I am still confused about ACA. The whole circus was to be able to provide lower cost health care to a larger contingent of consumers. There were supposed to be something like 47 million uninsured consumers in need of the new ACA programs. These people were going to be paying into a big pot of cash. Everybody would get much lower hospital bills.
Now "Our Great Leader" is trumpeting that this circus has liberated 7 million people from the horrors of being without insurance. Does this mean there are still 40 million people with no health program? And if the program has snagged a bunch of users, are these the young users, who cost nothing, but pour scads of cash into the program, or are the new folks all old and going to suck the system dry? just asking clay On Apr 3, 2014, at 8:16 AM, Richard Hattaway wrote: > Total billing to me, inclusive of dr, er, hospital. Total bill to insurance > was much higher. Large part of total bill to insurance 'written off' because > of previous negotiated rates. I think it's all a game. Just too bad that > those who don't or didn't have insurance also do not have the "negotiating > ability" of the insurance companies. > > The poor are charged as much as possible by whatever rules govern these > practices. Then they are hounded for payment. Insurance companies get way > better prices. Upshot of this to me is to have insurance, even if it's > really high deductible insurance. Then the negotiation is taken care of > before you get the final bill. > > It all appears to be a game. Noticed in the paper today a local healthcare > provider, supposedly non profit, was crowing about how many millions in free > health care they gave away last year. All the puzzle pieces don't fit, IMO. > On Monday, March 31, 2014 8:27 PM, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote: > > Richard Hattaway wrote: >> Not had this happen to us. Recent ( 2012 ) trip to ER, then 3 days hospital >> stay, wife's heart attack, and my total bill was something under $1000. Not >> bad, IMO. > > Total bill, or total co-pay? > > Mitch. > > > _______________________________________ > 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.
