Medical Billing
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Family member in the last year has generated upwards of $1M in medical bills (brain surgery, rehab, extended PT, chemo, radiation etc..)
After the adjustments nearly $700K of that disappeared off the billing, insurance paid most, UW wrote off about $140K for radiation due to it being part of a clinical trial, our out of pocket <$2000 mostly for prescriptions and co-pays.
Of all that the brain surgeons time stuck out as being pretty cheap all considered. I think it was $3600 for a 5 hour operation. Compare that to $20,000 a day for ICU post-op or $40,000 for the operations room.
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I'm not saying that there isn't shit to fix in terms of the way clinics and hospitals bill their patients...
But it seems like there's a lot of people in America who want to have their cake and eat it, too. I know this guy who makes damn good money who bitched about how he had to pay $1,500 for an ER visit, and went on about how much better universal healthcare (or whatever it's called these days) would be.
I was like "you have $50,000 in your checking account BECAUSE you live in America and get to keep a relatively reasonable amount of the money you make. The lack of universal health care if what allows you to have the money to pay that bill."
He didn't understand, which makes me mad that he makes so much more money than me. -
I've always been in favor of a global study of all health systems, figure out who has the lowest cost per person with a good wuality of care, and them straight up copying it.
Why reinvent the damn wheel -
My wife rang up a hundred grand visit in 2014 when we were poor and broke. The great thing is the hospital social staff walked right past me to her and naturally assumed she was poor and broke (Black) and we ended up paying nothing, Senator. At all.
She has had two visits since and I just knock down the bill with my cash discounts. We also get in and out in a fucking hurry
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Race gettin down with the sistasRaceBannon said:My wife rang up a hundred grand visit in 2014 when we were poor and broke. The great thing is the hospital social staff walked right past me to her and naturally assumed she was poor and broke (Black) and we ended up paying nothing, Senator. At all.
She has had two visits since and I just knock down the bill with my cash discounts. We also get in and out in a fucking hurry
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Chimportant. Gif thread. Now.Doogles said:
Race gettin down with the sistasRaceBannon said:My wife rang up a hundred grand visit in 2014 when we were poor and broke. The great thing is the hospital social staff walked right past me to her and naturally assumed she was poor and broke (Black) and we ended up paying nothing, Senator. At all.
She has had two visits since and I just knock down the bill with my cash discounts. We also get in and out in a fucking hurry -
Except countries with Universal Healthcare pay half of what Americans do, per capita. The US pays more for healthcare than any country in the world.Fenderbender123 said:I'm not saying that there isn't shit to fix in terms of the way clinics and hospitals bill their patients...
But it seems like there's a lot of people in America who want to have their cake and eat it, too. I know this guy who makes damn good money who bitched about how he had to pay $1,500 for an ER visit, and went on about how much better universal healthcare (or whatever it's called these days) would be.
I was like "you have $50,000 in your checking account BECAUSE you live in America and get to keep a relatively reasonable amount of the money you make. The lack of universal health care if what allows you to have the money to pay that bill."
He didn't understand, which makes me mad that he makes so much more money than me. -
Sounds like you are a commie.Pitchfork51 said:I've always been in favor of a global study of all health systems, figure out who has the lowest cost per person with a good wuality of care, and them straight up copying it.
Why reinvent the damn wheel
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And it is free!UWhuskytskeet said:
Except countries with Universal Healthcare pay half of what Americans do, per capita. The US pays more for healthcare than any country in the world.Fenderbender123 said:I'm not saying that there isn't shit to fix in terms of the way clinics and hospitals bill their patients...
But it seems like there's a lot of people in America who want to have their cake and eat it, too. I know this guy who makes damn good money who bitched about how he had to pay $1,500 for an ER visit, and went on about how much better universal healthcare (or whatever it's called these days) would be.
I was like "you have $50,000 in your checking account BECAUSE you live in America and get to keep a relatively reasonable amount of the money you make. The lack of universal health care if what allows you to have the money to pay that bill."
He didn't understand, which makes me mad that he makes so much more money than me. -
This happens when you let people on cancer waiting lists die instead of treating them. Saves a ton!UWhuskytskeet said:
Sounds like you are a commie.Pitchfork51 said:I've always been in favor of a global study of all health systems, figure out who has the lowest cost per person with a good wuality of care, and them straight up copying it.
Why reinvent the damn wheel
