etc, PLUS a 4 day stay in hospital for surgery/recovery PLUS a 15 day stay in an intensive care unit with blood work, MRIs, CT Scans, etc. If that is broke, I would love to see how it would work when its fixed. On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:06 AM, G Money<[email protected]> wrote: > > Let me tell you another story.... > > While out playing football with my friends, I come down awkwardly on my > knee. It hurts for several days, so I go see my doctor. I pay him my $15 > dollar co pay, he refers me to a knee specialist. The specialist sees me the > next day, diagnoses a torn ACL, suggests surgery if I want to remain active. > A week later, I have my elective surgery, then 6 months of rehab, and > finally, a fitted, constructed-just-for-me knee brace. > > Total cost: $15 copay for initial visit. > > Immediate, top of the line care for an elective surgery to ensure a better > standard of living....for fifteen bucks. > > Now...I don't know if my experience is the exception or the rule.....but > it's worth noting that there are those of us who've had nothing but good > experiences with our "broken" health care system. > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> That's a brutal story. I count my lucky stars that I have nationalised >> healthcare. Waiting an extra week for non-emergency care is worth it to >> know >> I'm at least going to get care. No matter what. >> >> This was a link at the bottom of the story. Pretty funny. Or sad, since >> it's >> pretty much true. >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzDwXr9szxw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edailykos%2Ecom%2Fstory%2F2009%2F7%2F7%2F751100%2F%2DHow%2DI%2Dlost%2Dmy%2Dhealth%2Dinsurance%2Dat%2Dthe%2Dhairstylists&feature=player_embedded >> >> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Sandra Clark <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > >> http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/7/751100/-How-I-lost-my-health-insu >> > rance-at-the-hairstylists >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299666 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
