Thanks for that link Archer - IMO that's the kind of investigative
reporting that has been lost as more and more newspapers close their
doors. TV just will not spend the spend the time to properly report on
a serious problem like this. Also, again IMO, people don't absorb
information that must use lots of numbers to illustrate their points
when it is offered in video format. There's nothing like reading a old
fashioned newspaper.
Personally, i am unable to absorb and retain information I read on a
computer screen. i have been told by others it's because of the
lighting or possibly the other activity going on elsewhere on the sides
or bottom of the screen.
Back to the article on hospitals and the outrageous fees they charge.
Wow! $32,000 to walk through the door? and the hospitals cannot
provide a line by line backup for that total? Outrageous to say the least.
And in the end those with insurance pay 1/3 (at least the insurance
does) while the uninsured pays the full bill if possible.
Sincerely,
Larry
On 3/17/2014 6:28 AM, [email protected] wrote:
It's not just the insurance companies, it's also various hospitals.
For example, Florida and a number of other states have declared select
hospitals as "trauma centers" where accident and other injury cases
are taken. If you had an accident, were taken to a Florida "trauma
center", and were billed $32,000 before any medical professional had
even taken your blood pressure, you would think a mistake had been
made. Not so. Here's a description of what's going on:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/florida-trauma-centers-charge-outrageous-fees-the-moment-you-come-through/2169148
On 3/16/2014 4:11 PM, Larry T wrote:
......I just don't see how people can absorb the much higher premiums
we keep hearing about. Not just hundreds more dollars, but thousands
more - sometimes ten's of thousands more $$'s People cannot take
those kinds of hits without consequences. It'll be interesting as
more and more are dropped from existing insurance.
I also wonder what is _/not /_being reported on by the main stream
news networks - like the election last week where a republican won
and not a single MSN network mentioned it! Not one of the big 3!
Well they used to be the big 3.
We'll see.
Sincerely,
Larry
On 3/16/2014 3:01 AM, Gary Hurst wrote:
it's all such stupid talk. yes, they are all going to quit medicine
and
join the pro bowlers tour. people need to stfu with the stupid
already, no?
things change. people adapt. that's all there is
i thank you for your reference to similar talk with medicare, gerry
On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 2:45 AM, [email protected] <
[email protected]> wrote:
We went through that when Medicare began. Docs were supposed to
retire or
change professions en masse. Didn't happen. Some tried refusing
Medicare
patients. That didn't work either.
The young generations attitudes are different than ours, just as they
nearly always are.
For example, I told a young urology resident that he ought to open an
office in Citrus County, Florida where I live; that there is a big
demand
there because of all the retirees. He said no, that he was going
to work
for an (HMO?) since private medicine was on the way out; that he
looked
forward to having a regular income without the hassle of private
medicine.
His father is a private MD so his choice seems to be based on a
thorough
knowledge of private medicine.
Gerry
On 3/15/2014 2:12 PM, Scott Ritchey wrote:
I think the next shoe to drop will be an exodus of US medical
professionals.
My dermatologist (only one in town) told me he was retiring on 1 Oct.
because all the medical coding was changing on that date. He is
about 68
(I
think) and said it isn't worthy the grief and cost of converting
to the
new
system since he only planned to practice another few years. He
said he'd
have to hire additional people just to handle the new requirements
and it
just wasn't worth it. I expect the older medicos will leave first
(you
know, the ones that can actually diagnose problems); new doctor
training
will gradually collapse as med students realize they will never be
able to
repay education loans at government reimbursement rates. Finally,
mid age
physicians who are still solvent will age out of the system. Then
what?
Draft a national medical corps with all-government training and
salary?
Maybe some of the folks on this list with first-hand involvement have
perspective.
-----Original Message-----
From: clay
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 11:28 PM
https://www.youtube.com/embed/dYslhL71k1M?rel=0
Maybe the economy would have perked up if more attention had been
put to
making sure apartment building did not explode, bridges fall
down, planes
go missing, than getting some poor folk insurance plans that
doctors will
not accept.
clay
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