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on Friday April 19 2019, @08:11PM
from the Death-is-cheap-life-is-expensive-dept dept.
from the Death-is-cheap-life-is-expensive-dept dept.
Have you ever wondered what it costs to keep a person alive when they are on the brink of death? Thanks to a post by a suicide survivor who started a rash of posts concerning hospital costs for the mortally challenged we know that the hospital bill for suicide management can be from 10K to 100K. Oliver Jordan clocked up 25,000 likes and hundreds of responses to his post with some people saying it cost them 10K to 20K for a US emergency room visit. Once a patient enters a hospital they can racked many charges often without realising what the end bill will be.
In memory of MDC.
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'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral
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(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Saturday April 20 2019, @12:04AM (4 children)
Relax? WTF are you going on about? I wasn't even suggesting that the US go in that direction, was I? I advocated for *single-payer* not a system like Germany's.
But you're right! Going with something like that, we should have all the executives *pay us* for the privilege of working at such a company. Otherwise it's just more of the same old capitalist exploitation, right?
It's not like dividends paid out are many times the total compensation of a whole c-suite. amirite?
Out of curiosity, do you have an actual suggestion as to how to make things better, or are you just part of the peanut gallery?
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by dry on Saturday April 20 2019, @06:44PM (3 children)
Even with single payer, there's going to be insurance companies. Covering things that aren't covered by single payer such as here, optometrist, dental, drugs in many instances and traveling. Lots of commercials here about the dangers of traveling to the States without insurance.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @01:52AM (1 child)
Everything should be fully covered. I don't understand why health problems in your mouth or eyes aren't covered, but health issues that affect other parts of your body are. Come on now.
(Score: 2) by dry on Sunday April 21 2019, @04:18AM
Not disagreeing but it all costs though some decisions are stupid. Optometrist used to be fully covered, then it was cut back to once every 2 years (in my case with a genetic disposition, once a year), now, only for under 19 yrs. Dental was also covered for a short while, when the government changed to the right side, it was removed.
Perhaps the dentist lobby is bigger, or more likely, had better timing. When single payer was brought in, the Doctors were not happy at all as single payer includes price fixing. All prices are set by the government, at least here in BC, with negotiations. The Doctors actually came out better then they expected as billing is so simple.
Another benefit, not sure if by law, is that all prices are published, even at the dentist, though the dentist is more free to negotiate with the patient over price. Doctors are basically limited, even with the non-covered though they can charge less or get you on the exchange rate if you whip out a couple of American 20's.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Sunday April 21 2019, @11:36PM
Yes. You are 137.8% correct, sir.
If I implied otherwise, I certainly didn't intend to do so.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr