Time ran a major expose on the medical rip offs perpetuated by hospitals and insurance companies. The cost to provide is not really that high. The game is already agreed upon between insurance and hospitals so that nobody is getting poor on their side. The hospitals have a Charge Book that has prices pulled out of the air or a bodily orifice. Exorbitant price so they can charge the uninsured, or to allow them to write it down. No two hospitals charge the same, but the "book" price is exponentially more than the actual true cost. On the level of air force toilet seats or hammers. Aspirin at $10 a pill. Hospital stays generate fairie tale bills, in no way based on reality of costs. Insurance companies agree to pay a multiple of the actual cost to provide, and then figure out how to weasel out of paying it unless the consumer raises a snit large enough to garner outside attention.
My SiL works for a major medical insurance provider. The hoops and machinations required to get the service you paid for are terrifying. The patient is getting buggered and the hospital is going to come after you for payment at the higher fee. Insurance company got your cash, and fights hard to not pay for service. SiL moved from the claims denial branch to the vacuuming cash out of a large employer section, as it hurt her morally to keep people from accessing health care. Now she streamlines getting a major aerospace company's cash to service workers health needs. On Mar 29, 2014, at 3:46 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: > The obscenely expensive healthcare system is not due to doctors wages but due > to expensive hospital stays, incredibly expensive medications, hospitals > having to foot the bill for uninsured patients visiting the ER and then > admitted for months on end at times, etc,etc. > Your average internist earns around $150K per year. I don't see that as being > overpayed considering the extreme sacrifices made to get there. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 29, 2014, at 4:07 PM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> the problem is that every physician now demands to live in opulence beyond >> elvis and this can only be done honestly in a relatively small number of >> instances, hence the obscenely expensive "healthcare" system we have today >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Andrew Strasfogel >> <astrasfo...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> That's actually a good thing isn't it? Where is it written that every >>> physician has to be wealthy. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Rich Thomas < >>> richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Q: "What´s the difference between an Obamacare HMO physician and a >>>> seagull?" >>>> >>>> A: "A seagull can still make a significant deposit on a Mercedes." >>>> >>>> ba-da-boom, I'll be here all week... >>>> >>>> --R >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >>>> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner >>>> has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >>> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner >>> has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* >> *www.BuyEUROparts.com <http://www.BuyEUROparts.com>* >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has >> no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
